Boston College media highlights
Highlights from 2025
One of Trump's first executive orders pulls the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. BC Law Professor David Wirth weighs in: CNN.com; KCBS radio (San Francisco).
Professor of Political Science Marc Landy discussed Biden's presidential pardons and Trump's day-one executive orders in Inauguration Day commentary for Boston 25 News.
Can media coverage of celebrity wildfire victims deliver a wake-up call about climate change? Insights from Lynch School Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology Betty Lai: Vox.com.
BC Law Professor Brian Quinn comments on Elon Musk’s latest U.S. regulatory lawsuit: Bloomberg News via Yahoo Finance.
Clough School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas Groome comments on Cardinal Sean O'Malley's role as messenger in Vatican efforts to improve relations between the U.S. and Cuba: Boston Globe.
Andrew Eschtruth has taken the reins of the Center for Retirement Research from Drucker Professor Alicia Munnell, who stepped down in December: Boston Globe.
Math and physics? They're child's play to a 12-year-old who began giving university lectures at age 7. Professor Emerita of Psychology Ellen Winner discusses gifted children on CBS "Sunday Morning:" Video | Text.
In an essay for TIME magazine, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Liane Young, director of the Morality Lab, and Ph.D. student Trystan Loustau write on what people with autism can teach about mental resilience. | Young also comments on how people view vigilantes for APA.org.
In a first, Pope Francis named a woman to head the Vatican office that oversees religious orders for both men and women. Clough School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas Groome comments for the Associated Press.
Liberal comedians' failure to evolve with media and political trends helped Donald Trump win the 2024 election, contends Professor of Communication Matt Sienkiewicz, co-author of an essay in The Conversation, here via U.S. News.
President-elect Trump said he wants to "save" TikTok. One possible rescuer could be X owner Elon Musk. BC Law Associate Professor David Olson comments: Yahoo! Finance.