Reflections on 9/11
College of Arts and Sciences Dean David Quigley, who had spent much of the summer preceding the attacks conducting research in and on New York City, reflects on the tragedy and its aftermath. More
College of Arts and Sciences Dean David Quigley, who had spent much of the summer preceding the attacks conducting research in and on New York City, reflects on the tragedy and its aftermath. More
Award-winning network journalist Bob Woodruff, told members of the Class of 2012 to let passion, faith, service and love guide their lives as he delivered the main address at BC's 136th Commencement Exercises. BC News | Boston College Flickr page | Boston College Chronicle YouTube Page | Boston Globe, Globe Photos | Boston Herald Photos, Herald Video
Thomas C. Chiles, professor and chairman of the Biology dept., has been named the Dr. Michael E. and Dr. Salvatore A. DeLuca Professor of Biology. BC Public Affairs announcement | BC Chronicle | First Science | PhysOrg
Theology Professor Stephen Pope is one of two scholars selected to lead a year-long interdisciplinary dialogue between theology, ethics, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience as a senior research fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey.
Professor of Sociology Juliet Schor is ranked at #30 on the Post Growth Institute's (En)Rich List of 100 individuals, living or dead, whose contributions enrich paths to sustainable futures. Others on the list include Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Theodore Geisel, Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Schor entry
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 | PhysOrg | Nanowerk LLC | R&D Magazine | The Next Big Future
A presentation at the American Chemical Society national meeting by Assistant Professor of Chemistry Kian Tan was viewed more than 1,800 times, making it the most viewed within the collection of more than 400 presentations made available online following the meeting. Video presentation at the ACS National Meeting
Sociology Professor Bill Gamson has won the 2012 ASA W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award. The award honors scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline.
History doctoral student Hidetaka Hirota has been selected by the Organization of American Historians to receive the prestigious 2012 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award, given annually for the best essay in American history by a graduate student, for his paper on American immigration.
Mathematics Professor and Chair Solomon Friedberg has been elected to the board of trustees of Math for America Boston, an organization whose mission is to improve math education in Boston Public Schools. Boston Business Journal
Four Boston College faculty members have received prestigious 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Boston Business Journal | Boston.com | San Francsisco Chronicle | Houston Chronicle | Miami Herald | UPI | Los Angeles Daily News | Cincinnati Enquirer | FirstScience | Canada.com | Dow Jones MarketWatch | AOL Newton Patch | AOL Wellesley Patch
Though Abraham Lincoln is usually highlighted by historians for winning the Civil War and freeing the slaves, he "was absolutely the most transformational president in American history," History Professor Heather Cox Richardson tells Investor's Business Daily.