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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
'Century Ireland' launch
Century Ireland is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago, produced by a team of researchers at Boston College Ireland led by Academic Director Mike Cronin. The project is a collaborative partnership with the major cultural and educational institutions in Ireland, funded by the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and hosted by RTÉ. Century Ireland | RTÉ Evening News, Irish Times, Irish Independent, RTÉ Radio (third story).
'EagleEyes' for others
Debbie Inkley, founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization Opportunity Foundation of America, was featured for her efforts to bring the EagleEyes assistive technology created by Carroll School of Management Egan Professor of Computer Science Jim Gips and colleagues to individuals with severe special needs. KUTV-Salt Lake City
Teacher absenteeism impact
Lynch School of Education Brennan Professor Andy Hargreaves addressed the financial and educational impact of teacher absenteeism, and its relationship to job satisfaction or stress, in an interview with WBZ-TV News
Dissecting multiple sclerosis
Goldwater Scholar Maria Asdourian '15, whose focus is on neurological diseases, discusses her research of multiple sclerosis in the lab of Biology Professor Dan Kirschner in this 90-second video
Provost Garza to step down
Provost and Dean of Faculties Cutberto Garza has announced that he will step down from his position on June 30 after eight years of service. He will take a year-long study leave as he transitions to his new role as University Professor starting in September 2014. BC News Release
Zach Braff at the Baldwins
'Scrubs' star Zach Braff was at Robsham Theater for the return of the Baldwin Film Awards, which recognize the best student-made films and performances of the year. Boston Globe
'The Last 5' walk
Hundreds of BC students gathered to honor victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in a 'Last 5' walk around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir on May 3. Video highlights | Photos | NECN, CBS News Boston, Fox News Boston | Boston.com
Searching for burial
A Massachusetts funeral director is striking out in his search for a place to bury Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a gunbattle with police. Law Professor Ray Madoff discussed the issues involved with 'Here and Now' on NPR/WBUR-FM and the New York Times
Storied history
In her latest novel The End of the Point, English Professor Elizabeth Graver weaves decades of history into a story set in the fictional Massachusetts community of Ashaunt Point on Cape Cod, where the Porter family owns a summer home. WBUR Here and Now
Jobs and the economy
Economics Associate Professor Robert Murphy was interviewed about job growth and the state of economy for a front-page piece in the Boston Globe