Boston College Commencement 2012: Speaker Bob Woodruff, an award-winning journalist, told the Class of 2012 to let passion, faith, service and love guide their lives. Full text of his Commencement Address | BC News story | Facebook Album
Priest, geologist and author James W. Skehan, professor emeritus and former director of BC’s Weston Observatory, was honored with the unveiling of a bronze bust in his likeness on the occasion of his 89th birthday. BC News
The National Institute of Nursing Research has named Connell School of Nursing Dean and Professor Susan Gennaro to its National Advisory Council for Nursing Research, the institute's principal advisory board. More
Mathematics Assistant Professor Elisenda Grigsby has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, which recognizes innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology, in support of her work in low-dimensional topology. More
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, co-founder and president of the board of trustees of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, addressed the graduating class at the 2012 Boston College Law School Commencement on May 25.
Rising junior Brooke Loughrin and graduate students Bennett Comerford and Gary Winslett have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for intensive foreign language study abroad, part of a U.S. government effort to dramatically increase the number of Americans mastering critical foreign languages. BC News
Boston College political expert Marc Landy is available to comment. More
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