Sleep and memory
A study by BC psychologist Elizabeth Kensinger and colleagues suggests that sleep plays a key role in determining what we remember - and what we forget. Science Daily
Senior Michael Christopher Ruscito is remembered by members of the BC community as a selfless friend and hard-working student. Boston Herald
Find information and links to student services, programs, and events for Boston College's opening weeks in September.
A study by BC psychologist Elizabeth Kensinger and colleagues suggests that sleep plays a key role in determining what we remember - and what we forget. Science Daily
Scientists including Biologist David Burgess are placing sea urchin eggs in snug, microscopic chambers shaped like triangles, stars and ice cream cones to learn what cues tell a cell to divide at the center. Science Daily
Walsh Professor of Bioethics John Paris, S.J. discussed with CNN's Lou Dobbs the appearances of John McCain and Barack Obama at the Saddleback Church faith forum hosted by Pastor Rick Warren. Read the program transcript (segment begins about halfway through).
Brighton native Kathleen Murphy '09, a member of the BC field hockey team, is battling multiple sclerosis. But as the Boston Herald's Steve Buckley writes, Murphy has a lot of fight in her -- and a lot of friends to help: "I'm going to keep going on and living my life until it does hit, and even if it does, I'm not going to let it slow me down." Story
In an interview on NECN, Sociologist Sharlene Hesse-Biber discusses a new government projection showing whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans by 2042. Video
Prof. of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer's anthology of Jewish-Russian literature is deemed 'amazing' and 'a fascinating cultural phenomenon in itself' by a review in the London's East European Jewish Affairs journal. More
In the Holy newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, BC theologian Rev. Robert Imbelli reviews a timely book on the intersection of faith and politics. Catholic News Agency
AHANA student Jeremy Marsh's '08 research on brain cancer has been accepted for publication in Clinical Cancer Research. The study, conducted by Marsh in collaboration with BC biologists Purna Mukherjee and Thomas Seyfried, showed that the simple process of caloric restriction could reduce growth and extend survival in mice bearing a malignant glioma. More
BC geoscientist Emanuel Bombolakis and alumni have been helping colleagues in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, monitor earthquakes in a region now rocked by conflict with Russia. More | Project background
As headlines warn Americans that their retirement years may be far from golden, Center for Retirement Research Director Alicia Munnell discusses their options with US News & World Report and on WBUR-FM's 'Here and Now'.