A pilot program brings a new BC football tailgating location for three games this season. 🦅 More about Parking ➡️ https://bit.ly/BCFootballParking

Boston College placed 36th in U.S. News & World Report's 2026 survey of national universities. BC also performed well in several specialty rankings, including “First Year Experience” (5th) and “Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching” (6th). https://on.bc.edu/USNewsRank26

Physics Professor Qiong Ma has been named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Professor Ma’s invention of “twistronic” artificial synapses is connecting discoveries in advanced materials directly with neuroscience-inspired computing. https://bit.ly/MooreFellows2025

An eldercare employee benefit that is the subject of a BC School of Social Work case study holds promise for the millions of working Americans who face the challenge of caring for aging family members and loved ones. https://on.bc.edu/Eldercare_SSWResearch

On Sunday evening, the African Student Organization hosted "Taste of Africa" at the McMullen Museum of Art. It featured dance, music, and a culinary exploration of the rich African cultures. Photo Gallery: https://on.bc.edu/ToA25_Photos

"Pursuing Language and Metalinguistics in K–12 Classrooms" by Lynch School Professor C. Patrick Proctor and Renata Love Jones, Ph.D. ’20 provides a guide for K-12 educators to design curriculum focused on literacy and metalinguistics. https://on.bc.edu/LiteracyInstruction_BCB

Happy First Day of Fall, Eagles! 🍂 📸: Dani Cheong '28

Philosophy Professor Fr. Philip Larrey joins the 'Catholic Futurist' podcast to discuss how faith can guide us through the age of machines, and why our ultimate purpose is not something #AI can replace. https://bit.ly/FrLarrey_CathFuturistPod083125

A new report by BC Institute for Scientific Research Senior Scientist Kathleen Kraemer and an international team reveals a deeper portrait of Butterfly Nebula, one of the most complex nebulae. https://on.bc.edu/ButterflyNebula

The Lowell Humanities Series welcomes poet and essayist Doireann Ní Ghríofa to the Heights on Wednesday to share her most recent work, 'A Ghost in the Throat,' which has been sold in 20 languages. More Information & Registration: https://on.bc.edu/DoireannN%C3%ADGhr%C3%ADofa_LHS

As @VanityFair.com magazine’s chief critic, Richard Lawson ’05 covers the hottest movies, television, and plays. https://on.bc.edu/TheTastemaker_BCM

Nicholas Burns '78 returns to BC for the Winston Center's Clough Colloquium. Burns worked in the US government for more than 3 decades, serving 6 presidents and 9 secretaries of state, and served as the US Ambassador to China from 2021-25. https://on.bc.edu/CloughCenter2025

For @npr.org ➡️ Global Public Health Program Director Philip Landrigan '63, MD, commented on the regulations associated with children's exposure to chemicals in the Trump administration's strategy to improve children's health. https://n.pr/467MQYI

Sal Frelick '22 is the Brewers' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, given to a player with extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions on & off the field. #WeAreBC 🦅 Vote for the former Eagle here: https://atmlb.com/4n65mbp

Molly Wysocki '26 attended the Mass for the Care of Creation while an intern in Rome, and met Pope Leo XIV. She writes about the experience in America Magazine. https://bit.ly/MWysocki_AmericaMag091225

BC Baseball captain and ALS #IceBucketChallenge champion Pete Frates '07 will be honored with a new exhibit at The Sports Museum in the TD Garden 🎥: The Hub Today

Catherine Goldberg ’16 has attended the last six COPs negotiating on behalf of the United States. She will be a guest lecturer on the Heights on Oct. 2, speaking about her past as a delegate, climate action, and the global climate conference in the future. https://on.bc.edu/CatherineGoldbergTalk

Trailblazing forensic & psychiatric nurse Connell School Professor Ann Burgess co-authored a new book that delves into her role as a trauma expert in the court room. 📚 https://on.bc.edu/ExpertWitness 📸 She presented a CrimeCon CLUE Award at the annual event hosted by Ice-T.

LinkedIn ranks Boston College 22nd on its first published list of the nation's 50 best colleges for long-term career success. This places BC among the leading universities in the U.S. based on real-world outcomes between 2019-24. https://on.bc.edu/LIRanking

The Clough School will present its Alumni Distinguished Service Award to Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J., Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa Director, at Thursday's Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. Lecture. https://on.bc.edu/JeanLucEnyegue

Phthalates - chemicals found in plastics - are linked to an array of problems, especially during pregnancy. Global Public Health Program Director Philip Landrigan '63, M.D., weighs in for the @washingtonpost.com https://wapo.st/46gJZwU

Bernard O'Brien, the retired associate professor and longtime chair of the Lynch School's graduate program in counseling psychology, died in August. He was 94. In Memoriam: https://on.bc.edu/BernardOBrien

Stephen Harrison ’24 saw America from behind the wheel of a giant frank. 🌭 https://on.bc.edu/SHarrison_BCM

Aurelia Campbell and Cathy Della Lucia, @bc-art-dept.bsky.social faculty members have been awarded major fellowships—a national recognition of the artistic talent and scholarship within the department. https://on.bc.edu/ArtFellowships

The new Lynch School @bc-tel.bsky.social, directed by Professor Deoksoon Kim, will serve as a hub for the school’s multiple programs, initiatives, and research in whole-person education—and as a nationwide platform for boosting this approach to learning. https://on.bc.edu/LynchTEL

BC's Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, one of the nation's leading institutes for Christian-Jewish dialogue and scholarship, is marking its 25th anniversary this year. https://on.bc.edu/CCJL25Anniversary

David McGrath '96 chronicled his 2023 adventure walking across Ireland in the book, "500,000 Steps Across Ireland: From Dublin to Dingle on Foot." https://on.bc.edu/DublintoDingle_BCB

🎙️ @crrbc.bsky.social Associate Director Jean-Pierre Aubry joined The Muni Lowdown podcast for a deep dive into public pensions, discussing how the Center’s Public Plans Database is used to analyze pension plans, key research findings, and much more. https://bit.ly/Aubry_MuniLowdown082925

The Lynch School welcomed Stella M. Flores, a national expert on the impact of policy on college access and success for students across the K–20 pathway. She has been named the John E. Cawthorne Millennium Chair Professor. https://on.bc.edu/StellaFlores

Melissa Lane, Princeton Professor of Politics, comes to the Heights on Wednesday to present "Plato’s Republic on Motivating Ecological Guardianship" as part of the Lowell Humanities Series lineup. More Info & Registeration: https://on.bc.edu/MelissaLane_LHS

Jen Calonita '96 has published the second installment of "The Enchanters." Filled with adventure, intrigue, and romance, "Tinker Bell" reveals the untold story of Tinker Bell and her connection to Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. 🧚‍♀️ https://on.bc.edu/TinkerBell_BCB

The schedule is out! 🏀 With the ACC releasing the conference slate, the complete men's basketball calendar is set for the 2025-26 season. Let's go Eagles! #WeAreBC 🦅 More: https://bit.ly/BCMBBACC2526

Laila Rosenquest '27 and Madeline Leigh '27 shared their top campus eats and it’s a showdown between Eagles Nest & Hillside 🦅🥪 🎙️ Full 'For Boston' podcast with the BC Field Hockey players ➡️ https://bit.ly/ForBostonPod082725

During the summer, the Rappaport Center celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Rappaport Fellowship with a dinner in Gasson Hall. https://on.bc.edu/RappaportFellows25Ann

Shelley Stewart III ’06 believes strong business and social impact go hand in hand. He is one of the top executives at McKinsey & Company, the largest and arguably most influential of the “Big Three” management consulting firms. https://on.bc.edu/ChangeAgent_BCM

An NSF grant to the Engineering Department will support a new approach to AI education that includes a focus on ethical and social considerations. https://on.bc.edu/HumanCenAIGrant

Welles Remy Crowther '99 saved at least a dozen lives and he became known as the Man in the Red Bandanna. May his heroism and legacy continue to inspire. ❤️ #NeverForget https://youtu.be/S77KYbkmjwc

Today, we pause to reflect and remember. Twenty-two BC Alumni who were killed on September 11, 2001. #NeverForget Our memorial labyrinth's outer ring bears their names and has become a place of healing, consolation, and peace. http://bc.edu/labyrinth

In @BCBookmarks 🎤 @BCAlumni Lisa Rogers introduces young readers to the “King of Rock and Roll” in the new book, Elvis Presley: A Little Golden Book Biography. https://on.bc.edu/Elvis_BCB

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, SJ, an 88-year-old Jesuit with years of experience teaching theology at BC and working in the Middle East, now resides at Campion Center, contemplating and writing poetry. He reflects on his two vocations in an essay for America: bit.ly/Fitzpatrick_America071125

After a Covid-era interlude, many bosses are judging employees by time spent in the office. Carroll School management experts take issue with this, noting research shows there’s no single paradigm for an ideal worker. https://on.bc.edu/OfficeHours_CC

A different kind of road trip: Former BC prison education student Nurudeen Alabi ’25 stars in Roadtrip Nation documentary. https://on.bc.edu/NurudeenAlabi

This fall, the McMullen Museum presents three exclusive exhibitions, showcasing Medieval and Renaissance Italian paintings, and outstanding Belgian landscape paintings and photographs by the late Nobel Prize-winning theoretical chemist Martin Karplus. https://on.bc.edu/McMullenFall2025

BC Law Professor Cathleen Kaveny pens a piece for America Magazine about listening to the Gospels, as read by ... Johnny Cash. https://bit.ly/Kaveny_AmericaMag081525

Art in Print 🗞️ BC's McMullen Museum of Art's exclusive fall exhibitions were featured in Art Daily and the @bostonglobe.com. 🔗 https://bit.ly/McMullen_BG050525 🔗 https://bit.ly/McMullen_ADFall25

A slate of speakers distinguished in areas including public health, history, journalism, poetry, and art will be on campus this fall under the auspices of the University’s Lowell Humanities Series, which begins on Wednesday. https://on.bc.edu/LowellSeriesF2025

Some universities are relying on the technology to save on operating costs and staff time. Lynch School Nelson Chair Brian K. Smith, associate dean for research and professor of computer science, provides insights in the @BostonGlobe.com ➡️ https://bit.ly/BSmith_BG082525

Spotify suggests music and Netflix movies, but a robot giving financial advice? BC CarrollSchool Professor Jonathan Reuter led a study that found computer-generated recommendations may help reduce debts faster, but didn’t improve money-management skills. https://on.bc.edu/RobotFinancialAdvisor

A new Computer Science Ph.D. program - launching in the fall of 2026 - will expand research capacity and help ensure that the rapid, revolutionary change associated with computer science is driven toward social good. https://on.bc.edu/CompSciPhD

Woods College's Patty Raube Keller, M.S. in Sports Administration Program Director, joined the Educational AD podcast to discuss best practices for athletics directors, coaches, and leaders. 🎙️ https://bit.ly/RaubeKeller_EADPodcast090325