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Professor Kevin Ohi is a 2013 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship award.

Professor Joe Nugent won the 2013 Teaching with New Media Award from Instructional Design and eTeaching Services. This is his second year winning. His iPhone app JoyceWays also won the Gold Medal design and production at the "Appy" Awards.

Apology to Magdalenes

English Associate Professor James Smith reflected on Taoiseach Enda Kenny's apology to victims of the Magdalene laundries in an op-ed in the Irish Times, and in interviews with New York Times, AP (via Boston Globe) and the Los Angeles Times.

Justice for Magdalenes

A new report that sheds light on the extent of state involvement with Ireland's Magdalene laundries ultimately will be remembered for whether the government responds with measures that bring justice, writes English Associate Professor James Smith, long-time advocate for the victims, in the Irish Times | He was interviewed by numerous news outlets about the report, including the New York Times, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5, Irish Independent, Irish Central and Irish Times.

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Robert Polito, Appointed President of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago

Robert Polito, Boston College English Major ’73 and poet, author, and critic, will receive the 2013 Boston College Arts Alumni Award. He will be on campus to participate in special programming at BC’s annual Arts Festival from April 25 to 27. more