Charles Taylor: On re-believing
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During an interview in the Heights Room on November 10, the noted philosopher Charles Taylor explained why he calls himself “a believer again.”
Googled: Phil Schiller ’82
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As Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller has orchestrated the rollouts of the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
Portfolio
Slideshow from @BC
December 2011 | From conversations to dinners to dance, scenes from the previous six weeks.
Stage presence
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Since the Robsham Theater Arts Center opened in 1981, photographer Lee Pellegrini has been capturing dress rehearsals on the main stage. @BC presents a 30th anniversary review.
Movers and shakers
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A Boston College Minute: Rehearsing for the 3rd annual “Dancing with the Stars” competition, Welch Dining Room, November 4, 2011.
Portfolio
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November 2011 | Inside Stokes Hall, as construction on the University’s new humanities building reaches the halfway point.
Portfolio
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October 2011 | Scenes from the first Healthapalooza, organized by Boston College’s new Office of Health Promotion.
Sacred sound
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Following release of its 10-CD box set by Deutsche Grammophon, the early music group Ensemble Plus Ultra, cofounded by music professor Michael Noone, rehearses for a concert in St. Mary’s Chapel.
Dawn patrol
A Boston College Minute
The Boston College ROTC company holds an open physical training session, 6 a.m., October 5, 2011.
Homecoming
A Boston College Minute
Fr. Gasson returns to the hall named in his honor, August 25, 2011.
Freshman faculty
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A sampling of the 42 faculty who joined Boston College for the 2011–12 academic year.
Googled: Mike Rawlings ’76
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Former Pizza Hut CEO, the new mayor of Dallas was the city’s “homeless czar.”
Inside edition
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Four graduating seniors with video cameras share scenes from the 135th Commencement Day, May 23.
Big tent
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The Class of 1961 welcomed the Class of 2011 into the Boston College Alumni Association on May 20.
Portfolio
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June 2011 | From the march down Higgins Stairs to the last refrain of “Hail! Alma Mater!”, more views of Boston College’s 135th Commencement, held May 23 in Alumni Stadium.
For the voice
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Soprano Mary Hubbell ’97 returned to the Heights to perform a song cycle composed for her by music professor Thomas Oboe Lee.
Portfolio
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May 2011 | From a quiz show to arts shows, scenes from the previous six weeks.
Headmasters
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Urban principals—public and parochial—fill the inaugural class of the Lynch Leadership Academy.
Actor takes professor’s book to big screen: Why Hart Crane?
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Actor James Franco and English professor Paul Mariani field a student’s question at the campus screening of The Broken Tower.
Portfolio
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April 2011 | From a green day to Marathon Monday, scenes from the previous six weeks.
Sales call
A Boston College Minute
Final round of the Boston College Venture Capital Competition, Fulton Hall, April 13.
Secrets revealed
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At the McMullen Museum, artifacts from a long-lost city offer an early view of multiculturalism.
Googled: Bill Cain, SJ ’70
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After 20 years of writing for television, Bill Cain has returned to the stage with a pair of award-winning plays.
Portfolio
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March 2011 | From a student startup to step dancing, scenes from the previous six weeks.
Corner office
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A glimpse inside the offices of University President William P. Leahy, SJ.
Polyphony lesson
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Boston College’s student-led Madrigal Singers rehearse with Scott Metcalfe of the acclaimed early music group Blue Heron, this year’s Artist in Residence.
Findings
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At the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, 60 students presented their research on subjects ranging from Arabic dialects to cryptographic algorithms to Italian mealtimes.
Portfolio
Slideshow from @BC
February 2011 | From a new bubble to family opera, scenes from the previous six weeks.
Remembering Frank Campanella
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Boston College’s standing as a fiscally secure, academically ambitious national institution owes much to its longtime, long-range planner.
Zingers
A Boston College Minute
Round 1, Rooftop Comedy’s National College Stand-up Competition, Robsham Theater, February 3.