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
Laboratory tests show combining two nontoxic therapies can slow the growth of tumors, according to a report in the international journal PLOS ONE that builds upon and supports Biology Professor Thomas Seyfried's groundbreaking research in the field. BC News Release
Physics Professor Krzysztof Kempa’s report 'Controlling light propagation with nanowires,' co-authored with researcher Yun Peng, has been selected as one of the most notable papers of 2012 by the journal Applied Physics Letters.
Like many people affected by the BRCA mutation, English Associate Professor Amy Boesky, author of What We Have: A Memoir about her family’s experience with the gene, was waiting for the Supreme Court to act on patents held by Myriad Genetics. She reacted to the ruling in an op-ed for the Boston Globe.
Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology Richard Gaillardetz has assumed presidency of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the world's largest association of its kind.
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.
By using a laser beam to send a detailed set of instructions that create an aperture, researchers in the lab of Physics Associate Professor Willie Padilla may help tame terahertz waves in order to create new imaging technology. BC News Release | PhysOrg | Science Daily | Science Codex | Photonics.com | R&D Magazine
Mathematics Professor Martin Bridgeman has been awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship to support his research in moduli spaces. BC Chronicle
Biology Professor Peter Clote and English Professor Kevin Ohi have received 2013 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, awarded to professionals who demonstrate exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. BC Chronicle
Economics Professor Uzi Segal has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the world's leading learned society for economists. BC News Release