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Professors Susan Shell and Christopher Kelly (Political Science) have been awarded Research Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, prestigious grants that will enable them to pursue advanced work in the humanities that contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. |
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In a recent interview with The Boston Globe, Professor Alan Wolfe (Political Science) and Director (Ctr for Religious & American Public Life) stated, “The next Democratic president should not only win, he should win in a way that puts the politics of division to rest.” |
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Professor Arthur Lewbel (Economics) has been selected a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a distinction achieved only by the most elite econometricians and theorists in the world. Professor Marvin Kraus (Chairperson, Economics) stated, “It is no exaggeration that Arthur has become one of the world's leading econometricians, and his election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society serves to formally recognize that. This is a great honor for Arthur personally, as well as for the Economics Department and BC.” |
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Professor Shana Kelley (Chemistry) has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a five-year grant of additional support for her research program. This prestigious award, given to new faculty members, recognizes and supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Professor David McFadden (Chemistry) stated, “This award is a strong statement of the quality of Professor Kelley's research program and of the commitment to research and teaching at Boston College.” |
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Professor Michael Naughton (Physics) has been appointed a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), in recognition for his contributions to the understanding of low dimensional electron physics through creative experimental studies of molecular organic conductors and superconductors in oriented high magnetic fields. In addition to Naughton, other BC faculty previously selected for this highly competitive honor include Distinguished Research Professor Gabor Kalman (Physics), Rourke Professor Kevin Bedell (Physics), Professor John Fourkas (Chemistry), and Professor Paul Davidovits (Chemistry). more |
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In his book, One Nation, After All (1999), Professor Alan Wolfe (Political Science) stated, “The culture war was largely the work of intellectuals; most Americans were not deeply divided over moral issues.” During a recent interview with U.S. News, Wolfe reiterated his findings. |
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The Dept of Health and Human Services and The National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health bestowed CAREER awards to Professor Lisa Barrett (Psychology), given to her personally to support her research in general. |
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Professor Baldassare Di Bartolo (Physics) has received a grant from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration for his study on Organization of a NATO Advanced Study Institute & Spectroscopy of Systems with Spatially Confined Structure. |
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Professor Amir Hoveyda (Chemistry) has been awarded a “Supporting Diversity in Organic Chemistry Research Fellowship” from Pfizer Inc. |
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Professor Paul Davidovits (Chemistry) has received a grant from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration for his research on “Effect of Morphology and Composition on Hygroscopicity of Soot Aerosols.” |
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Assistant Professor Shana Kelley (Chemistry) received two grants from the National Institutes of Health for her research on “Human Mitochondrial tRNA Structure and Function.” |
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Associate Professor Laura Hake (Biology) received a grant from The National Institutes of Health for her research on “Regulation of Polyadenylation-Induced Translation.” |
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In support of the Institute of Medieval Philosophy & Theology, the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation awarded a grant to Professor Stephen Brown (Theology). |
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Richard Murphy '05 has been selected for the 2003 Adele Dalsimer Dissertation Fellowship. The award, in memory of Professor Dalsimer (co-founder of BC's Irish Studies Program), is given to a student who has demonstrated an awareness of her vision and passionate energy. Murphy's dissertation project examines the Bildungsroman in 20th century Irish literature. |
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Professor Thomas Chiles (Biology) was appointed section editor for The Journal of Immunology, the official journal of the American Association of Immunologists. |
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| The 2003-2004 Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship has been awarded to Nadia Smith, Ph.D. '03. The Fellowship, hosted by St. Patrick's College, will enable Smith to complete her research project, a biography of Dorothy Macardle. |
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Executive Director of the Irish Programs, Professor Thomas Hachey (History) has received grants from the US Department of State for his Integrated Education Projects: “Program Budget” and “Administrative Budget.” |
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The National Science Foundation has awarded Professor John Fourkas (Chemistry) a grant for his study with “Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy and Microcopsy of Confined Liquids.” |
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Assistant Professor Steve Bruner (Chemistry) has been named a 2004 Damon Runyon Scholar, sponsored by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, the first such award at BC. The three year grant will support Bruner's cancer research, "Mechanism and Structure of Natural Product Biosynthesis Machinery." Professor and Chemistry Chairperson David McFadden said, “This award is a strong affirmation by a distinguished selection committee that the research problems Steve has chosen to tackle are very important and that he has demonstrated great promise to become a major scientific contributor in the fight against cancer and other diseases. The department takes particular pride in celebrating this accomplishment by one of its own undergraduates (BC ‘95).” |
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Associate Professor Hong Ding (Physics) has been awarded two grants—The National Science Foundation for “Acquisition of a UV Photon Source for Novel Electronic Materials Research & Education” and The American Chemical Society for “Searching Evidence of Spin-Charge Separation in Carbon Nanotubes by Angle-Resolved Photoemission.” |
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Professor Michael Numan (Psychology) has been awarded a grant from The National Science Foundation for his research “Interactions Between Medial Preoptic Area, Nucleus Accumbens and Ventral Pallidum in the Control of Mammalian Maternal Behavior.” |
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science has bestowed the rank of AAAS Fellow to Professor Lawrence Scott (Chemistry). Scott is being recognized for his distinguished contributions to the rational syntheses of closed geodesic polyarenes and related bowls, baskets, belts, and tubes. |
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Frankenfood, coined by Professor Paul Lewis (English) in 1992, was the October 17 “Word Of The Day.” Learn more about Merriam-Webster's Word Of The Day |
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Assistant Professor Linda Tropp (Psychology) received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for her study examining how members of stereotyped and non-stereotyped groups feel about working together in stereotyped domains. |
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Two students are awarded National Fellowships from the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. Elizabeth Sattely '08 is part of Professor Amir Hoveyda's research group; Adam Morgan '09 is part of Professor Scott Miller's research group. |
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Michael Smyer (GSAS Dean and Associate VP for Research) co-authored a comparative study of US and Swedish elder care and found that most Americans over the age of 75 lack some basic assistance. |
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After his recent satirical piece in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Professor Paul Lewis (English) has published a comment on the reactions that the first article engendered. |
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The 2003 Alpha Sigma Nu National Jesuit Book Award Winners include two BC Professors—a first for BC. Professor Paul Davidovits' (Chemistry) book, Biology and Medicine, won in the Discipline of the Natural Sciences category, while Professor Peter Clote (Computer Science) won in the Discipline of Mathematics/Computer Science category for his book, Boolean Functions and Computation Models. |
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The 2004 American Chemical Society National Award Winners include Professor Scott Miller (Chemistry), a recipient of the prestigious Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, given to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry. As award winner, he will address the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia in August 2004. In being selected for this outstanding honor, Miller joins two former winners from Boston College, Professor Ross Kelly (1996 Senior Cope Scholar) and Professor Amir Hoveyda (1998 Cope Scholar). Interview with BC Chronicle / Chemical and Engineering News / About Arthur Cope Scholar Award |
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Professor Paul Lewis (English) writes a satirical essay proposing that the 20 states that went for Al Gore in 2000 peacefully secede from the US, form into provinces and join Canada. The Globe and Mail |
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| Tay McNamara ('03 Sociology) has been awarded the 2003 Donald and Helene White Prize for her outstanding dissertation: The Role of Social Context in the Relationship Between Health and Retirement. previous recipients |
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| The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award is presented to Jason Imbriglio, a Post-Doctoral student working with Professor Scott Miller (Chemistry). This award is designed to provide support for advanced and specialized training in basic research, in basic research associated with clinical problems, or in clinical research. |
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| Steven Bruner (Assistant Professor, Chemistry) received 2003 New Faculty Award. One of only ten awards presented by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation this year, the award provides funding for new faculty members at the start of their research and teaching careers. |
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Michael Smyer (Dean and Associate VP For Research) has been awarded The M Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contribution in Applied Gerontology, funded by the Retirement Research Foundation. Smyer's research has focused on the design, implementation, and evaluation of health-related interventions for older adults and their families. more |
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Paul Schervish (Sociology Professor and Social Welfare Research Institute Director) has been named to the NonProfit Times "Power and Influence Top 50" for the fourth consecutive year. He and SWRI Associate Director John Havens, who marks his third time named to the list, represent two out of only three researchers in the nation singled out for this distinction [pdf]. |
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| Jay Slowik has been awarded the Earth System Science Fellowship, a three-year graduate fellowship from NASA. Jay, a member of Paul Davidovits' group, received the award for his doctoral thesis work, Effect of Morphology and Composition on Hygroscopicity of Soot Aerosols. |
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Assistant Professor Stephen Wicks (Biology) has been awarded The Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Aging. This distinguished fellowship is bestowed to promising new scientists who have the potential to become prominent leaders of biomedical science with relevance to Gerontology. |
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| Melissa Vasbinder '07 received an American Chemical Society Women's Chemists Committee travel grant to present her research on Enantioselective Acylation Reactions Using Asymmetric Peptide Catalysis at the upcoming ACS national meeting in NY City. Melissa is a member of Scott Miller's group. |
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Dan Bunch (Director Learning to Learn) will be heading the BC McNair Grant Program, a newly funded intensive on-going support program serving students who wish to pursue doctoral studies. more |
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| Professor Marc Snapper (Chemistry) has received an unsolicited grant from Novartis, a Swiss Pharmaceutical Company, in support of Academic Research in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. This distinction not only recognizes Snapper's research program, but also BC's relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. |
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The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, an international learned society that recognizes men and women of exceptional achievement, has selected Professor Kay Schlozman (Political Science) and Professor Lawrence Wolff (History) as Fellow members. Other Fellow members include more than 160 Nobel Prize laureates and 50 Pulitzer Prize winners. more |
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Associate Professor Hong Ding (Physics) and Shancai Wang, a doctoral student working in his group, are among the researchers whose findings on a mystic superconductivity mechanism have opened doors for the discovery of other high-temperature superconductors. Nature Publishing Group. |
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| Amy Love Collins, a doctoral student in psychology, has been awarded a summer internship through the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internship Program of the National Academies of Sciences. The internship engages graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the translation of science and technology into policy and familiarizes them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. As an intern for the Academies, Amy will be working for the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences on a report on future directions in social psychology and aging |
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Melissa Vasbinder '07 has won an Award from the ACS Women Chemists Committee to attend the ACS National Meeting in NY City this fall. She is a student in Chemistry Professor Scott Miller's group. |
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| Professor Scott Miller (Chemistry) is one of three recipients of the 2003 Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Chemistry given by Pfizer Global Research and Development. This award is given to recognize significant creative contributions to the area of organic chemistry research, as well as excellence in graduate student training. |
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| Nominated by faculty and their peers, Makiko Deguchi (Psychology), Nathan Smith (Philosophy), and Yung Pen (Physics) were honored at a recent awards banquet for their dedicated commitment to improve BC and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Program. more |
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| Tak-lun "Koopa" Koo '03 has tied for 35th place in the William Lowell Putnam Competition, a premier math competition designed to stimulate healthful math rivalry between colleges and universities in the US and Canada. Associate Professor Robert Gross (Math) stated, "To the best of anyone's recollection, this is the 1st time BC has had a student place in the top 100." more |
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| Haizheng Zhang, a Chemistry grad student winding up his doctoral work in Professor Davidovits' lab, is one of twelve students to win the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Award. |
