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CSOM grad A.J. Colarusso ’26 has signed his first pro contract with the New York Mets following the 2026 @MLB Draft. Colarusso left the Heights last spring as BC’s all-time leader in career starts, capping an outstanding collegiate career with the Eagles.

For more than 150 years, BC’s Fulton Debating Society has taught the power of respectful disagreement. Pres. Lindsay Marquis ’28 sees debate as a way to strengthen civil discourse. “It requires you to see different points of view,” she told BC Magazine.

What would a Tesla-SpaceX merger mean for Elon Musk’s record-breaking compensation? CSOM prof Mary Ellen Carter weighs in on the proposed deal in @WSJ, explaining how the transaction could accelerate Musk’s path toward a potential $1 trillion payday.

Luke Mairo ’17 started Voltpost, a startup that turns existing streetlights into EV charging stations, to make EV ownership more accessible for urban drivers. “It was an equity issue and a largely unsolved market opportunity,” Mairo told BC Magazine.

“A legacy is an extraordinarily valuable asset, but it’s also, in many ways, an intangible one.” In the latest issue of Carroll Capital, Powers Family Dean Andy Boynton writes about our legacies at Boston College, which keep pushing us to “ever excel.”

A new statue of Carroll School alum Jack Connors, Jr. ’63 was recently unveiled in Boston, honoring a visionary leader whose legacy was defined by community.