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CWBC Colloquium

BCSSW research

Music and theater

Reshma Saujani, head of the non-profit Girls Who Code, will speak at the Council for Women of Boston College event Oct. 18.

Irish singer Karan Casey (left) performs as part of the Gaelic Roots series; Robsham Theater’s fall season kicks off this month.

Scott Easton, colleagues study quality of life for Palestinian social workers.

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‘Greater Heights’ for BC Athletics Five-year strategic plan will be supported by a $150-million capital campaign

BY JACK DUNN ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Boston College Athletics has announced the first strategic plan in its history, a comprehensive, five-year set of goals and aspirations that seeks to advance the program by fostering student-athlete formation, strengthening competitive excellence, increasing external engagement, and enhancing facilities.

The strategic plan will be supported by a $150-million capital campaign—also the first in program history and the largest athletics campaign of any ACC institution— called Greater Heights: The Campaign for Boston College Athletics.

William V. Campbell Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond announced the plan Sept. 27 at a celebratory gathering of alumni benefactors in the Fish Field House, the University’s new 115,700-square-foot indoor practice facility.

“Our time is now,” said Jarmond. “If we want to take BC Athletics to even greater heights, then we need to build on the current energy and momentum and get the buy-in of our alumni, parents, former athletes, and corporate partners to support our efforts.

“We can’t succeed by resting on our laurels. We need to consistently look for ways to make BC attractive to student-athletes, coaches, and fans so we can achieve competitive excellence. That includes building and renovating facilities and providing the support services needed to make the

Study Ties City Connects to Lower DropOut Rates

BY PHIL GLOUDEMANS STAFF WRITER

“Our time is now,” says Boston College Athletics Director Martin Jarmond, above. “If we want to take BC Athletics to even greater heights, then we need to build on the current energy and momentum and get the buy-in of our alumni, parents, former athletes, and corporate partners to support our efforts.” photo by justin knight

student-athlete experience as successful as possible both in and out of the classroom.”

The strategic plan sets ambitious goals for a program that has been revitalized, observers say, following the construction of $200 million in Athletics facilities and renewed success in its major sports.

The plan aims to augment the formation of BC’s 750 student-athletes by maintaining the University’s rank in the top three among ACC schools in NCAA academic performance metrics; further developing academic support programs for student-athletes; expanding athletic, academic, and personal growth opportunities for student-athletes; and utilizing BC’s extensive alumni network to facilitate career readiness and post-graduate opportunities.

“Our number one priority and focus

is to develop our student-athletes holistically so they can reach their full potential as students, athletes, people and leaders,” said Jarmond. “This is what makes us different. We want to provide experiences that will develop them into great citizens and leaders, and prepare them for life after BC through opportunities that tap into our alumni network for internships and jobs, with the goal of placing 100 percent of our student-athletes upon graduation. I also want to enhance our academic support services through faculty mentors and learning specialists to help any student-athlete in need.”

In addition, the strategic plan seeks to strengthen competitive excellence by setting high goals for all 31 of BC’s varsity

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New research indicates that elementary-age students who participated in the Lynch School of Education’s City Connects, the Boston College-based comprehensive support intervention program, had a lower high school drop-out rate than non-participating peers, according to a study in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

For 894 Boston Public Schools students who participated in the intervention from kindergarten through fifth grade, the study estimated a 9.2 percent drop-out rate in high school, compared to a 16.6 percent rate for the 10,200 non-intervention students, according to “The Long-Term Impact of Systemic Support in Elementary School: Reducing High School Dropout.”

The research published by AERA—the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning—was conducted at Boston College with several layers of independent scrutiny and review.

“Our findings suggest that the individually tailored and coordinated student support interventions during elementary school can lead to lasting and meaningful effects,” said study co-author and City Connects Executive Director Mary E. Walsh, the Kearns Professor of Urban Education and Innovative Leadership at the Lynch School. “There are many pathways

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“On the surface, the race is about remembering my mom and carrying on her legacy by supporting Neighbor Brigade in her honor. But on top of that, it has been so awe-inspiring to see how many people continue to come out and how the event brings the community together. It exemplifies Neighbor Brigade’s mission of neighbors helping neighbors and connecting community.”

–Jessica Washek ’20, Page 3

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Around Campus Local Benefit Has Family Dimension for BC Junior Since losing her mother Pam to cancer in 2012, Jessica Washek ’20 has honored her memory and the nonprofit she established, Neighbor Brigade, by participating in a 5k race every year. This Sunday, she will once again walk in the sixth annual Pam’s Run in her hometown of Wayland, Mass., and emcee the community festival with her two sisters.

“On the surface, the race is about remembering my mom and carrying on her legacy by supporting Neighbor Brigade in her honor,” said Washek, a student in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. “But on top of that, it has been so awe-inspiring to see how many people continue to come out and how the event

Jessica Washek ’20 with her mother Pam in a 2012 photo taken at Pam’s birthday.

brings the community together. It exemplifies Neighbor Brigade’s mission of neighbors helping neighbors and connecting community.”

Neighbor Brigade is a nonprofit organization that coordinates volunteers to assist those within their own community facing a temporary crisis such as an illness, accident, surgery, or a recent death in the family. Volunteers help with daily tasks such as meal preparation and household chores free of charge.

Pam Washek and her friend Jean Seiden got the idea for Neighbor Brigade after receiving a great deal of care and kindness from their Wayland friends and neighbors while they were both battling cancer in 2002. During their chemotherapy treatments, the two noticed the importance of a support system for patients and decided they wanted to help provide that assistance to others struggling during a crisis.

“In 2017, our group of 3,500 volunteers helped over 2,500 clients by providing

Global Appeal Libraries’ Digital Work Attracting Attention from Abroad Start of the 2015 Red Bandanna Run.

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Time for the Bandanna One of Boston College’s proudest traditions, the Volunteer and Service Learning Center’s Red Bandanna Run—held to honor 9/11 hero Welles Remy Crowther ’99—will take place for the 14th year on Oct. 20.

The 5k begins at 9 a.m. in front of the Gasson Hall eagle statue. Check-in on race day, and race day registration, takes place at Lyons Dining Hall from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m; at 8:30 a.m., runners and others in attendance gather for a pre-race welcome from the Crowther family.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Crowther was working as an equities trader in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the plane hijacked by terrorists struck the building. Trained as a volunteer firefighter in his hometown of Nyack, NY, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

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Crowther wrapped his trademark red bandanna around his face to help him breathe through the smoke, and organized a rescue effort to guide survivors down the building’s stairwells to safety. He twice returned into the building and then joined a New York Fire Department team in its effort to free victims still trapped under debris. He was killed when the building collapsed.

Proceeds from the event support the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, established by the Crowther Family to honor Welles and keep his memory alive through good works benefitting young people.

Pre-registration and other information available at www.bc.edu/redbandannarun.

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A delegation from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences visited campus late last month, where they received a briefing on Boston College’s digital archiving and global research activities.

CASS is considered China’s premier academic organization and comprehensive research center in the fields of philosophy and social sciences. The academy comprises 31 research institutes and 45 research centers, and has established ties with more than 200 research organizations, academic communities, institutions of higher learning, foundations, and related government departments, covering more than 80 countries and regions.

After University Librarian Tom Wall gave an overview of Boston College Libraries, the CASS representatives sat for a presentation and a Q&A on BC Libraries’ digital repository systems by Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Services Kimberly Kowal, with Digital Repository Services Head Betsy Post, Applications Developer Adam Jazairi, Digital Pro-

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nearly 12,000 hours of service and support,” said Polly Hunt Mendoza ’99, executive director of Neighbor Brigade. “Our volunteers provide a helping hand when it is most needed and in doing so strengthen our communities, one act of kindness at a time.”

Jessica Washek has participated in the 5k and helped with the planning for Pam’s Run—Neighbor Brigade’s largest fundraiser—every year since its inception.

Organizers hope to exceed the $70,000 raised at last year’s event. There will be a 5k run/walk, a 10K run, a kids’ “fun run,” live music, raffles, food, and other attractions.

“It has become something people look forward to each year. People come home from college and take time from their busy lives to gather together in one place to celebrate this good cause.”

Pam’s Run will begin at 10 a.m. at the Claypit Hill School in Wayland on Oct. 14. To register or donate, visit www.pamsrun.com.

–Christine Balquist duction Librarian Chris Mayo, and Data and Visualization Librarian Yaqing Xu. BC Libraries has previously hosted groups from Tsinghua University in China, Yonsei University in Korea and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands interested in cloud-based integrated library systems, according to Kowal.

The CASS delegation also heard from BC faculty members whose work has international dimensions: Joseph Professor in Catholic Philosophy Dermot Moran; Professor of Economics Claudia Olivetti; Professor of Sociology Juliet Schor; Associate Professor of History Priya Lal; Professor of Political Science Ali Banuazizi, director of the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program; and Lynch School of Education Research Professor Philip Altbach, founding director of the Center for International Higher Education.

Hélène Bernot Ullerö, program administrator for education and research initiatives in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research—who also spoke at the meeting—said last week, “With this visit of the delegation from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, we see how the remarkable work and standing of BC Libraries is recognized abroad and offers opportunities for Boston College to position itself internationally—maybe opening doors for fruitful collaborations at a high level.”

–University Communications

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CWBC Colloquium to Host Tech CEO Reshma Saujani

BY KATHLEEN SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

Activist, author, and attorney Reshma Saujani, who leads a national non-profit working to close the gender gap in technology and prepare young women for jobs of the future, will speak at the annual Council for Women of Boston College Colloquium on Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Yawkey Center Murray Function Room.

Launched in 2015, the CWBC Colloquium hosts exceptional thought leaders to consider contemporary issues through the lens of women’s leadership. The colloquium is made possible by The Council for Women of Boston College and the Institute for the Liberal Arts.

Saujani is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, an organization working to inspire, educate, and equip girls for opportunities in computer programming through summer immersion programs, afterschool clubs, and other initiatives. Girls Who Code

has reached some 90,000 girls in all 50 states and several US territories. Saujani is also the author of the best-selling book, Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, which shares real-life stories of women working at places like Pixar and NASA and shows what a huge role computer science plays in daily life.

She is also the author of Women Who Don’t Wait in Line: Break the Mold, Lead the Way, in which she advocates for a new sponsorshipbased model of female leadership where women encourage each other to compete, take risks, embrace failure, and lift each other up personally and professionally.

Her forthcoming book, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder, is inspired by her popular TED talk “Teach girls bravery, not perfection,” which sparked a national conversation about how girls are being raised.

The daughter of refugees, Saujani is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law

Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code.

School. After years of working as an attorney, Saujani entered politics as the first IndianAmerican woman in the country to run for U.S. Congress. She later became deputy public advocate of New York City. Her accolades include being named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40, CNBC’s Next List, Forbes’ Most Powerful Women Changing the World, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People, Business Insider’s 50 Women Who Are Changing the World, and an AOL/PBS Next MAKER, among many other honors.

Saujani’s address is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Doors will open at 5 p.m.

Established in 2002, The Council for Women of Boston College is dedicated to furthering the roles of women as leaders and active participants in the University. The CWBC seeks to help shape the University’s future and to support its mission through the engagement of the women of Boston College.

Research Affirms City Connects’ Positive Impact Continued from page 1

to school drop-out. A comprehensive intervention in elementary school that addresses a wide range of out-of-school factors can disrupt those pathways, supporting strengths and building resilience.”

The students in the study entered kindergarten in 2000-01 through 2004-05 and were followed through 2013-14. Six of the district’s approximately 125 elementary schools participated in the City Connects program continuously during this period.

These students were compared to those who were simultaneously enrolled in the same school district as the City Connects students but did not attend an intervention-participating school.

The district recommended schools for participation in the program based in part on where the intervention was most needed. The researchers note that the six participating schools had significantly lower academic achievement than the comparison schools before program implementation.

“Despite the promise of this type of comprehensive approach to intervention, efforts targeting drop-out often are highly focused, directing attention to one or two specific needs—usually academic and behavioral—instead of to a wide range of both strengths and needs,” said Walsh. “In addition, such efforts tend to be aimed solely at high school students, and therefore, in some cases, may come too late.”

According to the researchers, students fail to complete high school for complex reasons that often develop long before they reach high school. Their process of academic disengagement is influenced by a mix of in- and out-of-school factors, including academic, socio-emotional, familyrelated, and societal.

Prior research found that many factors affect a decision to drop out, such as poor academic performance in elementary, middle, and high school; a low sense of belong-

“There are many pathways to school drop-out. A comprehensive intervention in elementary school that addresses a wide range of out-of-school factors can disrupt those pathways, supporting strengths and building resilience.”

City Connects Executive Director Mary Walsh

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ing in school; negative classroom behavior; and scant involvement in extracurricular activities. Graduation rates are also significantly lower for black and Hispanic youth, for male students, and for students from low-income families, single-parent households, and families where parents had low educational achievement.

Across all Boston Public Schools serving students in kindergarten through fifth grade during the time of the study, more than 90 percent of the students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and approximately 90 percent were minority students, the researchers report.

In each City Connects-participating school, a full-time coordinator—who is a master’s degree-level licensed school counselor or social worker—meets with every classroom teacher and other school staff member to review every student, every

year. The coordinator and staff discuss each child’s strengths and needs in academics, social/emotional/behavioral development, health, and family support. Since not every factor that may influence drop-out presents itself as a “red flag,” this approach allows the less obvious factors to be identified and addressed early.

“Some students are ‘quiet drop-outs,’ meaning they may not be identified as being at-risk in usual school settings,” said Walsh.

With a secure, proprietary database, each student in the intervention is linked to a tailored set of services and enrichment opportunities in the school or community that address their unique strengths and needs, with the school coordinator following up throughout the year. The database provides reminders, prompts, and automated reports that are designed to make the coordinator’s work more efficient and allow reporting to principals and others in the school.

“Dropping out of high school has serious individual and social consequences, including hurting employment possibilities, lifetime earnings, and physical health,” said Walsh. “During the period we looked at, we estimate that the program led to approximately 375 fewer drop-outs over the course of high school.

“Given that each new high school graduate has been estimated to yield societal benefits of $260,300 over a drop-out, staying in high school rather than dropping out is highly meaningful, with an estimated $97.6 million return to society from the groups examined in this study.”

Over the past 20 years, City Connects has been implemented in over 100 elementary and K-8 schools across Boston, Springfield, and Salem, Mass.; New York City; Dayton and Springfield, Ohio; Hartford, Conn.; Minneapolis; and Indianapolis, Ind.

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teams; recruiting and developing the best coaches and student-athletes; achieving top-25 rankings in football and men’s basketball; and building sports analytics capabilities that utilize data and insights to improve performance.

The strategic plan also calls for enhancing facilities in Conte Forum to address the needs of BC’s men’s and women’s basketball and hockey programs; adding additional space for player development for baseball and softball within the Harrington Athletics Village on the Brighton Campus; and renovating locker rooms and enhancing strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and nutrition areas for BC’s Olympic sports.

“Our goal is for BC football and basketball to be consistently ranked in the top 25; to maintain and enhance the elite status of our hockey program; and bolster all of our varsity sports to achieve competitive excellence,” said Jarmond. “All of this will involve major fundraising, and we plan to be more aggressive than ever before to address these important needs through the Greater Heights campaign.”

Lastly, the plan aims to increase external engagement among fans by enhancing the game-day experience for all athletics events; increasing the promotion of BC Athletics though social media; and creating new,

innovative platforms to promote the BC Athletics brand.

“Outside of our student-athletes, our fans are our most important asset,” said Jarmond. “They allow our players to compete in an exciting environment. Our focus is on how we make things easier for our fans to be engaged and create a deeper connection. We have had success through our ride-share program, improved food offerings, the addition of beer and wine sales in Alumni Stadium and Conte Forum, and the launch of FLIGHT for graduates of the past 10 years to easily access our football, basketball, and hockey events. But we plan to do much more, with the goal of elevating the game-day experience for all of our venues.”

Jarmond said these four strategic priorities, coupled with an aggressive push for donations from alumni, parents, former athletes, corporate partners, and other members of the BC community, provide a clear vision for the future that will help ensure the success of BC Athletics.

“We plan to build on BC’s distinctive athletics history, which includes five NCAA championships, 14 national championships, 32 conference championships, eight National Player of the Year awards, and 910 All-Conference honors,” he said.

“We are one of only four NCAA Divi-

BC Dedicates Practice Field in the Memory of Frank Chamberlin ’00 The natural grass practice field adjacent to the Fish Field House was dedicated Sept. 27 as the Chamberlin Practice Field in memory of former BC football standout and NFL veteran Frank Chamberlin ’00, who died in 2013 after a battle with cancer.

The dedication, which featured a blessing from Vice President for University Mission and Ministry Jack Butler, S.J., was made possible through a generous lead gift from University Trustee David O’Connor ’86, senior managing partner at High Rise Capital Partners, LLC, and his wife, Maureen, as well as support from BC football alumni and community members, many of whom were present to honor Chamberlin’s memory.

A four-year football letter winner who played on both sides of the ball as a linebacker and fullback, Chamberlin received All-Big East honors and won the Scanlan Award—BC’s highest football honor—before being drafted in 2000 by the Tennessee Titans. He played six years in the NFL for the Titans, Bengals, and Texans before retiring in 2007.

Following his playing days, Chamberlin went on to a successful career in equities trading for Keefe, Bruyete & Woods, an opportunity he credited to O’Connor, who served as a mentor and professional advisor.

Chamberlin rose to the rank of vice president at the firm before cancer took his life at the age of 35. He left his wife, Lisa, and their three daughters, Micaela, Leah, and Brooke.

The O’Connors, longtime supporters of Boston College and BC football, and close friends of the Chamberlin family, spearheaded the fundraising efforts that brought the Chamberlin Practice Field to fruition.

“To me, Frank was the epitome of a BC student-athlete,” said O’Connor. “The Fish Field House promotes the principle of ‘Ever to Excel,’ which Frank represented better than anyone. It is an honor to recognize him in this facility and to share this space with his family.”

Lisa Chamberlin expressed gratitude to the O’Connors for making the vision of honoring her late husband a reality.

“Our family is deeply grateful to the O’Connors and the Boston College community for coming together to honor Frank’s memory in such a special and lasting way,” she said.

“During his four years as an Eagle, he loved nothing more than hitting the practice field with his BC teammates, who became like a family to him. It is impossible to overstate the impact that Boston College had on Frank’s life, as he maintained a strong connection to his alma mater long after he graduated.

“Our three daughters are immensely proud to know that his legacy will live on at Boston College through this field, and are inspired to follow their own dreams, as he did, with passion, dedication, and, of course, practice.”

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Martin Jarmond: “All of this will involve major fundraising, and we plan to be more aggressive than ever before to address these important needs through the Greater Heights campaign.” photo by justin knight

sion I institutions with more than 25 sponsored sports, an athletics budget of at least $50 million, and an enrollment of more than 5,000 students. We are consistently ranked in the top five in the ACC in academic progress rate and graduation success rate (GSR) with an overall GSR of 95 percent for all student-athletes. We have a lot to be proud of, but so much more to do. It is a new today for BC Athletics, and I am very excited about our future.”

Vice President for Development Beth McDermott said the $150 million Greater Heights campaign represents a unique moment in time for the entire BC community

to support BC Athletics and the promise it holds for the future.

“Boston College Athletics has an almost singular ability to galvanize our community, on-campus, across the country, and increasingly around the world,” said McDermott. “The Greater Heights campaign celebrates that idea. It will help the most passionate fan to better understand the dynamics of building a program that is consistently competitive, and it also invites the casual fan to take a closer look and discover the deep commitment that our program has to student formation, in keeping with BC’s Jesuit ideals.

“Greater Heights underscores the fact that to be a BC student-athlete, you must perform at the highest levels—athletically and academically. The campaign calls on us to support these young people fully, whenever and wherever they compete, and as they prepare for life beyond Boston College. To do anything less would not be who we are, and it would not be true to BC.”

Snapshot

One Table, No Waiting

Emily Gutelius ’19 recently captured this overhead view of a typically busy period at The Chocolate Bar in Stokes Hall. See more photos at #BC360.

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Ambitious BCSSW Project Producing Results

BY SEAN SMITH CHRONICLE EDITOR

It was a research project that could have easily failed. Even one of the principal investigators had significant doubts as to whether his team would get enough meaningful data.

But the project co-led by Boston College School of Social Work Associate Professor Scott Easton to examine the quality of life of Palestinian social workers has yielded useful results with potentially wide applications—and, thanks to his wife, also produced an assessment tool previously unavailable to Arab-speaking health care and human services professionals.

As pleased as Easton is by the outcome thus far, he is less interested in personal gratification than in ensuring the project continues to move forward and helps make a significant impact in social work, and people’s lives.

“Even as they serve clients, U.S.-based social workers often struggle with issues like burn-out, secondary trauma, and staffing turnover,” he says. “It’s challenging enough for social workers to stay physically and emotionally healthy in a developed country.

But for a social worker in a fragile state layered with a political and military conflict, it can be incredibly daunting to carry out your job and help others.”

The obstacles Palestinian social workers in the West Bank and adjacent areas (identified in the study as “Occupied Palestinian Territories”) face include scarce resources for meeting clients’ needs except for only the most basic; fears for their own personal safety amidst continuing turmoil; and the accumulated stress of witnessing violence and suffering, and being unable to do much to prevent it.

More than 230 social workers, employed through the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Social Development, responded to the survey. Among other findings, seven in 10 participants met criteria for clinical levels of somatic problems (such as headaches and

“It’s challenging enough for social workers to stay physically and emotionally healthy in a developed country. But for a social worker in a fragile state layered with a political and military conflict, it can be incredibly daunting to carry out your job and help others.”

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stomach troubles), one in three experienced moderate or severe psychological distress, and four in 10 indicated their standard of living was average or poor.

“While some of the Palestinian social workers’ experiences relate to their region’s unique characteristics and geopolitical situation,” says Easton, “we believe that the findings could apply to other parts of the world, and help in creating supports for social work professionals in conflict zones—who are often vulnerable to neglecting their own self-care because they are focused on helping others.”

Easton’s co-leader, Najwa Safadi—who earned her doctorate from BCSSW and is a faculty member in social work at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem—shared major findings from the project in August to representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Al-Quds at a public presentation that also was attended by a number of social workers who had contributed to the study. Easton spoke at the event via Skype.

Easton and his team faced logistical challenges, such as needing to visit 12 different Palestinian Authority offices in the West Bank to collect data from the social workers.

An even bigger question was how many social workers would even respond to the sur-

vey, and how useful the information would be—the assessment tool Easton’s team sought to use, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, had no validated Arabic version.

Easton recalls telling a research administrator there was a better-then-even chance the project wouldn’t pan out.

But Easton’s wife Ikram, a part-time faculty member in BC’s Slavic and Eastern Languages Department, played a valuable role in translating the instrument from English to Arabic and, when the surveys were returned, back into English. Moreover, the response rate—more than 90 percent—from the social workers proved to be astounding.

Although most of the survey was quantitative, participants were able to respond to open-ended questions, Easton notes. “What we found amongst these individuals was a deep, burning desire to build community and help others, a quality called service orientation that is shared by social work colleagues throughout the world. Another strength we found was participants’ level of organizational commitment, which was off the charts.”

An important by-product of the project is the validation of Ikram Easton’s translation of the Kessler Scale, which the team

made available over the Internet; they also published their findings in the journal Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. The Arabic version is now in use by clinicians and researchers in Syrian refugee camps, hospitals in Saudi Arabia, and nursing programs in United Arab Emirates, among others, and more users are likely to emerge. Nor did Ikram’s contribution stop there, Easton notes: She provided translation for Easton’s talk at the August press conference—which, for the Eastons, came in the wee hours of the morning.

The work is far from over, Easton says: The team plans to roll out several more scholarly publications in the next few years based on the research; one paper under review examines how boosting social workers’ health and life satisfaction makes them better equipped to serve others and less prone to stress and burn-out.

He also recognizes that the IsraeliPalestinian conflict’s polarizing nature may color some observers’ views of the project.

“Good social science is supposed to be objective and lead to generalizable results,” he says. “However, our profession’s concern for social justice prompts us to ask, ‘Does the scientific process give voice to the marginalized?’ It’s impossible to talk about Palestinian social workers’ health and well-being without acknowledging the reality of the situation on the ground.

But our ultimate purpose is to seek placebased solutions that enhance, empower, and positively impact the lives of those social workers, key catalysts striving to build a brighter future in Palestine.”

Easton expressed gratitude for the University and BCSSW’s support of the project. “We appreciate their trust in our ability to do scientific research in an area of the world many might avoid. It means BC is putting its Jesuit values, and BCSSW its professional values, into action.”

Read more about the research project in a 2016 BCSSW blog post at http://bit.ly/ bcssw-palestinian-social-workers.

STEM Career and Internship Fair Set for Oct. 17 The Career Center will hold the 2018 STEM Career and Internship Fair on Oct. 17, hosting approximately 40 employers on campus to meet with students during the day, followed by an evening speaking program focused on design thinking—a partnering of career pathway development and academic programming being called STEM Design Day. The career and internship fair for students will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Heights Room in Corcoran Commons. The speaking program, “Win

By Design: What Does the Future of Work Hold?” takes place in the Heights Room from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The STEM career fair was launched in 2016 to assist students studying in disciplines or areas related to science, technology, environment, and mathematics. Without an engineering program, BC places an empha-

sis on its strengths in earth and environmental science.

The fair provides those students with a tailored opportunity to meet and network with employers in those fields, according to Associate Vice President for Student Affairs/ Career Services Joseph Du Pont.

Du Pont said the announcement of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, the centerpiece of a $150-million science facility slated to begin construction next year, has created a unique opportunity for the Career Center, with the support from the Provost’s Office, to collaborate with several new academic initiatives in STEM disciplines.

“It is a very exciting time,” says Du Pont.

“We are seeing an increasing number of employers who want to recruit Boston College students specifically because they are studying societal problems at the intersection of

science, energy, health care, and the environment. You don’t often see organizations like AstraZeneca, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, General Dynamics, the Peace Corps, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, EarthWatch Institute, and the United States Public Health Service attending the same event to meet the next generation of talent, but they will all be at the fair.”

The STEM Career and Internship Fair features organizations with full-time and internship opportunities in diverse STEM industries and/or job functions, including biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences, scientific research, technology, computer hardware/software, environment, energy, physical sciences, and “big data.”

The evening program is the inaugural event in the “Innovation Through Design Thinking” series, organized by the Office of the Provost, specifically Associate Vice

Provost for Design and Innovation Strategies Sunand Bhattacharya. Keynote speaker Surya Vanka, founder of Authentic Design, Inc., will discuss how entrepreneurial initiatives in a range of fields achieve innovation.

Vanka will then moderate a panel discussion with Donna Brezinski, M.D., CEO and founder of Little Sparrows Technologies Inc.; Benjamin Linder, director, Affordable Design Entrepreneurship, Olin College of Engineering; and Alison Kotin, senior interaction designer, Continuum Design Inc. The panelists will discuss topics including the future of work and how students can enhance career capabilities through interdisciplinary collaboration, the STEM disciplines, and a design-driven focus on innovation, said Bhattacharya.

The full agenda is available at http://bit. ly/stem-fair-2018.

–Ed Hayward

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Monan Professor in Theatre Arts

Parent’s Resumé Shows Wide Range of Experience Award-winning actor, director, and arts educator Maurice Emmanuel Parent—with nearly 15 years of professional experience and more than 40 acting credits at theaters across the nation and abroad—has joined the Boston College Theatre Department as the Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts for the 2018-19 academic year.

The acclaimed actor has performed with some of Boston’s oldest and most respected companies, including Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Lyric Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre, and SpeakEasy Stage Company.

Theatre Department Chair and Associate Professor Crystal Tiala praised Parent’s talent and creativity. “Maurice Parent embodies boundless energy, enthusiasm, and talent that he utilizes to the fullest on stage and off. As a teacher, dancer, actor, singer, director, and social activist, he connects effortlessly with everyone in his presence. We are honored to have him join our department this year.”

In addition to leading two workshops this month for theater students, Parent is offering instruction on auditions and Shakespeare performance, and providing creative support to Theatre Department’s productions of “Pride and Prejudice” [see related article on page 8] in November, and “Hamlet” in February.

Parent also is teaching Musical Theatre Performance this fall; his course next semester, Devised Theater, will focus on creating a piece titled “The Identity Project,” to be performed during the annual BC Arts Festival.

He is the co-founder and executive director of The Front Porch Arts Collective, “a black-led theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in Boston through theater.” The non-profit opens its second season on Nov. 30 with a co-production with the Lyric Stage Company, directed

by Parent, of Daniel Beaty’s “Breath and Imagination,” the story of the first worldrenowned African American classical vocalist, Roland Hayes.

Parent’s performances have drawn criti-

Maurice Emmanuel Parent “embodies boundless energy, enthusiasm, and talent that he utilizes to the fullest on stage and off,” according to Theatre Department Chair Crystal Tiala.

BC Law Forum Mulls IP Issues Boston College Law School, in partnership with Boston-based law firm Ropes & Gray LLP, coordinated a two-day conference focused on the complex global intellectual property (IP) issues facing U.S. businesses operating in Europe and the UK. The European IP Summit, hosted by the school Oct. 4-5, drew more than 100 attendees, including professors, think-tank scholars and lawyers, business executives, and government representatives, to each day’s panels. Speakers on the seven panels included the attaché to the U.S. from the European Patent Office, a former federal appellate judge, a former International trade commissioner, and the director of IP enforcement and Her Majesty’s Consul General to New England, and local IP authorities.

[See bit.ly/european-IP-summit for a list of events and speakers.]

The summit was the first event of the academic year for the school’s Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE), launched last year and designed to build bridges between BC Law and the innovation and entrepreneurship communities in Boston and beyond.

“The IP Summit brought together a remarkable combination of government officials, members of industry, attorneys and academics,” said Edward J. Kelly JD’93, a partner in the IP practice at Ropes & Gray.

“It also provided a relaxed but serious-minded environment that allowed the audience to explore facts, opinions and predictions about Europe’s evolving legal and political IP landscape. The presenters were candid, direct and knowledgeable. In the end, the summit showed that Europe sees the import of IP to its economic success and Europe may be leading on important issues like pri-

(L-R) Panelists Giuseppe Mazziotti, Ros Lynch, and Allie Renison discussed post-Brexit options, priorities, and strategies for global businesses during the European IP Summit held at the Law School last week. photo by lee pellegrini

vacy, patent law and data rights.”

The conference panels kicked off with a particularly thorny topic: the UK’s exit from the European Union, and its impact on IP rights across all sectors and industries.

“The discussion showed the extreme

uncertainty surrounding Brexit and its consequences, given the unsettled political landscape in Britain, and the changing EU leadership,” said BC Law Professor David S. Olson, the PIE faculty director. “While Britain remains open for business, success-

cal praise from The Arts Fuse, BroadwayWorld, TheaterMania and the Boston Globe, among other outlets. His honors include the 2017 ArtsImpulse Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical; nominations for four Elliot Norton Awards by the Boston Theater Critics Association, with two wins for Outstanding Actor (midsize theater); and nominations for six Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, with three wins—for Best Actor in a Drama (2017), Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (2016), and Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (2015).

Parent’s history as an educator spans nearly a decade. He currently is a teaching artist with Actors’ Shakespeare Project and a performing arts specialist at the K-8 Martin Luther King Jr. School. He is also an adjunct professor of acting at Tufts University, and of music theatre technique at Boston University.

For more information on the Monan Professorship in Theatre Arts, see https:// tinyurl.com/yccapvyw.

–University Communications fully navigating the shifting relationships between Briain, the EU, and the world is a top challenge for global businesses.”

The content-rich panels addressed topics such as managing risk in cross-border technology and life science transactions; best practices for General Data Protection Regulation compliance and responses to cyberattacks; data protection; the interaction between competition law and European IP rights; and issues and challenges related to the proposed 25-country Unified Patent Court.

“I was very pleased that we hosted a conference on such important issues in IP and business in the context of the relationship between the US and Europe,” said BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau. “We live in a quickly evolving period in terms of innovation, how businesses start and grow, how capital flows, how the benefits of business and innovation are distributed, and how multinational firms react to nation-state changes to regulations and taxes. The extraordinary discussion brought insights to these important topics.”

—Phil Gloudemans

University to Celebrate PULSE, Cooney Family A celebration of PULSE and the Cooney Family Directorship will take place on Oct. 25 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Gasson 100.

The guests of honor will be Trustee Associate Robert J. Cooney ’74 and Loretta W. Cooney P’08,’10, whose gift established an endowment for PULSE. Remarks will be offered by Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Kalscheur, S.J., and Cooney Family Director of PULSE Meghan T. Sweeney, an associate professor of the practice of theology. The event will also feature a student panel moderated by

Professor of Theology Ken Himes, O.F.M. The Cooneys’ gift has enabled PULSE, the University’s signature service-learning program, to reach more BC students by providing resources for additional faculty and staff. Via PULSE, students learn about social injustice through a combination of direct contact with marginalized populations and social change organizations and reading and discussing works of philosophy and theology. PULSE partners with community organizations in a range of areas, including addiction, immigration, mental

illness, homelessness, hunger, and youth and adult education.

In 2019-20, PULSE will celebrate its 50th anniversary. PULSE alumni are invited to contribute personal stories of the program’s impact, which will be shared during the anniversary year. Visit http:// bit.ly/pulse-50th-anniversary to learn more.

The Oct. 25 event is open to all members of the BC community, but those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by emailing meghan.scheffler@bc.edu.

—Kathleen Sullivan

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WELCOME ADDITIONS

BC in the Media

An Introduction to New Faculty at Boston College MARK BEHN Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences DEGREES: Bates College (BA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program (Ph.D.) WHAT HE STUDIES: Dynamics of Earth deformation in glacial, marine, and terrestrial environments; geodynamic modeling.

WHAT HE’S TEACHING: Environmental Geosciences: Processes and Risks

“That a mass media campaign could motivate smokers to try to quit. If you have seen the ads which graphically depict the health consequences of smoking, you get an immediate sense of their power to motivate behavior change. The evaluation really builds the evidence that shows how many smokers try to quit after being exposed to the campaign.

It was great to be involved in a nationally impactful project.”

CAL HALVORSEN Assistant Professor Boston College School of Social Work DEGREES: Univer-

Could you describe your research in more detail? “I use numerical models to study deformation and fluid migration in rocks and ice. These models are applied to societally relevant problems, such as the dynamic response of ice sheets to climate change, global geochemical cycling, and hazards associated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.”

EMILY GATES Assistant Professor of Evaluation Lynch School of Education DEGREES: New College (BA); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MEd, PhD)

WHAT SHE STUDIES: How evaluation theory and practice can better address the complexity of social problems and change processes; applications of systems thinking to evaluation and the roles of values and valuing in evaluation practice.

WHAT SHE’S TEACHING: Program Evaluation I and II; Mixed Methods Research; Interpretation and Evaluation of Research.

You served as an evaluation fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its Tips From Former Smokers campaign: What outcomes surprised you?

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sity of Iowa (BS); Washington University in St. Louis (MSW, Ph.D.)

WHAT HE STUDIES: Antecedents, experiences, and outcomes of longer working lives; later-life self-employment and entrepreneurship; encore careers; older adults as social innovators.

WHAT HE’S TEACHING: Macro Social Work; Social Gerontology; Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation.

You recently were selected for the inaugural cohort of the Encore Public Voices Fellowship from the OpEd Project, which seeks to increase the public impact of underrepresented thinkers in influential forums—op-eds, TED talks, radio/TV appearances, speeches, and so on. What does this honor mean to you?

“I am thrilled to be selected for this fellowship. I am surrounded by 19 leaders from varied backgrounds and a team of experienced journalists who all want to make a positive difference in the lives of the growing and increasingly diverse older population.

This intensive training will help me increase the quality of my own public voice, enabling me to better articulate some of the key challenges and opportunities facing older adults now and in the future.”

–Ed Hayward, Phil Gloudemans, Sean Smith Photos by Lee Pellegrini

Molly Cahill ’19 had a turn in the spotlight at the Sept. 28 Pops on the Heights Barbara and Jim Cleary Scholarship Gala, where she performed with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. More on page 8. photo by michael manning

Recently, the EPA sidelined its top children’s health advocate. Prof. Philip Landrigan (Biology), director of BC’s Global Public Health Program—who, in a previous role as senior advisor to the EPA, was instrumental in helping to establish the agency’s Office of Children’s Health Protection—detailed his concerns about the placement of its director on administrative leave in an op-ed for The New York Times.

Assoc. Prof. Hosffman Ospino (STM),

who was among the architects of the nationwide consultations with the U.S. Hispanic Catholic community that culminated at the national V Encuentro, wrote about the gathering for Catholic News Service. His comments also were featured by Catholic News Service, National Catholic Reporter, The Tablet, Aleteia (Spain), Vatican News, and Crux. com.

Appearing on New England Cable News’ “The Take,” Prof. Kent Greenfield (Law) offered his thoughts on what the Supreme Court would be like if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed.

There is nothing wrong about the current conception of human rights that cannot be cured by the best elements of America’s own tradition, wrote Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences faculty

Franklin Presents Talk at Mandela U. Colloquium Anderson J. Franklin, the Honorable David S. Nelson Professor of Psychology and Education at the Lynch School of Education, delivered a keynote address at Nelson Mandela University’s July colloquium entitled “Repositioning our Understanding of the ‘Weapon’ Education,” in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Hosted by the university’s education faculty, the two-day event was staged in celebration of the 100th birthday of the late Nelson Mandela, the renowned and charismatic South African political leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the country’s first black head of state.

Franklin, who also serves as director of the Nelson Chair Roundtable on Networking Community-Based Programs, addressed the link between Mandela’s famous statement that “education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world,” and the global perspective of the “weapon” in the 21st century.

He was named an honorary professor at the Nelson Mandela University Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy, established in 2010 to provide an intellectual and social space for debate on the complexities of post-apartheid South Africa.

–University Communications

member Martha Bayles in a piece for The American Interest.

What happens to innocent people who are freed after years in prison following wrongful conviction? Prof. Sharon Beckman (Law), faculty director of the Boston College Innocence Project, discussed the challenges they face with WGBH News.

Prof. John Ebel (Earth and Environmental Sciences), senior scientist at BC’s Weston Observatory, discussed a 1.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Nashua, N.H., with the Boston Globe and Union-Leader.

The success of this pontificate likely represents the last, best chance for decades to come for the decisive realization of the vision of Vatican II, wrote Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology Richard Gaillardetz in a piece for the U.K.’s The Tablet.

In an essay for America, Gasson Professor Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., traced the roots of the Vatican-China agreement to Napoleon.

Jobs The following are among the most recent positions posted by the Department of Human Resources. For more information on employment opportunities at Boston College, see www.bc.edu/offices/hr: Manager, Purchasing & Vendor Relations, Dining & Catering/Auxiliary/Public Safety Director, Stewardship and Donor Engagement, University Advancement Assistant/Associate Director of Annual Giving, BC Law School Senior Data Analyst, University Advancement Development Assistant, Corporate and Foundation Relations, University Advancement Associate Director, Housing Operations, Student Affairs/Residential Life UI/UX Designer/Developer, President’s Office Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Academic Affairs/Provost Head Librarian, Data & Assessment Services, Academic Affairs/Provost Senior Business Intelligence Analyst/Developer, University Advancement Assistant Director, Strategic Sourcing, Financial/Budget Public Safety Dispatcher, Dining & Catering/Auxiliary/Public Safety Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, Athletics Social Media, Access & Web Specialist, Student Affairs/Residential Life Associate Director, Church in the 21st Century Center, President’s Office

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Karan Casey, ‘Coral Suite’ Featured in Fall Gaelic Roots Series A special concert next month with renowned Irish singer Karan Casey— presented in honor of Boston College benefactors Maureen Sullivan and her late husband, Craig Sullivan ’64—highlights the Gaelic Roots Series fall schedule.

The series, sponsored by the Center for Irish Programs in collaboration with the Alumni Association, presents concerts, lectures, and performances that showcase Gaelic music and dance from Irish, Scottish, and American traditions. All Gaelic Roots events, which begin at 6:30 p.m., are free and open to the public.

This semester’s offerings begin on Oct. 18 with “The Coral Suite,” an innovative, extensive instrumental piece by fiddler Dana Lyn and guitarist Kyle Sanna [danalynkylesanna.com] that uses traditional Irish tunes, original compositions, and improvisatory passages to evoke the ecosystem of a coral reef. Light boxes and projections featuring illustrations by Lyn complement the music.

Lyn, who has played with prominent Irish musicians such as Kevin Burke, Martin Hayes, and Mick Moloney (a former Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies at BC), is active in other genres and has collaborated with artists such as Grammy-

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Gaelic Roots performers this semester are singer Karan Casey, above (Nov. 7), and fiddleguitar duo Dana Lyn and Kyle Sanna, who will present their “Coral Suite” project (Oct. 18).

PHOTO BY ROSE LINCOLN

Pops on the Heights The 26th Annual Pops on the Heights Barbara and Jim Cleary Scholarship Gala raised more than $13 million for student scholarships. Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra once again headlined the sellout event, a highlight of Parents’ Weekend, at Conte Forum on Sept. 28, with a special guest performance by international superstar Lionel Richie (below). For more, go to http://bit.ly/pops-on-heights-2018

winning singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright, Irish poet Louis de Paor—another former Burns Scholar—and actor-directors Ethan Hawke and Vincent D’Onfrio. As a composer, she has received commissions from the National Council of Ireland, the New Orchestra of Washington, and BC faculty members Richard Kearney and Sheila Gallagher for their project on the 1916 Easter Rising.

Sanna’s musical enterprises have been similarly varied: He’s arranged music for cellist Yo-Yo Ma on two albums, had his music performed at Carnegie Hall and Oman’s Royal Opera House, won first prize at the Charlotte New Music Festival Composition Competition, and given workshops at a women’s prison in Montana and an orphanage in Mexico.

The concert will take place in the Theology and Ministry Library (117 Lake Street) on the Brighton Campus.

Casey [karancasey.com], one of the most successful, high-profile Irish female vocalists to emerge in the past two decades, will perform on Nov. 7 in the Cadigan Alumni Center. A native of County Waterford, she studied jazz and classical even as she developed an interest in Irish traditional music. She co-founded pioneering

Irish-American band Altan, with whom she performed for four years, and has released six critically acclaimed solo albums—her seventh, “Hieroglyphs That Tell the Tale,” will be out this month—and another with former Solas bandmate John Doyle. In recent years, she has turned to songwriting and incorporated blues, jazz, R&B, and other styles into her music. Casey also has advocated for gender balance in the production, performance, promotion, and development of Irish traditional and folk music.

Organizers say the concert will serve as a tribute to the generosity of Maureen and Craig Sullivan, who have provided critical support with scholarships for Boston College students as well as for the Craig and Maureen Sullivan Millennium Chair in Irish Studies.

Rounding out this semester’s events will be a music session in early December led by fiddler Sheila Falls Keohane, the series director, with Irish Studies music and dance students, and special guests. The date and location will be announced later this fall.

Gaelic Roots events are listed at events. bc.edu/group/gaelic_roots_series.

–Sean Smith

Robsham Theater Will Present ‘Invisible’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice’ “Invisible,” Tena Štivičić’s moving, topical look at the many sides of migration, launches the Theatre Department fall season Oct. 18-21 with its United States premiere at Robsham Theater. The Croatian-born Štivičić will be on campus for the production’s opening night and will take part at 4 p.m. that afternoon in a public conversation about migration, moderated

by Boston College School of Social Work Associate Professor of the Practice Westy Egmont, director of the Immigrant Integration Lab. Štivičić—who will visit theater classes during her stay on campus—is a winner of the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which recognizes women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theater. She has written plays both in her native Croatian and in English; besides “Invisible,” which she is adapting into a feature film, her major works in English include: “Can’t Escape Sundays,” “Perceval,” “Psssst,” “Two of Us,” “Goldoni Terminus,” “Fragile!” and “Fireflies.”

“The entire artistic effort on the part of the students is the personification of the BC ideal, men and women for others,” said director Patricia Riggin, associate professor of the practice in the Theatre Department.

“The student actors who embody the characters in this play are especially aware of their responsibility to honor the lives of these refugees. The entire company’s pas-

sion and dedication to the work has been heightened by the absolute necessity that these stories be heard immediately.”

“Invisible” is presented by special arrangement with Curtis Brown Group Limited. The Oct. 18 event with Štivičić, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics with the Theatre Department. For more information, see to https:// tinyurl.com/ybv3zryw.

The wit and romance of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel come to life in a fastpaced and engaging new stage adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” that will be presented at Robsham Nov. 15-18.

When the independent-minded Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, she is determined not to let her feelings triumph over her own good sense.

In a society where subtle snubs and deceit proliferate, is it possible for the pair to look beyond his pride and her prejudice, and to make the best match of all? Jon Jory’s adaptation of the well-loved play will be directed

by Associate Professor of Theatre John Houchin.

Ticket prices (which include a service fee) for both productions are $17 for adults; $12 for students with a valid ID; $12 for BC faculty and staff members (one ticket per ID); and $12 for senior citizens. For more information, including performance times, see www.bc.edu/offices/robsham/tickets.

–University Communications