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SPRING 2014
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Spreading the gift of life
Economics professors Tayfun Sönmez and M. Ütku Unver have applied principles of game theory and market design to create a kidney exchange program that boosts the success rate in connecting organ-compatible donors and recipients. View video » |
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In its 45th year, PULSE is vibrant
Launched in 1969 to educate students about society’s needs and what they can do to address them, the PULSE Program for Service Learning is thriving. Students enrolled in a yearlong philosophy and theology core course combine reading and discussion with at least 10 hours of service at one of some 50 sites serving needy populations in greater Boston. Four of the 200 Arts & Sciences students participating in PULSE this year offer their perspectives. View slideshow » |
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A new medical humanities minor
Boston College this year launched a new interdisciplinary minor in Medical Humanities, Health, and Culture. Associate Professor of English Amy Boesky leads the new interdisciplinary program, in which students explore health and health-care practices through literature, theology, history, and philosophy, as well as natural and social sciences. Read more » |
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At the nexus of law and morality—Cathleen Kaveny
A distinguished legal scholar and theologian has joined the faculties of the College of Arts & Sciences and Boston College Law School as the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor. She is the first person to hold simultaneous faculty appointments in two Boston College schools. Read more »
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Of Note
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This spring’s Lowell Humanities Series brings Tracy Kidder, George Packer, Edgwidge Danticat, Emma Donoghue and other distinguished authors to campus. View schedule »
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded its prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship to Maksym Fedorchuk, assistant professor of mathematics. Read more » The National Science Foundation awarded its CAREER Award, along with a grant of $430,000, to Dawei Chen, assistant professor of mathematics, to support his study of mathematical entities called “moduli spaces.” Read more »
International Studies major Narintohn Luangrath ’14 received the Forum on Education Abroad’s undergraduate research award for her work as an intern with the Irish Human Rights Commission. She is one of two winners nationwide. Read more »
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Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Russian, English and Jewish Studies, tells his story of growing up in a refusenik family in the former Soviet Union and emigrating to the United States in Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story (Syracuse University Press, 2013). The book was a finalist for the 2013 National Jewish Book Award. Read more at Republic of Letters, a new web feature highlighting recent books by A&S faculty.
The National Science Foundation awarded the Mathematics Department and the Lynch School of Education $1.6 million to train, support, and help retain math teachers in Massachusetts public schools. Read more »
Some 100 images by renowned photographers including Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Jacques-Henri-Lartigue, are presented at the McMullen Museum’s exhibit “Paris Night & Day: Photography Between the Wars” from February 15 to June 8. Fine Arts Department part-time faculty member Asher Anderson conceived and curated the show. Read more »
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