Yuletide carols
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Ring in the holiday season with a sampling of Christmas music performed by Boston College ensembles.
Freshmen faculty
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From transactions at a Vietnam farmers’ market to cardiac patients who don’t follow doctors’ orders, new faculty members discuss their interests.
Googled: Liz McCartney ’94
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CNN’s Hero of the Year spearheads a project to aid homeless New Orleans residents.
Small world
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Physicist Michael Naughton describes Boston College scientists’ breakthroughs in nanotechnology research.
Freshmen faculty
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Nine newcomers, including a statistician, a sleep study clinician, and a composer, discuss their work and interests.
Googled: Silvia Karman Cubiñá ’87
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A seasoned curator takes the helm at Miami’s “most progressive” art museum.
Sacramental vision
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A theologian offers a personal reflection on the Georges Rouault exhibition at the McMullen’s Museum’s exhibition.
Let the campaign begin
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Photos from the gala launch of Light the World on October 11
Opening days
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Students talk about a new year, new classes, and cafeteria fare (it’s good).
Untold stories
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Tales Thomas O’Connor didn’t include in his new book, a concise history of Boston College
Googled: Scott Gordon ’86
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The University’s 1980s star goalie is now an NHL head coach.
The way we were
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From teas with the Cardinal to relocating Alumni Stadium, the reunion classes of ’58 and ’68 describe their college experiences.
Googled: Olympians from the Heights
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Four participants in the Beijing games have Boston College roots.
Big man on campus
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The late Tim Russert took advantage of every opportunity to engage with the University.
Partial recall
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Psychologist Elizabeth Kensinger explores how age and emotion affect what we remember.
Historical perspective
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Speaking at the University’s 132nd Commencement, David McCullough told graduates to “love learning,” remain idealistic, be honest, and “remember to tip the maid.”
Beyond “For Boston”
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@BC presents a print and audio edition of Boston College school songs from a book published to commemorate the University’s diamond jubilee in 1938.
Freshman faculty
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Newcomers’ interests, from human–robot interaction to an 18th-century Damascus barber
Neenan’s list
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A new O’Neill Library exhibit commemorates 25 years of the annual “Dean’s List” of books worth reading, created by William Neenan, SJ.
Googled: Michael Durkin ’77
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The new head of Massachusetts United Way looks to reverse the organization’s decline.
Music of hope
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A documentary tells the story of a concentration camp survivors’ orchestra in post-World War II Germany.
When Boston burned
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Images of the “Great Boston Fire” on exhibit at the Burns Library.
Learned behavior
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At annual symposium, undergraduates present their original research, from reintroducing endangered species to creating imagination in computers.
Googled: Matt Ryan ’07, quarterback
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The Eagles’ star is likely to be the most sought-after athlete in University history.
Caught in the act
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Scenes from the creation of Ashley’s Purpose, a student stage production about a young woman who became a celebrity after being freed by an armed fugitive who kidnapped her.
Freshman faculty
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Newcomers, from a victims’ advocate to a chemist generating clean energy with nanotechnology
Googled: Anthony Bryk ‘70
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A “transfomer” takes the helm at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.