Category Archives: Students

Art of the book

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Books hand-decorated and sewn by Bookbuilders of Boston scholarship recipients Juliette San Fillipo ’13 and Jennifer O’Brien ’13 and Burns Library conservation lab assistants Anna Whitham ’15 and Josh Rosenfeld ’13, under the direction of Burns Conservator Barbara Hebard, are … Continue reading →

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Poetry fest

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Students representing 26 colleges and universities, including Boston College junior Helen Spica, will share their original poetry at the annual Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival on April 11 in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Function Room. Irish poet Peter Fallon will … Continue reading →

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Hope diamond

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

Each summer, Boston College asks its incoming freshmen to read a book whose theme can provide a starting point for reflection and conversation that will later be illuminated through an address by the author at the annual First Year Convocation … Continue reading →

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Discovering Joyce’s Dublin

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

The Dublin of 1904, explored by Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s Ulysses, is now accessible to the tech-savvy inhabitants of the 21st century thanks to JoyceWays, a multimedia virtual tour created by Boston College undergraduates with the help of BC … Continue reading →

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Let the Great World Spin

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Colum McCann, author of National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, will address the Class of 2015 and other members of the BC Community tomorrow as part of the Office of First Year Experience’s Conversations in the First … Continue reading →

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CPA award for student

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

Boston College History Department doctoral student Peter Cajka has been awarded a first place prize from the Catholic Press Association for his article “Riding with Saint Paul in the Passenger Side: The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Enters the Automobile Age, 1920-1965,” … Continue reading →

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Summer reading

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Since 2004, the University’s Office of First Year Experience has sponsored Conversations in the First Year, a program that joins together the freshman class with ritual, ideas, and conversation. A common text is distributed to the incoming freshman class at … Continue reading →

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Calling collect

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

New Boston College School of Theology and Ministry alumna Heather Angell had her poem “Calling Collect” published in America magazine.

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Arts Festival literary events

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

In addition to music, song and dance, the Boston College Arts Festival is a celebration of the literary arts. In the spotlight this year are senior English majors in the Creative Writing Concentration and faculty writers who will read their … Continue reading →

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BC student is published illustrator

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Check out the Boston College Chronicle story on BC junior Rachel Gregorio who has  illustrated two children’s books, Basketball with Big Baby and Pitching with the Papelbons. Gregorio has also applied her creative talents to many Boston College projects. She … Continue reading →

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