Elevator pitch
Video from @BC
Fifteen aspiring undergraduate entrepreneurs have their 60 seconds.
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Method man
Video from @BC
In a lab occupied by custom-built robots and devices of his own design, biologist Tim van Opijnen seeks to understand precisely what happens when humans, disease, and antibiotics interact.
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Sound check
Video from @BC
A masterclass with Irish tenor Ronan Tynan.
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'We need every available voice'
Article from Boston College Chronicle
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright was the speaker at the inaugural Council for Women of Boston College Colloquium.
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Portfolio
Slideshow from @BC
Gotta dance, sing, connect, remember—scenes from the past five weeks.
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Primary sources
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Introducing the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship
Video from Front Row
Phil Schiller ’82, senior vice president for worldwide marketing at Apple, Inc., delivered the keynote address at the center’s dedication ceremony on November 5.
The Bible in Early America
Video from Front Row
Notre Dame historian Mark A. Noll discusses the role of Scripture in American history up through the Revolutionary era, in a talk sponsored by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.
“Gallipoli”
Website from Boston College-Ireland and Raidió Teilifís Éireann
This interactive chronicle of the World War I Gallipoli campaign received a 2015 Eircom Spider Award in Ireland for distinction in digital technology.
On exhibit
Website from University Libraries
From Nathaniel Hawthorne and Frederick Douglass to The Nature of Culture, current and coming exhibitions in the Burns, O’Neill, and Theology and Ministry libraries.
Engagements
Website from the Office of Student Involvement
In this schedule of the month's events put forward by undergraduate organizations, November 12 leads with 22 meetings, rehearsals, and a student-run evening of MED Talks (think TED Talks about healthcare).
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BC faculty, alumna Jennie Chin Hansen, among top 50 most influential in aging; includes thought leaders, innovators, writers, advocates, experts. Next Avenue (PBS partner)
Carroll School: Powers Family Dean Andy Boynton relates improv precepts to business. Forbes | Shea Center inaugural event: Elevator Pitch Competition. Boston Innovation; Dedication. More
Associate Professor of Political Science Jonathan Laurence interviewed in wake of Paris attacks. NPR | Writes related New York Times piece. More
DeLuca Professor of Biology, Vice Provost for Research Thomas Chiles among influential leaders, researchers, practitioners named to new Global Commission on Pollution, Health and Development. More, related editorial
Center for Retirement Research: Study exposes problem with long-term care insurance. Forbes | Director Alicia Munnell writes on closing Social Security loopholes; retirees’ financial outlook. PBS NewsHour, MarketWatch
Alumni: Alex Truesdell wins MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant.' More | NY Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich: forceful NFL advocate against domestic abuse. New York Times
New book by Professor of Law and Lee Distinguished Scholar Mary Sarah Bilder, Madison's Hand, called a “superb study.” Wall Street Journal
Lynch School: Research Professor Philip Altbach writes on systems of scientific credit run amok. The Conversation | Professor Dennis Shirley writes on learning from a diverse, new Germany. Kappan magazine
Athletics: Men's Basketball Eagles, through nonprofit foundation, “draft” nine-year-old sarcoma patient. NBCSports.com , more | Eagles: top five in graduation success rates. More
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