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GM at CEO Club
The car is the next great proving ground for communications technology, General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson said during his address at BC's Chief Executives' Club of Boston. Boston Globe, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Detroit Free Press, Boston Herald
Lilly Graduate Fellows
Alumni Sarah Messer ’13 and Brian Tracz ’12 have been selected to this year’s cohort of the Lilly Graduate Fellowship Program, which supports young men and women interested in becoming teacher-scholars at church-related U.S. colleges and universities. BC Chronicle
Eagles excel in NCAA APR
Boston College sports teams continued to rank high in the latest report card on the NCAA Academic Progress Rate. Nine BC sports teams scored a perfect 1000; BC's Football Eagles scored 982, one of only nine BCS institutions to score 980 or higher. More from BC Athletics
Social web predictions
As a student in Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of Information Systems Gerald Kane's 'Social Media for Managers' course, Lynch School of Education doctoral candidate Adam Gismondi offered predictions for social business in a guest post for Forbes.com
In Memoriam: A. Paul Cellucci
Former Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Ambassador to Canada A. Paul Cellucci '70, JD '73—who in more than three decades in politics never lost an election—has died at age 65 of complications from ALS. Washington Post, AP via USA Today, Boston Herald, Globe and Mail (Toronto) | A tribute to a man whose 'way was honorable' in the Boston Globe
Academics and athletics
Thirteen Boston College sports teams have been recognized for being in the top 10 percent of all squads in their sport in the latest NCAA Academic Performance Public Recognition release. More
Public Interest Law Scholars
Twelve BC Law students have been selected as the first Public Interest Law Scholars of the University’s Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, part of the center’s mission to support students who are committed to service for others. BC Chronicle
Carroll Finance Conference
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and CEO Charles I. Plosser headlined a roster of industry experts addressing opportunities across financial markets from equity to energy to real estate at the Carroll School of Management's Eighth Annual Finance Conference. Speech text | Sampling of coverage: Bloomberg Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones MarketWatch, Dow Jones Business News, Reuters, Fox Business
NEA National Heritage Fellow
Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Seamus Connolly, director of BC's Irish music programs, has been selected as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts. BC Chronicle | Portland Press-Herald
Vance prose will endure
American science-fiction and fantasy writer Jack Vance left a legacy of lasting influence, not only in dozens of books but also in his distinctiveness as a stylist, which shaped many other writers’ sensibilities, English Professor and Director of American Studies Carlo Rotella wrote in an essay for the New York Times
Fulbright Scholars
The past academic year was a highly successful one for BC students seeking fellowships and scholarships. Read about this year's 20-plus Fulbright Award winners: BC Chronicle
Lessons in service
New Orleans native Gwyneth O'Neill '07, who following graduation joined Teach NOLA to help the city's school system recover in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, received an indication of the difference her service had made when she was asked to deliver this year's commencement address at the school where she had taught. New Orleans Times-Picayune
TechTrek Ghana
Twenty-one BC students, accompanied by Carroll School of Management Information Systems Associate Professor John Gallaugher and Accounting Adjunct Associate Professor Elizabeth Strock Bagnani, traveled to Africa to study the role of technology in catalyzing entrepreneurship and economic growth in Ghana. Techy Africa | Chronicle of Ghana
Six millennia of Phoenicians
A new, annotated critical translation of Charles Corm's 6000 ans de génie pacifique au service de l'Humanité by Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Arabic and Hebrew Franck Salameh, the first Western researcher to be given access to Corm's Beirut archives and unpublished papers, includes an historical reference to an archeological discovery by two BC Jesuits and their students. More from BC Bookmarks
Changing nature of service
Like ATMs, but dislike self-serve check-outs? A new book by Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of Operations Management Joy Field takes a look at how technology and other factors are changing the service dynamic, with varying degrees of success. BC Bookmarks
Art of the book
Four BC students' work hand-decorating and sewing book covers under the direction of Burns Library staff is on view in an online exhibit sponsored by the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, a first for BC students. BC News Release
Un Diplôme Honorifique
Carroll School of Management Professor of Marketing Arch G. Woodside has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal, at the recommendation of HEC Montréal, its independent affiliated business school and the oldest management school in Canada. BC News Release
Aquino Scholars
Juniors Matthew Alonzosana and Wei Kuang 'Lucilla' Pan are the first co-winners of the Benigno and Corazon Aquino Scholarship, presented annually to students who represent the highest ideals and aspirations of Boston College and the Asian American community. BC Chronicle
Boston Strong in Cleveland
Rising junior Maggie Stack, who was stopped just before the finish line due to the Boston Marathon bombings, ran and completed the Cleveland Marathon. WOIO-TV 19 Action News
Excellence in publishing
Two publications by ecclesiologist Richard Gaillardetz, BC's Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology, have won book awards, including a first place award from the Association of Catholic Publishers. BC News Release
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