The Heights

If Enacted, Trump Federal Funding Freeze Will Not Affect Financial Aid

Annika Engelbrecht • January 29, 2025

A day after President Trump announced a federal grant freeze, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed that student loans and Pell Grants remain unaffected.

BC Sustains Downward Trend in COVID-19 Positivity During Week 3

Scott Baker • September 21, 2020

Three BC students tested positive since Thursday with a .31 percent positivity rate. BC reported a .51 percent positivity rate for the week

Newton Mayor Seeks $15.7 Million to Take Land from BC Via Eminent Domain

Colleen Martin • October 9, 2019

Mayor Fuller filed an application for a funding request for Webster Woods with the Newton Community Preservation Committee on Tuesday. BC purchased the woods in 2016 for $20 million.

Newton Mayor Seeks to Reclaim Webster Woods Via Eminent Domain

Colleen Martin • September 22, 2019

Mayor Ruthanne Fuller is seeking to reclaim the land that BC purchased at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway in 2016 for $20 million.

At Community Gathering, Students Question Administrators About Leahy’s Stance, Institutional Racism

Abby Hunt and Jack Goldman • December 13, 2018

Students confronted a panel of administrators and students in the wake of Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21, defacing walls, furniture, blinds, and a mirror in Welch Hall with racist epithets on Sunday.

UPDATE: Michael Sorkin Named as Student Arrested for Sunday Damage, Racist Vandalism

Andy Backstrom • December 10, 2018

BC student Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21, was named as the student arrested for damaging property in Walsh Hall, racist vandalism in Welch Hall, and assaulting a BCPD officer earlier that morning.

Student Issued Interim Suspension Over Racially Charged Vandalism, BCPD Assault, Walsh Hall Damage

Andy Backstrom • December 9, 2018

A BC student was issued an interim suspension from the University on Sunday after writing racially explicit epithets in Welch Hall. In separate incidents, the student discharged a fire extinguisher and destroyed property in the Walsh Hall laundry room, and assaulted a BCPD officer.

Two Indicted for Assaulting Former Men’s Hockey Defenseman Kevin Lohan

Andy Backstrom • July 12, 2018

New Jersey police officer Daniel Hunt and his friend, Ian Salerno, were indicted for assaulting Kevin Lohan this past January—an incident that sidelined the graduate transfer with a broken jaw for three-plus weeks.

‘Loving, Caring, and Selfless’: Remembering Christine Loeber, BC SSW ’08

Cole Dady • March 15, 2018

“The pain may never leave us, but we can be dedicated to our purpose in life and capture the love and livelihood that Christine showed us with her life,” said a former veteran who Loeber treated.

BC Says It Won’t Voluntarily Bargain With Grad Employees Union

Jack Goldman • February 22, 2018

“The United Auto Workers’ withdrawal of its petition to the [National Labor Relations Board] means that the UAW is no longer the exclusive bargaining agent for graduate students at Boston College and there is no action pending before the NLRB,” University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email.

Dunn Talks ‘Love Lost,’ ‘Love Unrealized’

Bernadette Darcy • December 8, 2016

The spirit of agape is to give your love away to someone, Dunn said.

Office of News and Public Affairs, Office of Marketing Communications Merge

Taylor St. Germain and Leo Confalone • October 27, 2016

The decision to merge comes as Ben Birnbaum, the current director of the Office of Marketing Communications, steps down to a part-time position.