News Archive Page 2
A famous capture
On May 31, 2003, a rookie police officer named Jeffrey S. Postell, now a sergeant with the Boston College Police Department, was working the overnight shift in Murphy, North Carolina, when he caught Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives. Yahoo! News
Mom brings home the bacon
A Pew Research Center report shows how much the traditional domestic paradigm has changed over the years: 40 percent of U.S. households with children now count Mom as the sole or primary breadwinner. Center for Work and Family Associate Director Jennifer Sabatini Fraone discussed the findings with NECN and Fox News Boston.
Exam fairness
A case contesting the fairness of the Boston police promotional exam still awaits a ruling. Law School Professor Mark Brodin was interviewed about the case by the Boston Globe
BC's Insta-star
Congratulations and thanks to Emily Hobbs '13, who has been the photographer behind Boston College Instagram since its launch in September by the Office of News & Public Affairs. More than 30 thousand users now follow the channel.
New McIntyre Professor
Professor of Mathematics Solomon Friedberg–who during his tenure as department chair has overseen a period of unprecedented growth and achievement—is the new James P. McIntyre Professor of Mathematics. BC Chronicle
Social media for seniors
Brands need to master social marketing to senior citizens, especially as the computer-literate Baby Boomers retire, writes new College of Arts and Sciences graduate Katie Moran '13 in a guest post for Forbes.com
'Neighborhood science'
A two-year $200,000 National Science Foundation grant award will allow BC undergraduates to engage in environmental 'neighborhood science' in Boston, using novel technologies to collect and disseminate air quality data in real time, said Lynch School of Education Associate Professor of Education G. Michael Barnett, the grant’s principal investigator. BC News Release
Commencement highlights
Video highlights and photos from BC's 137th Commencement Exercises, at which some 4,400 students, including the Class of 2013, received degrees. | Also, an interactive Gigapan photo of the Sesquicentennial Class and a 60-second glimpse of the day it was taken.
Empathy and moral judgments
Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say 'yes' when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a study co-authored by Psychology Assistant Professor Liane Young. BC News Release | Science Daily, Medical Express, ANI News Service (India), Science Blog
Law School Commencement
U.S. Senator William 'Mo' Cowan (D-Mass.), former chief of staff for Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, addressed the Class of 2013 at BC Law School Commencement on May 24. Boston Globe | Graduate student and Boston Marathon bombing survivor Brittany Loring, who received an MBA at BC's main ceremony on May 20, also received a juris doctorate degree at the Law School graduation. Lowell Sun
Distinguished Career Award
Sociology Professor Paul Schervish, director of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, will be honored with the 2013 Distinguished Career Award presented by the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association. BC News Release
Liturgical vision of Vatican II
How has the Church’s worship fared in these past 50 years since Vatican II? The results since the council have been fairly mixed, writes School of Theology and Ministry Professor John Baldovin, S.J. America
Commencement 2013
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny drew a standing ovation for his rousing address to the Sesquicentennial Class of 2013 at BC's 137th Commencement Exercises on May 20. Commencement also was a milestone for graduate students and close friends Brittany Loring and Liza Cherney, both injured in the Boston Marathon bombing, who were present to receive their MBA degrees. Cherney accepted her degree at the main ceremony on behalf of their Carroll School of Management class. BC Chronicle | Full text of the Taoiseach's remarks | Sampling of media coverage: Boston Globe, AP, UPI, NBC News, Fox News Boston, CBS Boston, Irish Independent, Irish Times, Irish Central, RTE (video links to the left), Boston.com | Loring, who also will receive a juris doctorate from BC Law School, reflected on the weeks since the attacks, and on the future, in the Boston Herald | Op-ed: 'As BC graduates, Catholicism is alive and well on campus': Washington Post 'On Faith'
Prepacks, vultures, Chapter 22
Carroll School of Management Finance Associate Professor Edith Hotchkiss, whose research helped popularize the phrase 'Chapter 22' for companies that file for bankruptcy a second time, discussed bankruptcy trends in a Q&A with Thomson Reuters
Boston and the recession
The Great Recession of 2007 hit all American households hard, but a report from BC's Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, based on a projection model developed by senior associate director John J. Havens, shows the economic downturn was relatively less hard in Boston. Boston.com
Udall Scholarship winner
Joseph Manning '14 has received a prestigious Udall Scholarship, awarded to students who have demonstrated a commitment to environmental careers. BC Chronicle
Nabokovs, father and son
In 2011, Professor of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer traveled to Montreux, Switzerland, to interview critic, translator and interpreter Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of novelist Vladimir Nabokov. He writes about the experience in an essay for The Forward
New look for Gasson Quad
The Gasson Hall quadrangle will undergo a major reconstruction this summer, a project that will include regrading, landscaping and other changes. BC Chronicle
Royal Society Fellow
Chemistry Professor Udayan Mohanty, whose research spans the fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysics, has been named a fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry for his outstanding career accomplishments. BC News Release
Dr. Brown Award winner
A Q&A with Rayana Grace '13, winner of the 2013 Dr. Donald Brown Award, which honors a senior for exemplary contributions to the University community. BC Chronicle
Simons Fellowship winner
Mathematics Professor Martin Bridgeman has been awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship to support his research in moduli spaces. BC Chronicle
Social media insights
Carroll School of Management Information Systems Associate Professor Gerald Kane commented on the announcement that YouTube will ask consumers to pay for some of its videos. Washington Post. He also wrote about what social media managers can learn from communication following the Boston Marathon bombings for the 'Big Idea' blog of Sloan Management Review
Faith and coffee
'The interesting thing about Boston College’s “Agape Latte” …is that it actually seems to work.' Alumnus and School of Theology and Ministry student Sam Sawyer, S.J., writes on the popular student faith initiative co-sponsored by Campus Ministry and the C21 Center. The Jesuit Post
PIC partnership is 'win-win'
The BC-Private Industry Council partnership, which provides Boston high schools students with a glimpse of university life and real-world job experience during the summer months, is a 'win-win' collaboration, administrators say. BC Chronicle
Connell nurses in Haiti
On the Connell School of Nursing's third clinical service trip to Haiti, 21 Boston College faculty, students, and alumni cared for up to 200 patients a day in mobile clinics and in orphanages. Video
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Seam Connolly, director of the Irish Studies music programs, will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his distinguished career as one of the world's most respected master Irish musicians. BC Chronicle
BC named 2013 state champion in energy efficiency
The University has received a strong endorsement for its ongoing campaign to trim energy use on campus from Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, which will recognize Boston College as a Northeast Business Leader for Energy Efficiency, and Massachusetts Business Leader State Champion, at the organization's summit gathering in June. BC News Release
A moral minefield
With evidence that government forces in Syria have used chemical weapons, the U.S. and Britain are evaluating whether and how to intervene in the conflict. Theology Associate Professor Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., outlines reasons for a cautious approach in an opinion piece for The Tablet
Campbell's corporate innovation
In Boston for the annual Front End of Innovation conference, alumna Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell Soup Co., offered a glimpse at how one Fortune 500 company does innovation. Boston.com
Sleep-starved schoolchildren
Sleep deprivation is a significant hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to data from BC's TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, directed by Lynch School of Education researchers Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin. It is a particular problem in more affluent countries; the study found the U.S. to have the highest number of sleep-deprived students. BBC News, BBC TV, Time, PRI/The World, U.K. Daily Mail, Malta Independent, New Zealand Herald