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Jesuit geologist honored
Priest, geologist and author James W. Skehan, professor emeritus and former director of BC’s Weston Observatory, was honored with the unveiling of a bronze bust in his likeness on the occasion of his 89th birthday. BC News
NINR taps Connell School dean
The National Institute of Nursing Research has named Connell School of Nursing Dean and Professor Susan Gennaro to its National Advisory Council for Nursing Research, the institute's principal advisory board. More
NSF Career Award
Mathematics Assistant Professor Elisenda Grigsby has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, which recognizes innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology, in support of her work in low-dimensional topology. More
Critical Language Scholars
Rising junior Brooke Loughrin and graduate students Bennett Comerford and Gary Winslett have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for intensive foreign language study abroad, part of a U.S. government effort to dramatically increase the number of Americans mastering critical foreign languages. BC News
Schweitzer Fellows
New Albert Schweitzer Fellows Jennifer Patey of the Connell School of Nursing and Caitlin Partyka of the Graduate School of Social Work will spend the next year developing leadership skills and learning to address the social factors that impact health, in the spirit of the award's namesake. More
Simon Oral Advocacy Program
A $1 million grant from the William E. Simon Foundation of New York will support Boston College Law School's Oral Advocacy Program, which prepares law students for public speaking, oral arguments and moot court competitions. More | Boston Herald
Religious, moral identity
Theology Professor Stephen Pope is one of two scholars selected to lead a yearlong interdisciplinary dialogue of theology, ethics, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience as a senior research fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, N.J. More
Outstanding historian
Hidetaka Hirota, a doctoral student in history, has been selected by the Organization of American Historians to receive the 2012 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award, given annually for the best essay in American history by a graduate student. More
$15M gift for Cadigan Center
Patrick F. Cadigan, a 1957 alumnus, California real estate investor and former high tech CEO who cites his Jesuit education as a crucial influence in his personal formation and professional success, has made a $15 million pledge to name BC's new alumni center. More | Boston Globe, WBUR-FM, Boston Business Journal, Boston Herald, Orange County Register (CA), Jesuit News, Dow Jones MarketWatch, San Francisco Chronicle, Irish Central
'Voice and Equality' honored
Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics, co-written by Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay L. Schlozman, has won the 2012 American Association for Public Opinion Research Book Award, which recognizes 'influential books that have stimulated thinking about the substance and study of public opinion.' BC Bookmarks | She also discussed Sarah Palin's affect on women in the current election cycle with the Boston Herald
Clean energy advance
Physics Professor Zhifeng Ren, graduate student Bo Yu and their MIT colleagues report improving the performance of a bulk alloy semiconductor, an advance that could yield broader clean energy applications. News release | Nanowerk LLC, R&D Magazine, The Next Big Future, AZOM.com, PhysOrg
Chautauqua Prize winner
Noted author and College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program faculty member Andrew Krivak is the inaugural winner of the Chautauqua Prize, a new national literary award, for his first novel, The Sojourn. More
Arts Festival 2012
More than 1,000 Boston College students, faculty and administrators will participate in the University's 14th annual Arts Festival—Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28— which will feature over 80 events showcasing performing, visual and literary arts programs.
Ignatian honor
Campus Minister Rev. Don MacMillan, S.J., has been honored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network for his significant commitment to leadership for social justice. More | National Jesuit News
Guggenheim fellow
The Guggenheim Foundation has awarded a 2012 fellowship to Professor of Russian, English and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, in support of research designed to bring a new perspective to Holocaust studies. More
Artistic Directors' panel
The Theatre Department, in partnership with the 2012 Arts Festival, will present an April 26 public symposium on artistic leadership in the American theater, featuring three BC graduates who are prominent artistic directors. Paul Daigneault (left) of SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston is one of the panelists. More
Shakespeare classic goes 'Bollywood'
The Boston College Theatre Department concludes its year-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Robsham Theater Arts Center with an exciting new production of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. More
Alumnus Taccone to be honored
Boston College alumnus Tony Taccone—artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California, one of the most prominent regional theaters in the country—will be the special guest and alumni honoree at the 14th annual Boston College Arts Festival, April 26-28, 2012.
"Forgotten Chapters" website
An interactive web site has been launched to accompany “Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History,” a new exhibition on literary Boston between the Revolution and the Civil War curated by Boston College Professor of English Paul Lewis and on display until July 30. More
Religious liberty forum
A panel of experts in theology and constitutional law examined threats to religious liberty in America at a campus forum moderated by Vatican expert and author John L. Allen, Jr. of National Catholic Reporter and sponsored by the Church in the 21st Century Center, BC Law School and the School of Theology and Ministry. Boston.com
Dinneen Award winner
BC's Archbishop Oscar A. Romero Scholarship Committee has named Vanessa Rodriguez—a district CEO of the New York City Department of Education—the 2012 recipient of the John A. Dinneen, S.J. Hispanic Alumni Community Service Award. More
Remembering Franco Garcia
Members of the University community are asked to continue to remember Franco Garcia and his family in prayer. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the Garcia family at 128 Webster Street, West Newton, MA 02465. | Reflections from BC Campus Ministers Rev. Tony Penna and Rev. Don MacMillan, S.J.: Boston Herald
Nursing and health care reform
American Nurses Association President and Connell School of Nursing alumna Karen Daley will speak on 'Leading the Charge: A Nursing Agenda in the Age of Health Care Reform' at BC April 10, as part of the Connell School Pinnacle Lecture Series. More
Bogside Artists at BC
The Bogside Artists -- creators of the internationally acclaimed political murals depicting "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland -- will hold a public talk on Tuesday, Mar. 27 at 4 p.m. in O’Neill Library, Room 211.
Rising UP: A Dance Showcase
The Boston College Theatre Department continues the 30th anniversary season of the Robsham Theater Arts Center and breaks new ground with Rising UP: A Dance Showcase. Under the artistic direction of faculty member Sun Ho Kim, this first-ever department-produced piece will feature choreography by Kim, with faculty members Robert Ver Eecke S.J., Kirsten McKinney and Margot Parsons and will take place March 30 and 31.
Carroll School #9 in U.S.
Boston College’s Carroll School of Management is ranked among the nation's top 10, according to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek "Best Undergraduate Business Schools" 2012 rankings. More
Grants for Allston-Brighton
Boston College President William P. Leahy, SJ, and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented 12 Allston-Brighton groups with a total of more than $28,000 in grants at the Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund grant award ceremony held at the Veronica Smith Multi-Service Senior Center in Brighton on March 16.
"Lysistrata" at Robsham
The Boston College Theatre Department continues the 30th anniversary season of the University’s Robsham Theater Arts Center with Aristophanes's classic comedy Lysistrata, in a new translation by Sarah Ruden. Directed by BC senior Theatre major Alex Lucci, the production is being presented through February 25 in the Robsham’s Bonn Studio.
BC honored for service
Boston College has been named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. More
GSSW among U.S. top 10
The Graduate School of Social Work has earned a Top 10 ranking, and BC's schools of education, business and law (nursing was not reviewed this year) remain ranked in the upper echelon of American graduate programs, according to the latest survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. More