Professor of Mathematics Solomon Friedberg has been appointed the James P. McIntyre Professor of Mathematics. Boston College Chronicle

Professor of Mathematics Solomon Friedberg has been appointed the James P. McIntyre Professor of Mathematics. Boston College Chronicle

School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Nancy Pineda-Madrid has been elected vice president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. She will succeed to the post of president-elect of the academy in 2014-15 and president in 2015-16. BC News Release

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

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. BC News Release

Boston College Professor of Theology Stephen F. Brown has been elected to the position of vice president of the Academy of Catholic Theology for 2013-14. He will succeed to the post of president of the academy in 2014-15.

Mimi Pomerleau, president of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, is the 2013 recipient of the Connell School of Nursing’s Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award. Named for the school's first faculty member and former dean, the award recognizes a graduate who is an accomplished nursing leader, an ethically aware scientist, and a skilled and inquisitive clinician. BC News Release
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