Events
Commencement 2012
MAY 21, 2012
9:15 a.m. — Academic Procession
10:00 a.m. — University Commencement (main ceremony)
12:00–2 p.m.— Graduate School of Social Work Diploma Ceremony
The 136th Commencement of Boston College will be held on Monday, May 21, 2012. The University Commencement, which is attended by all graduates, is held in Alumni Stadium (rain or shine) and will begin with the Academic Procession at 9:15 a.m. and end after approximately two hours. More about Commencement 2012 »
Newly Admitted Students Reception & Resource Fair
MAY 14, 2012
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons
RSVP by May 9, 2012, to 617-552-4024 or swadmit@bc.edu
Meet other admitted students, current students, faculty, and staff. Appetizers and light refreshments will be available. more »
News
GSSW Alum Featured in the Boston Globe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Peter Ducharme, MSW '08, was featured in the Boston Globe for his work with a video game prototype used in therapy to help children develop anger management skills.
Ducharme, a clinical social worker in the department of psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston, is running the study. While playing the video game, trial patients wear a monitoring clip that allows them to succeed at the game only when their pulse dips below a resting rate. Ducharme teaches players deep breathing techniques that bring down their heart rates.
"If they're getting better at controlling their physiological reactions in the game, they should be better able to control their reactions outside of the game,’" Ducharme said in the article. Additional simulations and features will be added as the clinical trial progresses.
