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Era of cheap goods ends: The era of cheap goods is over, write History Associate Professor Prasannan Parthasarathi and Sociology Professor Juliet Schor, and broad-based reforms are needed to cushion higher prices for basic needs. Boston Globe |
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On capital punishment, a message for all: Capital punishment and a commitment to due process are not compatible, writes History Professor Alan Rogers as Massachusetts approaches the 30th anniversary of its abolition of the death penalty. Boston Globe |
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Music builds bridges in the brain: Taking music lessons can strengthen connections between the two hemispheres of the brain in children, according to a study co-authored by Psychology Professor Ellen Winner. Science Magazine |
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A first in metamaterials: A team led by BC physicist Willie Padilla report in Nature Photonics engineering a new metamaterial composite to bridge the electromagnetic spectrum's 'terahertz gap,' a phenomenon that has defied researchers until now. More | Science Daily |
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Sociologist honored: The International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy will present its highest recognition to Sociology Professor and Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Director Paul Schervish this month. More |
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Labor of love: BC theologian Reverend Robert Imbelli offers reflections on a milestone lecture delivered by Cardinal Avery Dulles earlier this month. America |
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The Papal visit: BC theologian Thomas Groome discusses Pope Benedict's historic visit to the United States with NECN. View video |
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Driven to succeed: The scholarly productivity and drive to succeed that characterize Professor of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer - author of the new memoir 'Waiting for America' - are highlighted by the Boston Globe. |
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Late-night comics sock it to democracy: Professor of English Paul Lewis was quoted in a Chicago Tribune story about the impact of late-night comedy on American politics. |
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Cancer research first: BC researchers led by biologist Thomas Seyfried have developed the first laboratory mouse model that mimics cancer's spread through the human body. More | Science Daily |
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Focus on Asian-American film: A new Asian-American film series organized by English Assoc. Prof. Tina Klein brings New York filmmakers to campus to discuss their work. The first presentation and screening is tonight. Boston Globe |
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Birthday presents get a timeout from parents:Sociology Professor Juliet Schor was quoted in a Boston Globe article about parents planning birthday party themes to teach their children the spirit of giving. |
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Useful anger: Angry outbursts often are considered bad for any sort of situation - but such emotions are potentially useful in confrontational tasks, report BC psychologist Maya Tamir and colleagues. UPI | Science Daily | Times of India |
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New light from biblical scholarship: Theology Professor Pheme Perkins' 'Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels' is among books by distinguished senior scholars highlighted in the latest America magazine. |
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Rhythm and greens: Sociology doctoral student Michael Cermak is putting his thesis on the connection between environmental justice and hip-hop to work in the classroom, with students at Boston schools. Boston Globe |
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Quaking in Boston: Western Observatory director John Ebel discusses the probability - and ramifications - of an earthquake in the city with the Boston Phoenix. |
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Waiting of America: The latest book by Professor of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer - 'Waiting for America: A Story of Emigration' - is featured in the Boston Globe's 'Off the Shelf' blog. |
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Giving in Ireland: Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Director Paul Schervish was invited to speak at a new symposium exploring philanthropy in Ireland, organized by U.S. Ambassador Thomas C. Foley. more |
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Religion in America: Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Director Alan Wolfe discusses the results of a major Pew survey on religion in America on WGBH-TV's 'Greater Boston.' View video |
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Chemist awarded Sloan Fellowship: BC physical chemist Torsten Fiebig has been awarded a highly prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship, intended to enhance the careers of outstanding young faculty. more |
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Name that emotion: Psychology Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett's groundbreaking research on the neuroscience of emotion, supported by a $2.5 million NIH Pioneer Award, is featured by Psychology Today. |
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To bee or not to bee: Observers say Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay Schlozman - aka 'The Wordmeister' - has turned the task of choosing words for an adult spelling bee benefit 'into an art form.' more |
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Congressional Hearing on Steroids: Psychologist Joseph Tecce was interviewed by the New York Daily News on whether there were any indications of lying in the Congressional hearing on steroid use in professional baseball. more |
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Retirees at risk: A new Center for Retirement Research report estimates some 61 percent of baby boomers and Gen Xers are 'at risk' of a lower standard of living in retirement when health care costs are factored in - numbers director Alicia Munnell deems 'shockingly large.' AP | UPI | ABC News |
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True secularist: Secularism doesn't necessarily rebuff religion in public life, but protects it, argues Alan Wolfe, director of BC's Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, in a Q&A with Newsweek. |
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In the blink of an eye: According to psychologist Joseph Tecce, analyzing how rapidly (or slowly) candidates blink has proven to be a fairly accurate tool in predicting who is most likely to capture the White House. Wellesley Townsman |
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Campaign trail: Political Science Professor Marc Landy discusses California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's endorsement of John McCain for president with NECN. Video |
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On Lent and Easter: As Lent begins, writings by BC theologian Rev. Bruce Morrill, S.J., for Pauline Books' Growing in Faith site offer timely insights; one essay focuses on entering the Easter cycle, another on Lent as a liturgical season. |
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Outstanding contributions to mechanism design: Economics Professor Tayfun Sonmez has been selected as the 4th recipient of the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, to be officially awarded at the 2008 International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare in Montreal. |
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Desert river erosion: Geologist Noah Snyder's study in Death Valley, CA of the effects of a river diverted in 1941 to protect a nearby village provides new insights into the interaction of changes in climate and erosion. His findings are published in the February issue of the journal Geology. |
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The forgotten truth: An act of kindness by a family in Morocco led to a journey of spiritual discovery for BC theologian and noted scholar of mystic Islam James Morris, who is featured by Malaysia's New Straits Times. |
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Diversity in Middle East studies: Writing in FrontPage Magazine, Assistant Professor Franck Salameh writes on the need to present the 'diverse and richly textured Middle East, in all its complexities, gore, and glory.' |
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Rich kid syndrome: America's burgeoning money culture is producing a record number of heirs, along with questions about how this treasury will be used. Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Director Paul Schervish discusses the subject with New York Magazine. |
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Before you go: What goes unsaid during life stays unsaid when you're dead—prompting Philosophy Professor Peter Kreeft to reflect on the need to express love 'before you go.' His latest book, which bears that title, is featured by the Boston Globe. |
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Cell biology: BC biologist David Burgess is among researchers featured in a piece by the UK's New Scientist.com on new directions in cell biology. more |
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National Jewish Book Award: BC's Maxim D. Shrayer has won a National Jewish Book Award for his anthology of Jewish Russian-Literature, the Jewish Book Council has announced. more |
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Grad student addresses Vatican forum: Kevin Ahern, a first-year doctoral student in theology and outgoing president of the International Movement of Catholic Students, has been invited to speak at a Vatican forum. more |
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Chemist elected AAAS Fellow: Vanderslice Professor of Chemistry T. Ross Kelly has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor that recognizes excellence in teaching and research, as well as leadership. more |
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A classic 'gentleman scholar': Neenan Professor of Economics James Anderson, one of the world's leading trade theorists, takes center stage in the BC Chronicle's latest 'Heights of Excellence' profile. more |
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Gambling and religion: Jewish Studies Co-director and Romance Languages and Literature Professor Dwayne Carpenter, a participant in the recent Boisi Center conference on gambling in American culture, discusses religious traditions and gambling in the Boston Globe. |
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Climate and consumption: BC sociologist Juliet Schor links global climate problems to 'incessant growth in consumption' in an interview with public radio's 'Marketplace.' more |
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Groundbreaking wealth study: BC's Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, directed by sociologist Paul Schervish, has launched the first national survey ever to focus on the joys and dilemmas of the ultra wealthy. CNN Money |
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China and Taiwan: China, how to manage Taiwan - a leading symbol of Chinese nationalism - is a key question, writes BC politicial scientist Robert Ross in Forbes magazine. |
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Immigration reflections: Doctoral student Susan Legere's documentary film centering on three BC service workers who are immigrants to the U.S. premieres this weekend at the Boston Latino International Film Festival. BC Chronicle |
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Casino Nation: Across the U.S., states are looking to expand or dive into gambling. Alan Wolfe, Director of BC's Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and host of an upcoming conference on gambling in American culture, addresses the subject on NPR's On Point and in the Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle Review. |
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The Poet Rumi at 800: BC theologian James Morris was among scholars discussing Jalaluddin Rumi, a great mystic poet of the Islamic world born eight hundred years ago this month, on NPR's 'On Point.' Listen here |
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Age in the workplace: Center for Retirement Research Director Alicia Munnell assesses what it means when older workers delay retirement on NPR's 'On Point.' more |
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An aging workforce: A recent address by BC Center on Aging and Work Co-Director Michael A. Smyer focused on the competitive marketplace for labor that will face U.S. businesses in coming years. More from the Colorado Springs Gazette. |
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Fighting cancer with diet: BC biologist Thomas Seyfried's research of dietary therapies for diseases is cited in a Time magazine piece on high-fat diets as a possible preventive measure against cancer. |
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Barrett wins NIH Pioneer Award: BC's Lisa Feldman Barrett has won a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award for her groundbreaking study of emotion in the brain. She is only the second psychologist ever to win this award, given to 'exceptionally innovative' investigators. Boston Globe | NIH |
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The Word Incarnate: BC theologian Rev. Robert Imbelli writes on Christ as the Word Incarnate as part of a collection of essays in America magazine titled 'What are Theologians Saying about Christology?' |
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The ethics of gambling: The ethics surrounding the issue of gambling, both in theory and reality, is surprisingly complex, writes gaming expert Richard McGowan, SJ, of the Carroll School of Management in the Boston Globe. |
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Wealth and giving: Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Director Paul Schervish offers insights into the motives and methods of charitable giving on NPR-affiliate KCUR's 'Up to Date' program. Listen to the segment here. |
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The greedy marriage: "THE WEDDING SEASON is wrapping up, and many of the newly joined were no doubt advised that love is patient and kind. But now research by BC's sociologist Natalia Sarkisian says love can also be greedy." Boston Globe |
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Studying stress and disease: 'Oxidative' stress is known to underlie many diseases including atherosclerosis, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. BC scientists, including biologist Thomas Chiles, are learning more about its role in the development of diseases by studying it at the sub-cellular level. UPI | Medical News Today |
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Emotional decisions: Keeping a cool head may not always be the best course when faced with a choice. Research by psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett finds emotion can enhance the decision-making process, even when choosing investments. Reuters |
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Hafner named Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs: Professor of Political Science Donald Hafner, who has played a key role in building BC's successful fellowships program, has been appointed as the University's inaugural vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs. More from BC Chronicle |
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Dora, Barbie and the recalls: BC author and English professor Elizabeth Graver writes on fears, risks and realities of contemporary life in light of the recent spate of toy recalls. Boston Globe |
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Art for our sake: School art classes matter more than ever, contend BC psychologist Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland, co-authors of their new book Studio Thinking. For students living in a rapidly changing world, the arts teach vital modes of seeing, imagining, inventing, and thinking. Boston Globe. |
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Hurricane hunter: BC geochemist Amy Frappier is among scientists searching for signs of hurricanes in the stalagmites of caves. Her team's summer research trip to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula is one of the latest efforts to build a record of Atlantic tropical-cyclone activity. Christian Science Monitor |
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Lessons from the wounded edge: Colombia's image is that of a country where violence, illegal drugs and poverty are rife. But when members of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network visited, they found that through grass-roots Church-based initiatives the troubled country has become a school for peace, writes David Hollenbach, S.J. in The Tablet. |
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Undercover Economist: Stakes in kidneys: BC Economics Professor Tayfun Sonmez and his colleagues Alvin Roth (Harvard) and Utku Unver (U of Pittsburgh) have been working with transplant surgeons in New England to design a kidney exchange programme. Thus far twenty-two transplants have taken place. Financial Times |
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Art for arts' sake: Art education should be championed for its own sake, not because of a wishful sentiment that classes in painting, dance and music improve pupils' math and reading skills and standardized test scores, according to a new book by BC psychologist Ellen Winner and colleagues. New York Times |
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Neither and both: With two volumes featuring the work of more than 100 writers of prose and poetry, 'An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature' - edited and co-translated by BC's Maxim D. Shrayer - is deemed 'a wonder' by The Forward. |
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Geometry and the imagination: Mathematics Professor G. Robert Meyerhoff is among a trio of U.S. and Australian academics who have proven that the "Weeks manifold" is indeed the smallest possible hyperbolic space. Science magazine |
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Financial futures: BC's Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research, joined Washington Post columnist Martha Hamilton online June 26 to answer questions about making smart financial decisions while preparing for retirement. Transcript |
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Adapting to change: Center on Aging and Work Director Michael Smyer is a panelist on the PBS broadcast 'Life (Part 2)' - a new series 'by and about the whopping 26 percent of the American population who are 55 and older.' He appeared on the episode titled 'Adapting to Change.' Read a transcript or view the video here. |
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Vatican reverses Kennedy annulment: Professor of Theology Harvey Egan, S.J. was interviewed by Brad Puffer of NECN on the Vatican's reversal of the Kennedy annulment. view video |
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Birth order and achievement: Professor of Psychology Joseph Tecce gave his opinion to NBC News concerning the recent finding by Norwegian researchers that first-borns scored 2.3 points higher than younger siblings on an IQ test. |
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Outstanding research: The Dana Foundation has awarded a grant to BC psychologist Elizabeth Kensinger for her research project, The Neural Processes that Lead to Effective Emotion Regulation: Effects of Aging. |
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The Marriage Penalty: When the honeymoon is over, will couples find all they have is each other? A study co-authored by BC sociologist Natasha Sarkisian suggests modern marriage reduces family, social and community ties. Washington Post |
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Book Award: J. Joseph Moakley Professor Kay Schlozman and co-authors of Voice and Equality: Civic Volunteerism in American Politics have won the Philip Converse Book Award. The Award recognizes a book published more than five years ago that has made a lasting impact on the study of politics. |
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Psychology of e-rumors: We all get e-mails with so-called safety tips, health alerts or warnings that must be read. With the help of BC psychologist Joe Tecce, Fox 25 News looks at where they all come from, and who's passing them on. View clip |
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Achieving Work/Family Balance: Research Professor Lisa Dodson presented her study on "family-caregiving responsibility" and effects on employment opportunity to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Washington DC. statement |
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Scientist in the news: Professor of Chemistry Steven Bruner has won a Shared Instrumentation Grant from NIH. Bruner is also the recent recipient of a prestigious NSF Career award. |
Academic Achievement Award: Vikki Tsefrikas has received the AcademicAchievement Award, an award honoring a student with outstanding academic excellence, and intellectual rigor and scholarship, in their graduate studies and/or research.
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Contribution to Community Award: Tanya Price has received the Contribution to Community Award. This award is presented to the student who demonstrates exceptional commitment to either the graduate student, the School, or the Boston College community. |
| School Award: The 2007 School Award has been given to Travis Holloway, a special recognition determined by the deans based on the mission of each graduate school. |
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Distinguished scholarship: English Professor Suzanne Matson received a Fellowship award from the American-Scandinavian Foundation for travel to Finland this summer as part of the research for her historical novel-in-progress, The Liberty Committee. She'll travel to Lehtimäki and Alajärvi, the villages in west central Finland from which her characters originated, as well as making a visit to the port city of Hanko, where early 20th-century emigrants from Finland embarked on their voyages to America. |
| Recognized for academic excellence: Stephanie Ng, a graduate student in Professor Marc Snapper’s group, has been selected to participate in the 2007 Schering-Plough Science and Innovation Award Program. more |
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Fulton Debate establishes Quinn Award: In appreciation of his distinguished career as Dean of The College of Arts and Sciences and his long-standing support of Fulton Debate, Joseph F. Quinn was honored at the debate by receiving a Friend of Fulton Award and by the naming of a new student award after him, which will be given each year to an outstanding first year debater. Matthew Maerowitz, who appropriately is an economics major, was announced as the first recipient of the Quinn award. more |
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Talk about long shots: The Boston Globe enlisted the help of three mathematicians, including BC's Nancy Rallis, to help calculate the odds of any team hitting four consecutive home runs, as the Red Sox did on Sunday night while sweeping the Yankees. |
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Award recipient: The American Economic Association has awarded Barbara Fraumeni, a 1980 Ph.D. of BC's Economics department, the 2006 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. |
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Teachers must be up for count: It is vital that elementary school teachers be well-prepared to teach mathematics, writes Mathematics Professor Solomon Friedberg in an op-ed in the Boston Herald. |
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Shannon Briggs Says Nyet: On June 2nd in Atlantic City WBO heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs defends his title against Sultan Ibragimov, a southpaw from Dagestan, in the northern Caucasus. A mere title bout it is not, says English Professor | | |
