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Hilary Palevsky

NSF CAREER Award

Award supports Hilary Palevesky's work to advance use of ocean monitoring data.
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A Ghost Story

Meet Richie Moriarty ’02, the guy with the arrow stuck in his neck on the hit show Ghosts.
Conevery Bolton Valencius

Shaky ground

Historian Conevery Bolton Valencius explores the impact of human-caused earthquakes.
Jonah Kotzen

Adaptability, resilience

UGBC President Jonah Kotzen '24 found a voice through advocacy.
Emrah Altindis

BC scientist receives $2.5 million NIH grant

The award will advance his research on viral insulins.
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A closer look at healing

Biology's Losick studies the role polyploid cells in the healing of wounds,
Jier Huang

Harvesting energy from CO2

BC scientist Jier Huang works toward launch of a sunlight-powered catalyst.
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The Crucible of Desegregation

O'Neill Professor R. Shep Melnick examines the odyssey of desegregation efforts.
Claire Connolly

For Burns Scholar, water and romanticism mix

They represent two of award-winning author Claire Connolly's scholarly pursuits.
Tayfun Sönmez and M. Utku Ünver

BC researchers enable first four-way liver exchange

Matching system design leads to breakthrough in liver transplants.
Robert Ross

China's economic woes

Political Science Professor Robert Ross on challenges facing China.
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Schiller Institute grants

Approximately $500,000 for 15 faculty projects focused on energy, the environment, and health.
New faculty

New faculty, 2023–2024

Meet 12 of our new Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences faculty as they talk about their respective fields and what they are working on at Boston College this year.
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Lowell Humanities Series

The fall season includes a distinguished array of speakers.
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Threat computation, anxiety study

BC researchers seek data crucial to treating anxiety disorders.
Jeffrey A. Byers

In Memoriam: Jeffery A. Byers

The award-winning professor and researcher in sustainable chemistry strived to inspire young people to science.
Jia Niu in his lab

Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Chemistry researcher Jia Niu is recognized for outstanding scholarship and commitment to education.
Huel (Trey) Cox III

Finnegan Award

Huel (Trey) Cox III receives BC's highest undergraduate Commencement honor.
Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award

Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award

BC students honor former Perspectives director Brian Braman.
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NSF CAREER award for Avneet Hira

Grant will support her work promoting fluency in engineering and tech among among underserved youth.
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Aquino Scholarship

Winner Heidi Yun's BC experience is marked by advocacy and service to others.
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BC Philosophy program ranked top 30 worldwide

2023 QS survey places it 12th in the U.S., 30th in the world
Gasson Spires

BC ranked 10th worldwide in theology, religious studies

QS ranking reflects School of Theology and Ministry and Theology Dept.
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Meet Google's Messenger

Marvin Chow ’95 helps shape the stories told by one of the world’s most important companies.
Elizabeth Graver

“Kantika" by Elizabeth Graver

The latest novel by the BC English professor is a sweeping family saga.
Richard Kearney

"Salvage,'' new from Richard Kearney

The Seelig Professor of Philosophy has published a novel set in Ireland.
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NSF grants for BC computer scientists

Funding supports projects in human-centric machine learning and data visualization.
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Edgar Allan Poe or Jane Austen?

Two Boston College English professors duke it out in a page-turning rumble. 
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New data science minor

Program stresses human-centered analysis and modeling for the common good.
Francisco de Roux, S.J.

Peace builder

BC's Francisco de Roux, S.J., chaired the truth commission on Colombia's brutal internal conflict.
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Moral of the Story 

The Morality Lab will spend the next two years researching how to influence people to be more ethical consumers.
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The Calling Game

They're some of the most recognizable names in sports media today. They started out talking BC athletics on WZBC.
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Where Eagles land

Data show 96 percent of Class of 2022 engaged in work, grad studies, or service.

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