Published: April 2015
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From politics and prose to improv and violins—scenes from the past month.
March 25: Former president of Lebanon (1982–88) Amine Gemayel spoke in McGuinn 121 on “Religious Pluralism in the Middle East: A Challenge to the International Community.”
Photograph: Caitlin Cunningham
March 27: At a senior thesis poster session held in the O’Neill Library reading room, Patricia Owens ’15 described her research on Tibetan poet Dondrup Gyal to juniors Lucas Allen (left) and Sean Sudol.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
March 28: Ricardo Alberto ’16 was chosen to receive the 2015 Archbishop Oscar A. Romero Scholarship, given to a junior who has “demonstrated superior achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the Hispanic/Latino community.” Sitting with Alberto at the event in the Murray Room was (left) Richard Paul, assistant director of the African and African diaspora studies program and Donald MacMillan, SJ, a member of Campus Ministry.
Photograph: Justin Knight
March 29: As part of BC Splash, a program in which University undergraduates teach classes of their own devising to local 7th–12th graders, Matthew Hession ’16 (left) and Ben Halter ’16, members of My Mother’s Fleabag, taught “Introduction to Improv Comedy” in a Stokes Hall classroom.
Photograph: Christopher Huang
March 31: Two Lynch School of Education students (from left), Morgan Grunat ’15 and Maggie Crowley ’17, ran along Commonwealth Avenue with Christine Goldman, a lecturer in chemistry, while training for this year’s Boston Marathon. The three ran the race as members of Team MR8 to raise funds for the Martin Richard Foundation, which honors the eight-year-old killed in the 2013 Marathon bombing.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
March 31: Sophomores in the Gabelli Presidential Scholars program—from left, Alexandra LaTorre, Isra Hussain, Mackenzie Arnold, Theresa Rager, and Jesse Mu—worked on a documentary film about mental health services in Boston that premiered on April 7 in Higgins Hall. The film was part of a yearlong project on social justice that all Presidential Scholars undertake in their second year.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
April 8: As part of the University’s Fiction Days program, the novelist Dinaw Mengestu—All Our Names (2014)—talked with students from English professor Elizabeth Graver’s fiction-writing class and from the department of African and African diaspora studies at 10 Stone Avenue, home of the University’s Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
April 10: Members of Boston College Hillel hosted a Passover Seder in the Walsh Function Room.
Photograph: Christopher Huang
April 14: The University hosted “BC Strong,” a panel discussion in Robsham Theater featuring, from left, David Wedge ’93, author of Boston Strong: A City’s Triumph Over Tragedy (2015), Brittany Loring JD’13, MBA’13, and Patrick Downes ’05. Both Loring and Downes were injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. WBZTV anchor Paula Ebben ’89 served as moderator.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
April 15: University President William P. Leahy, SJ, hosted “Wicked Winter,” a reception in the Shea Room to thank the many staff members who helped keep the campus running smoothly during record-setting snowstorms.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
April 16: Peggy Waldron of Gianfranco Pocobene Studio restored a painted wall in the Gasson Rotunda.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
April 23: On Day One of the annual three-day Arts Festival, members of the Bostonians, the University’s oldest a capella group, performed onstage at O’Neill Plaza. From left: Kelsey Woo ’15, Michael Scully ’15, Hannah Crowley ’18, Travis Russell ’18, and Cailin Cowley ’17.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
April 23: Also performing at O’Neill Plaza, the swing dance troupe Full Swing. From left: Brandon Bavier ’15, Harriet Rafferty ’16, Michael Hussey ’16, Pierre Leconte ’17, and Ilektra Andoni ’17.
Photograph: Robin Gesek
April 24: In a tent on the Stokes lawn, Sheila Gallagher, associate professor of fine arts, interviewed multimedia artist Chris Doyle ’81, this year’s recipient of the Arts Alumni Award, for Inside the BC Studio.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
April 24: Violinist Ye-One Chung ’16 performed with the Boston College Symphony Orchestra in Gasson 100. Chung was the co-winner of the orchestra’s 2014–15 concerto competition.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini