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Spring 2016
Message from Dean Gregory Kalscheur, S.J.
“One is not the same after this course.” That is how a first-year student described the experience of taking one of the pilot courses Boston College offered for the first time last fall as part of our ongoing renewal of the University’s core curriculum. This year, some 330 first-year students have enrolled in nine new freshman courses taught collaboratively by faculty from different disciplines. Read Dean Kalscheur’s full message »
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Endeavor explores the liberal arts advantage
On January 14 and 15, nearly 200 sophomores and 60 alumni took part in Endeavor, the inaugural career exploration program for second-year students pursuing liberal arts degrees. The two-day session included informational workshops, panels, and networking sessions on campus as well as onsite visits to alumni workplaces such as Children’s Hospital, Cambridge Associates, and Citizens Bank. View a video about the Endeavor program » |
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Chiles invited to join Global Commission board
The Global Commission on Pollution, Health and Development has named DeLuca Professor of Biology and Vice Provost for Research Thomas Chiles, who has focused on cancer reserch, to its board of influential leaders, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of pollution management, environmental health, and sustainable development. Backed by the British journal The Lancet and organizations including the U.N. and World Bank, the commission is charged with identifying health and economic costs of pollution and advancing solutions for policy makers. Read an article about the Chiles appointment »
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Experiencing the Dublin Rising
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny led the January 12 ceremonial launch of “Dublin Rising 1916-2016,” a virtual tour that lets users visit locations in and around Dublin and explore the events of the 1916 Easter Rising. Google built the site in partnership with Ireland 2016 and Century Ireland, with the cooperation of Irish universities and cultural organizations including Boston College. Visit the web-based tour, narrated by Dublin-born actor Colin Farrell » |
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What’s fair?
Children’s sense of fairness varies from culture to culture, according to a pioneering study coauthored by Assistant Professor of Psychology Katherine McAuliffe and published in Nature. A team of psychologists, anthropologists, and evolutionary biologists studied 866 pairs of children in seven different societies to see how they reacted to finding themselves at an unjust disadvantage or unfair advantage. Read about McAuliffe’s research » |
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Revisiting the Cold War
History Professor James Cronin’s Global Rules: America, Britain and a Disordered World, a new history of recent global politics, is a “deeply researched and lucid history of the period between the Vietnam War and the present day,” according to Foreign Affairs.
View an interview with Cronin » |
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Of Note
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Associate Professor of Chemistry Dunwei Wang has developed a “nanonet” that uses solar power to release hydrogen from water. The hydrogen is stored as an energy source. Read about Wang’s device »
Elements, Boston College’s undergraduate research journal, released its 10th anniversary edition in December 2016. The issue’s nine articles covered topics ranging from AIDS prevention in India to a market analysis of Uber. View the latest Elements »
Novelist Colm Tóibín and poet Afaa Michael Weaver headline this spring’s Lowell Humanities Series, which is open to the public. Visit the Lowell Humanities Series website »
Mathematics Professor Tao Li is one of 50 mathematicians from around the world who was recently elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Read an article about Li’s election »
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Recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in Islamic art, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art Sheila Blair’s latest book is Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art. Watch an interview with Blair discussing her book »
Commemorating the centennial of the 1916 Easter Rising, the McMullen Museum has produced The Arts and Crafts Movement: Making It Irish, the first comprehensive exploration of the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. The exhibition, which opened February 5, will be on display through June 5. Visit the McMullen website »
Louise and James Vanderslice and Family Professor of Chemistry James Morken and his research team have developed a new type of “cross-coupling” chemical reaction, building on a Nobel Prize-winning technique that is among the most sophisticated tools available to research chemists. Read an article about the Morken team’s work »
Assistant Professor of German Daniel Bowles’s English translation of Christian Kracht’s Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas was one of Publishers Weekly’s top 10 books of 2016. Read about the title on BC Bookmarks »
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