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Reflections on 9/11

College of Arts and Sciences Dean David Quigley, who had spent much of the summer preceding the attacks conducting research in and on New York City, reflects on the tragedy and its aftermath. More

 

Commencement 2013

Monday, May 20
Graduation Information

 

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Tricia Burdo

$1.9M NIH grant

Biology Associate Research Professor Tricia Burdo has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of the body’s immune response in a debilitating form of nerve damage suffered by people living with HIV. BC News Release | PhysOrg | News Medical

Kenneth Williams

$2.7M NIH grant

Biology Professor Ken Williams has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million NIH grant to probe potential drug therapies that would limit the role of immunological cells connected to several debilitating illnesses that strike people living with HIV. BC News Release | PhysOrg

 

Robet Murphy

Jobs and the economy

Economics Associate Professor Robert Murphy was interviewed about job growth and the state of economy for a front-page piece in the Boston Globe.

Peter Krause

Marathon terrorist attack

Political Science Assistant Professor Peter Krause gave interviews to try and provide some analysis and peace of mind on the tragic events at the Boston Marathon. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC | NECN | CNN

Catherine Cornille

Newton College Alumnae Chair

Theology Department Professor Catherine Cornille, an internationally acclaimed scholar in the field of comparative theology, has been named to the Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture. BC News Release

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Martin Bridgeman

Simons Fellowship winner

Mathematics Professor Martin Bridgeman has been awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship to support his research in moduli spaces. BC Chronicle

Peter Clote and Kevin Ohi

 

 

 

2013 Guggenheim Fellows

Biology Professor Peter Clote and English Professor Kevin Ohi have received 2013 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, awarded to professionals who demonstrate exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. BC Chronicle

Uzi Segal

Econometric Society fellow

Economics Professor Uzi Segal has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the world's leading learned society for economists. BC News Release