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Summit on vocations
At a recent summit hosted by the University, archbishops, bishops, priests, vocation directors, and Catholic educators assessed the impact of higher education on vocational discernment among men entering the priesthood in the U.S. The Pilot
First-place essay award
'The skills, motivation and empowerment' gained as a student working in accounting for BC Dining encouraged biology major Loic Assobmo '15 to launch a nonprofit organization called the Global Establishment for Medical Advancement, focused on the crises crippling Africa's healthcare system. His essay on the subject won first place in a National Association of College Auxiliary Services competition.
Unspoken messages
Psychology Associate Professor Joseph Tecce discussed interpretations of the demeanor in court of former New England Patriots star and Aaron Hernandez, who has been charged with murder. NECN 'Broadside'
Advance in THz imaging
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
Intrinsic value of the arts
Arts for Art's Sake? The Impact of Arts Education is a new book by Psychology Professor Ellen Winner, her former graduate student Thalia Goldstein Ph.D. '10 and Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. BC Bookmarks | A related post for OECD's 'Education Today'
Sizing up social media
Understanding why people use social media differently at different ages can provide considerable insight to corporations, writes Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of Information Systems Gerald Kane for Sloan Management Review
Physics 'top paper' honor
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. BC Chronicle
Diversity of ideas
In sending the issue of affirmative action back to the lower courts, the Supreme Court offered a comment that leaders of organizations need to think about, if they want to nurture a robust culture of ideas and innovation, according to Carroll School of Management Dean Andy Boynton. Forbes
Arts and faith
'The Dancing Priest'—St. Ignatius Pastor and BC Artist-in-Residence Robert VerEecke, S.J.—is featured n the new Loyola Press 'Arts and Faith' blog series, as is alumna opera singer Margaret Felice '02, STM '12
Markey elected to U.S. Senate
Double Eagle Edward J. Markey '68, J.D. '72, has won the special election held in Massachusetts to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by fellow BC Law School graduate John F. Kerry '76 when he was appointed U.S. Secretary of State. Three out of four U.S. Senators elected in the Bay State in the last five years have been BC Law alumni.
Practical humanities
Full and effective participation in a postindustrial society and economy requires advanced analytical and expressive ability, and studying the humanities and social sciences is essential to developing those abilities, writes English Professor and Director of American Studies Carlo Rotella. Boston Globe
Help all to achieve
Systematically addressing the out-of-school factors impacting students will give every child the opportunity to learn and thrive, writes City Connects executive director and Lynch School of Education Kearns Professor Mary Walsh. ACDS 'The Whole Child'
Turnkey or tailored practices?
Carroll School Cotter Professor of Management and Organization Mary Ann Glynn and Ryan Raffaelli Ph.D. '13 report on differing corporate approaches to public service initiatives. Academy of Management Journal | Related Post
CTSA president
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
Brown elected to ACT post
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.
Connell School Kelleher Award
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
Community Service Award
Christopher Darcy, an associate director in the Office of Residential Life and a tireless volunteer both in his community and on campus, has received the University’s 2013 Community Service Award. BC News Release | Boston.com, MetroWest Daily News
The Church and the world
How does the Church speak to the secular world? Philosophy Associate Professor Jeffrey Bloechl, who delivered the 2013 Simone Weil Lecture on Human Value at Australian Catholic University, writes on Charles Taylor, freedom and authority for Australian Broadcasting Co. Religion and Ethics
U.S Cabinet first
Two Law School alumni are making history, as Cameron Kerry J.D. '78, in the post of acting Secretary of Commerce, joins Secretary of State John Kerry J.D. '76 in the U.S. Cabinet, the first time two brothers have served at the same time. Boston Globe
Supreme Court gene ruling
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
Like father, like son
Singer/songwriter Steafán Hanvey is on a mission to raise awareness in the U.S. of the work of his father, photographer Bobbie Hanvey, whose collection on the political and cultural life of Northern Ireland since the 1970s resides in BC's Burns Library. NPR Morning Edition
Gilman International Scholars
Five Boston College students, rising juniors and seniors, will participate in study-abroad programs this summer and fall — traveling to such destinations as Europe, Africa and Latin America — through prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships. A sixth student was awarded, but declined, a scholarship. BC News Release
BC Bookmarks
Christianity and the Political Order, new from Theology Associate Professor Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., and Adiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death by History Associate Professor Deborah T. Levenson are highlighted by BC Bookmarks
National summit on vocations
Catholic bishops, Catholic college and university presidents, university mission officers, campus ministry staff, and vocation directors for 15 dioceses and 10 orders of priests convened at Boston College to discuss ways to promote vocations to the priesthood. BC News Release
Nontoxic combo slows tumors
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
Justice Ginsberg and SCOTUS
If Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not retire by the end of this term, it will be a victory for those who oppose everything she stands for, according to Law Professor Kent Greenfield in an op-ed for the Boston Globe
Remembering the Shoah
Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer and his new book, I Saw It: Ilya Selvinsky and the Legacy of Bearing Witness to the Shoah, were highlighted by the Boston Globe (second item).
High fashion
College of Arts and Sciences economics major Hyun Kyeong Kim '15 was featured in the 'Style Watch' section of the Boston Globe Magazine
What are fathers for?
Center for Work and Family Executive Director Brad Harrington discussed CWF's research of the changing role of fathers, in a piece for the 'New York Times 'Room for Debate' and an interview with Fox News Boston | The report also was cited by the Wall Street Journal, CNN, NBC 'Today.com', Canada's National Post, and MSN Living, among other media.
The VIP divide
Universal Studios Hollywood is introducing a 'V.I.P Experience' that, among other things, allows purchasers to jump the queue for its various attractions. Political Science Professor Marc Landy weighs in, writing for WBUR 'Cognoscenti' | Boston.com