Research Professor Philip Altbach, founding director of the Lynch School’s Center for International Higher Education, coauthored a report, “Responding to massification: Differentiation in postsecondary education worldwide,” which he discussed in a March article in Times Higher Education. Altbach also coauthored a January article in University World News titled “The role of international faculty in the mobility era.”

The number-one high school performers are not necessarily the ones who go on to change or impress the world, according to research by Associate Professor Karen Arnold, which was included in a new book on success by Wired writer Eric Barker and excerpted in the May issue of Money magazine.

Professor Rebekah Levine Coley commented on the findings of a Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh study that showed trends linking children’s health and income levels in a February issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Center for International Higher Education Director Hans de Wit coauthored The Globalization of Internationalization: Emerging Voices and Perspectives, which was summarized in “Internationalization innovation is coming from the developing world,” an article in Inside Higher Ed in February.

Michael James, director of the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, commented in an article in Inside Higher Ed on the discussion of two Miami-area, Catholic universities to explore a “strategic alliance” to better serve the area. 

Associate Professor Deoksoon Kim received recognition for the Best Article of the 2016 from the Journal of Second Language Writing for “One wiki, two groups: Dynamic interactions across ESL collaborative writing tasks,” which she coauthored.

Professor Jacqueline Lerner received a five-year grant from the Compassion International, Lloyd Trust and King Philanthropies for her project, “Developing responsible and fulfilled global youth: Towards a multi-national longitudinal study of the Compassion International model of promoting positive youth development among children living in poverty.”

Based on her research, Professor Belle Liang commented in a May New York Times article on the importance of adult mentors for teens during the summer months.

Professor M. Brinton Lykes, codirector of the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice, was awarded the 2017 Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action from the Society for Community Research and Action.

Buehler Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor David Miele and a team of educational and cognitive psychologists from around the country were awarded a $4.6-million grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation for their five-year project, “Implementing principles from the science of learning within educational practice.” Read BC News story.

The latest results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) show students in Singapore, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taipei outperform their US peers. Professor Ina V.S. Mullis, executive director of the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center, discussed the findings in an April interview for the Radio Boston Solving Our Math Problem series on WBUR radio.

Associate Professor Usha Tummala-Narra received an honorable mention in the American Psychological Association’s PROSE Awards for her book, Psychoanalytic Theory and Cultural Competence in Psychotherapy. She was interviewed on the APA Book Blog.

The National Catholic Educational Association presented Barbara and Patrick Roche Center for Catholic Education Executive Director Patricia Weitzel-O’Neill with the 2017 C. Albert Koob Merit Award for her contributions to Catholic education. Read BC News story. Weitzel-O’Neill is also quoted in “Tax credits—more than vouchers—could hold key to Catholic school growth,” a February article in Education Dive.