The Heights

New Major Looks At Public Health Through “a Social Justice Lens”

Will Martino and Lucy Freeman • December 9, 2022

Boston College’s new global public health and the common good major will aim to prepare future graduates for the social justice issues they may face throughout their careers, according to Summer Sherburne Hawkins.

AADS Plans 50th Anniversary Celebration

Jack Miller • September 15, 2019

Created in 1969 in response to advocacy by the Boston College Black Student Forum, the initial African and African Diaspora Studies program—then “Black Studies”—offered only three classes: African Art, The History and Psychological Development of the Black Family, and African Nationalism Since World War II.

African and African Diaspora Studies Now a Major

Jack Miller • September 3, 2019

Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley announced the change at Faculty Convocation on Wednesday. Students have been able to pursue a minor in the subject since 1985.

Choosing the Major You Love

Madeleine Hughes • April 18, 2018

"Whatever you do in college, be bold."

Defending the English Major

Kelsey Connors • February 16, 2017

"Undergraduates can do just about anything in their futures with an English major."

My Major Is Not My Shell

Karen Choi • January 19, 2017

"It was as if someone had cracked open a geode and revealed the glittering layers of crystals within it. As I stood inside the building, marveling at the sunlight filtering through the glass waterfall, I felt as if something had cracked within me as well."