Thomas More Apartments Residence Hall
Plymouth Quarries has been supplying Weymouth Granite to Boston College since 1915. To continue with the expansion of the campus Plymouth Quarries was chosen again to provide the stone. The approximately 240,000 square-foot building, occupying the former site of More Hall, also is the new home of University Health Services, which moved from Cushing Hall.
The Thomas More Apartments residence hall at 2150 Commonwealth Avenue formally opened its doors to some 490 upperclassmen in August 2017. The hall is a major standout addition to the Boston College campus.
The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
Boston College’s Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society is designed to create multidisciplinary, collaborative research processes to address critical societal issues in the areas of energy, health, and the environment.
Through the Institute, Boston College is creating new interdisciplinary courses in integrated sciences and human-centered engineering, design thinking, implementation science, data analytics, global public health, and other fields that will combine elements of science, engineering, humanities, law, and entrepreneurship through collaboration with MCAS, BC’s professional schools, and its Shea Center for Entrepreneurship. This cooperation across departments and schools strengthens teaching and research in the sciences and enhances the University’s ability to advance the common good through research focused on pressing global problems.
