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Newsmakers

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•Several BC faculty members offered comments to the media in regard to the devastating earthquake in Haiti: The Boston Globe interviewed Weston Observatory Director Prof. John Ebel (Geology and Geophysics) on the 7.0-magnitude temblor. Asst. Prof. Richard Albert (Law) wrote in the Huffington Post that the tragedy was not an act of God but a failure of humanity. Asst. Prof. Paulo Barrozo (Law) co-authored an op-ed for National Public Radio praising Haitian and US authorities for easing restrictions on international adoption to permit some children to escape their dire circumstances.

•In the wake of the unexpected victory by BC Law alumnus Scott Brown in Massachusetts’ recent US Senate election, Prof. Marc Landy (Political Science) discussed the GOP resurgence in the Bay State in an interview with the Boston Globe. Assoc. Prof. Dennis Hale (Political Science) offered comments to Canada’s National Post on the grassroots aspect of Brown’s triumph, and to the Boston Herald on Massachusetts’s gubernatorial hopefuls seeking support from independent voters

Campus Minister Jack Butler, SJ, who is director of vocations for the New England Province of the Society of Jesus, was featured on the CatholicTV program “This Is The Day.”

•American Studies Director Prof. Carlo Rotella (English) published a profile of US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in The New Yorker magazine.

•Asst. Prof. Richard Albert (Law) published the op-ed piece “Pakistan’s Patriots” in United Press International.

•Adj. Assoc. Prof. Michael C. Keith (Communication) was interviewed by City on a Hill Press regarding the role of low power radio and by the Smithsonian Magazine on the history of radio broadcasting.

•US News & World Report cited findings by the Boston College Center for Retirement Research in an article “10 Tips for Picking the Right Retirement Spot.”

•Clough Millennium Professor of History James O’Toole spoke with the Patriot Ledger on Voice of the Faithful.

•The Wall Street Journal highlighted proposals by Prof. Ed Kane (CSOM) to improve the market while taming the bad behavior of banks.

•John R.R. Howie ’11 shared his Junior Year Abroad experience at Peking University with the Boston Globe.

•Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Director Prof. Paul Schervish (Sociology) discussed the impact of celebrity benefit shows on major fundraising efforts in an article for Forbes magazine.

Publications

•Assoc. Prof. Bruce Morrill, SJ (Theology) published Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death.

The Russian translation of the short story “Sonetchka” by Prof. Maxim D. Shrayer (Slavic and Eastern Languages) was reprinted in the anthology On the Coast: Stories by Russian Writers Abroad.

•Prof. Michael Noone (Music) published “Cristóbal de Morales (ca. 1500-1553) — Semblanzas de compositores españoles” in Revista de la Fundación Juan March.

Grants

Time and a Half

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•Assoc. Prof. Bruce Morrill, SJ (Theology) presented “Between Idol and Icon: Liturgical-Theological Consideration of Marion’s Theory,” at the annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy in Milwaukee.

•Professor of Psychology Michael Numan has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which recognizes members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. Numan was honored for his original discoveries and for “the continuing
elucidation of the hormonal, neurotransmitter, and neural basis of maternal behavior in mammals,” according to the AAAS, an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science, and publisher of the popular journal Science.

Prof. Solomon Friedberg (Mathematics) presented “Stitching Primes Together” as the Distinguished Teaching Lecture at the Mathematical Association of America New England Section fall meeting.