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Boston College nurses in Haiti

Video from the Connell School of Nursing

On a clinical service trip, 21 students, alumni, and faculty tended to patients in mobile clinics and in orphanages.

Algorithms in Computational Molecular Biology

Course description

This undergraduate course is taught by biology professor Peter Clote, one of two new Guggenheim Fellows at Boston College (English professor Kevin Ohi is the other). Cloate received his fellowship in the field of applied mathematics.

Bookbuilders

From the Burns Library

A spring internship with Burns conservator Barbara Adams Hebard introduced two students to Boston College's rare book collection and the University's Integrated Sciences Cleanroom and Nanofabrication Facility.

Getting the future energy mix right

Video from the CEO Club of Boston

Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Peter Voser weighs the shale revolution.

Boston College's 150th Anniversary Website

With updates, special features, and a day-by-day history of Boston College.

NEWS ROUNDUP

From The Office of News and Public Affairs

Commencement: Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny addresses graduates; Carroll School students injured in Boston Marathon bombing receive degrees. Sampling of coverage: Boston Globe, NBC News, CBS Boston

Study by Psychology Assistant Professor Liane Young, researchers: empathy plays key role in moral judgments. Sampling of coverage: Science Daily, MedicalXpress, ScienceBlog

Center on Wealth and Philanthropy: Director Paul Schervish earns career award; Senior Associate Director John Havens discusses report: wealth in the city of Boston. More, Boston.com

Q&A: Carroll School Finance Associate Professor Edith Hotchkiss on bankruptcy trends Thomson Reuters

Lynch School TIMSS & PIRLS researchers: sleep deprivation lowers student achievement. Sampling of coverage: BBC News, PRI's "The World", UK Daily Mail

Law Professor Ray Madoff on Boston Marathon bombing suspect burial "Here and Now," NPR/WBUR-FM, New York Times, BBC Mundo

BC Ireland launches "Century Ireland" project. Sampling of coverage: RTE News, Irish Times, Irish Independent

Wall Street Council Tribute Dinner raises record amount; 25th anniversary of fundraiser. Bloomberg News, Businessweek.com

School of Theology and Ministry Professor John Baldovin, SJ, writes on the liturgical vision of Vatican II, 50 years later. America

Sesquicentennial on the Road initiative in Dublin; alumni service project for hungry families. Irish Independent

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