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symposium to 2 •BCSSW address racism’s impact •BC hosts regional forum on recycling •Center spotlighted in comics (again) •Photos: Laetare Sunday; Ban Ki-Moon talk director talks about 3 •FBI cyber security

•Former US ambassador to UN to speak on campus studies 4 •Christianson brain’s avoid/approach function

grant to support 5 •NSF Barnett’s project for lowincome high schoolers

the new UGBC 6 •Meet leadership team

BC Ranks 6th in World for Theological Studies BY JACK DUNN ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Boston College ranked sixth among the world’s top universities in Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies in the 2018 QS World University Rankings, further advancing the University’s strategic goal of becoming the world’s leading Catholic university and theological center. The Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies ranking, which aims to help prospective students identify the world’s leading schools in their field of interest, is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, and research impact. Boston College was the highest-ranked Catholic institution in the survey. The top 10 schools in this year’s QS rankings are Harvard University, Oxford, Durham and Cambridge universities in Great Britain, Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Boston College, Notre Dame, University of Toronto and KU Leuven University in Belgium

(tied), and University of Chicago. Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley said the ranking is a testament to the University’s well-earned reputation as a global leader in theological studies. “Here at Boston College, we take great pride in the strength of our faculty and students in theology and related disciplines, and in our scholars’ commitment to engaging a range of publics around Boston and around the globe,” said Quigley. “The QS World Rankings offer helpful external validation of our community of theologians and the high esteem in which they are held by colleagues in the field.” “The QS rankings are gratifying to see, as the School of Theology and Ministry strives hard to be a community of scholars and students who bring outstanding theological training to ministry in and for the Church,” said School of Theology and Ministry Dean Thomas Stegman, SJ. “Our primary concern remains to grow more in embodying the way of exContinued on page 6

Unlikely Friends One was a Nepali girl who needed help. The other was a former BC student who was willing to give it.

Additions/BC in 7 •Welcome the Media/Jobs •History of Religion conference in late March book launch to 8 •Concert, celebrate memory of T. Frank Kennedy, SJ

•Photos: Late February campus highlights

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At age seven, Dorje Dolma was living in one of the most remote places in the world, protecting her family’s goats and sheep from wolves and snow leopards. By age 10, she was facing a life-threatening condition and would encounter an American woman with Boston College ties, who would change the course of her life. In her new memoir, Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal, Dolma – the oldest of 11 children born to Dolma Tsering and Karma Dhandul – describes her childhood in Dolpo, an isolated region of Nepal in

the Himalayas near the border with Tibet that has become more familiar to Westerners since the publication of Peter Matthiessen’s award-winning book The Snow Leopard and the Oscar-nominated film “Himalaya.” In a recent author talk at Boston College, Dolma recalled happy times from her childhood. “The river was my friend and my playground. I sang songs along to the soothing sounds of the water, and with the gifts the river brought down – sticks and stones – I built little rock houses.” By age five, Dolma’s days were filled with chores either in the home or, preferably, high in Continued on page 4

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Esther Chung ’18 performing at “Sing It to the Heights.” See page 6.

Trustees Set Tuition Rate for 2018-19 Academic Year BY JACK DUNN ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

The Board of Trustees has set undergraduate tuition for the 20182019 academic year at $54,600, as part of a 3.6 percent increase in tuition, fees, room and board, bringing the overall annual cost of attendance at Boston College to $69,942. To maintain the University’s commitment to providing access to students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, the trustees voted to increase need-based undergraduate financial aid by 8.9

percent to $131.3 million. Boston College remains one of only 19 private universities in the United States that is need-blind in admissions and meets the full-demonstrated need of all undergraduate students. Overall, more than 67 percent of Boston College undergraduates receive financial aid, with the average need-based financial aid package projected to exceed $45,000 in 2018-2019. “We are mindful of the sacrifices that families make in order to send their children to Boston College, and we make every effort to limit Continued on page 3

Pullin to End BC Career BY PHIL GLOUDEMANS STAFF WRITER

Diana C. Pullin, an esteemed lawyer and scholar, former dean and Lynch School of Education faculty member for 31 years, and an affiliate professor at Boston College Law School since 1994, will retire at the end of the 201718 academic year, concluding a remarkable career that adroitly merged her dual professional expertise in education and law. The Wyoming native, who served as dean of the School of Education from 1987-94 (the school was named for philanthropists Carolyn and Peter Lynch ’65

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“Information security programs need to be thoughtfully designed so they don’t undermine the lawful tools we need to keep the American people safe. We need a thoughtful and sensible approach, one that may vary across business models and technologies, but — and I can’t stress this enough — we need to work fast.” –FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaking on campus, page 3

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Last week’s RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts College & University Forum included a look at BC Dining Services’ recycling practices. (Photo courtesy BCDS)

TOWARDS ‘ZERO WASTE’

Boston College hosted a major forum on recycling earlier this month that spotlighted waste diversion efforts at Massachusetts colleges and universities. The March 6 College & University (C&U) Forum in Corcoran Commons featured panels and presentations on food recovery initiatives at cafeterias and other campus spaces as well as at special events, and on campaigns to solicit donations of used residence hall, office and classroom furniture. Among the approximately 40 people who attended were administrators from area colleges and universities, state environmental officials and representatives of organizations that promote sustainability and conservation. Boston College Dining Services Director Beth Emery and Julianne Stelmaszyk, BCDS manager for regional and sustainable food systems, were among the forum’s speakers. Af-

ter the event, Associate Director of Restaurant Operations Megan O’Neill led forum attendees on a brief tour of BC. “We were proud to host this conference at Boston College and showcase the great work that BC Dining and Facilities are doing on campus towards zero waste,” said Emery. “In partnership with the Office of Sustainability, we are excited to share some of the best practices that we learned at the forum with interested student groups so that we can continue to work together towards zero waste.” The C&U Forum is part of a regular series of programs sponsored by RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts, which helps businesses and institutions maximize recycling, reuse and composting opportunities to decrease environmental impact, cut costs, improve employee morale and meet customer demands for sustainable practices. –University Communications

Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaking in Robsham Theater on Feb. 27. His talk was titled “Human Welfare and Global Citizenship.” (Photo by Lee Pellegrini) ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Jack Dunn SENIOR DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Patricia Delaney EDITOR Sean Smith

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Martin Jarmond, the William V. Campbell Director of Athletics, was the featured speaker at this past weekend’s Laetare Sunday celebration, held in Conte Forum. Afterwards, Jarmond – finishing up his first year at BC – spoke with 1960 alumnus Tom Cunnally. (Photos by Frank Curran)

RACISM: A SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE The Boston College School of Social Work will host a symposium tomorrow that seeks to help social work professionals and students address racism-related issues. The inaugural Racial Justice Symposium (RJS), “Racial Trauma & Healing in Social Work Research, Policy & Practice,” is a studentrun event described as a means to “bridge the gap between scholars and practitioners.” RJS, which takes place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Gasson 100, is presented by Social Work Umoja – the BCSSW student organization for people of color – and sponsored by the Research in Social, Economic, and Environmental Equity (RISE3) and the Office of the Dean of BCSSW. “Our short-term goal is to further inform and educate attendees about the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of racial trauma and existing best practices for addressing racial trauma,” said BCSSW student Dale Maglalang, who co-organized and co-founded the symposium with fellow student Melissa Bartholomew. “Our longterm goal is for the symposium to become institutionalized as an annual event held at BC, to further develop innovative interventions and integrate these practices to promote racial healing, and to ultimately eradicate racism and the perpetuation and manifestation of racial trauma.” Added Bartholomew: “The

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symposium is a response to the longstanding need to address racial trauma not just in social work but across all disciplines. There is a plethora of research that demonstrates how intergenerational racial trauma rooted in colonization and slavery, both historical and contemporary, has affected the health behaviors and mental health of marginalized populations and continues to be sustained in ideologies and institutions. “In a time of heightened racial tensions, though ever-present, it is imperative that we acknowledge the need to explicitly recognize and abolish racial trauma. We all have the responsibility to work together to find solutions to heal because this affects all of us.” BCSSW Donahue and DiFelice Professor Ruth McRoy, a cofounder of RISE3, will present a keynote address. The first of two panel discussions will take place: “Racial Trauma: Hxstory and Ef-

fects of Racism,” with BCSSW Dean Gautam Yadama as moderator, and Associate Professor of Sociology C. Shawn McGuffey, BCSSW part-time faculty member Polly Hanson-Grodsky and Boston University School of Social Work Clinical Assistant Professor Philippe Copeland. BCSSW Professor of Macro and Global Practice Tiziana Dearing, a RISE3 co-founder, will moderate the afternoon discussion, “Racial Healing: Dismantling Racial Trauma in Research Policy, Policy and Practice in Social Work.” The panelists are Lynch School of Education Augustus Long Professor Janet Helms; Dennie Butler-McKay, a social worker who is a clinical consultant to the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center (SJPHC); SJPHC Community Health Programs Director Abigail Ortiz; and Ilyitch Nahiely Tábora, president of Talented and Gifted Association Inc. –University Communications

“See you in the funny pages” isn’t just an expression where the Boston College Center for Work and Family is concerned. For the second time in 14 months, the center’s research was referenced in Terri Libenson’s “The Pajama Diaries,” a comic strip that examines the challenges of contemporary work and family life. [Read about the earlier “Pajama Diaries” entry at http://bit.ly/cwf-pj-diaries-2017] The Boston College Chronicle (USPS 009491), the internal newspaper for faculty and staff, is published biweekly from September to May by Boston College, with editorial offices at the Office of University Communications, 3 Lake Street, Brighton, MA 02135 (617)5523350. Distributed free to faculty and staff offices and other locations on campus. Periodicals postage paid at Boston, MA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to The Boston College Chronicle, Office of University Communications, 3 Lake Street, Brighton, MA 02135.

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Cyber Threat ‘Coming from All Sides’

Innovation, collaboration are needed to combat digital warfare, FBI Director Christopher Wray tells 2018 Boston Conference on Cyber Security BY PATRICIA DELANEY SENIOR DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

AlphaBay, the largest marketplace on the DarkNet for the buying and selling of drugs, weapons, malware, stolen identities, and other illegal goods and services. “We worked with the DEA, the IRS, and Europol, and with a number of partners around the globe, to dismantle the illicit business completely,” Wray said. And just last month, he said, the FBI worked with foreign law enforcement partners in Spain and the Netherlands to break up the Kelihos botnet, which last

keep the American people safe,” he said. “We need a thoughtful and sensible approach, one that may vary across business models and technologies, but — and I can’t stress this enough — we need to work fast.” This marks the second year that the head of the FBI delivered the keynote address at BCCS; then-director James Comey spoke at the inaugural BCCS event in 2017. “Our partnership with the FBI on BCCS 2018 is part of our efforts to build and strengthen

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What once was the comparatively minor risk of “hacking” has grown into the threat of fullblown economic espionage and extremely lucrative cyber crime, FBI Director Christopher Wray told attendees at the second Boston Conference on Cyber Security (BCCS), held at Boston College on March 7. And this threat, he said, is coming at us from all sides. “We’re worried — at the FBI and with our partners — about a wider range of threat actors, from multinational cyber syndicates and insider threats to hacktivists,” Wray said. “And we’re concerned about a wider gamut of methods, from botnets to ransomware, from spearfishing and business email compromise to illicit crypto mining and APTs.” Wray delivered the keynote address at BCCS 2018, a daylong event that brought together academi- FBI Director Christopher Wray speaking at the Boston Conference on Cyber Security. cians, private industry and law year distributed hundreds of mil- the cyber security ecosystem here enforcement to collaborate on lions of fraudulent e-mails, stole in the northeast region,” said how to best prevent and respond banking credentials, and installed Kevin Powers, director of the to attacks on public and private ransomware and other malicious Cybersecurity Policy and Goverinformation systems. The con- software on computers all over nance master’s degree program at ference was organized through the world. Boston College. “That’s the goal: a partnership between the FBI To combat these blended to bring industry, academia, and and the Cybersecurity Policy and threats and worldwide computer government together on these isGovernance master’s degree pro- intrusions, “we need to focus sues. We’re taking the lead with gram at the University’s Woods our efforts on dismantling the the FBI in pulling the leaders College of Advancing Studies. entire cyber enterprise,” Wray and experts together so these orIn his remarks, Wray cited an said. “We’re prosecuting the ac- ganizations can work together to increase in state-sponsored cyber tors, burning their infrastructure, enhance cyber security.” intrusions linked to North Korea and seizing their illicit proceeds. FBI Boston Division Special and Russia, as well as the “blend- We’re taking down the groups Agent in Charge Harold H. Shaw ed threat” of “nation-states using running malware campaigns and said the emphasis on collaboracriminal hackers to do their dirty the criminals who support them tion at BCCS 2018 is central work” through increasingly cre- — those who operate the dark to combating an ever-increasing ative avenues. markets, compromise networks range of cyber threats. “They are no longer depen- and servers, and the people who “The broad range of particident on just intelligence services buy and sell stolen data. Think of pants speaks to our program and to carry out their aims,” he said. it as going after the distribution working with the FBI,” said Pow“Instead, they utilize people from ring and the manufacturer rather ers. “It is something different. all walks of life — hackers, busi- than simply taking out the drug You need more collaboration and nesspeople, academics, research- dealer on the corner.” sharing between private industry ers, diplomats, tourists — and But there’s more to be done, and the government. Industry anyone else who can get their he said, stressing the need for cannot rely solely on the govhands on something of value.” the private sector to help the ernment and government can’t The FBI is responding to the agency mitigate emerging threats. leave industry to figure it out by growing cyber threat in a vari- “While we may not be able to themselves. It has to be a joint ety of ways, Wray said, such as stop all threats before they begin, response. This conference brings building on existing capabilities, we can do more at the beginning many perspectives together. That strengthening domestic and for- to stop threats before they get is critical to our program as well, eign partnerships and defenses, worse,” he said, urging compa- where we are training the future and blending traditional investi- nies to contact the bureau if they leaders in cyber security.” gative techniques with technical have or suspect a breach. To read the full version of this capabilities — approaches that “Information security pro- story, including names of particiare yielding results, he said. grams need to be thoughtfully pants and speakers, go to http://bit. He pointed to the FBI’s suc- designed so they don’t under- ly/bccs-2018. cess last summer in taking down mine the lawful tools we need to

Former UN Ambassador to Speak at Clough Colloquium Samantha Power, the youngest person to ever serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, will present “The State of the World: Challenges and Opportunities,” on March 22 at 4 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons as part of the Clough Colloquium. Power, named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” served from 2013 to 2017 as the 28th US permanent representative to the United Nations, where she negotiated sanctions against North Korea, lobbied to secure the release of political prisoners, voiced US opposition to Russian aggression in Ukraine and Syria, and helped mobilize global action against ISIL. Prior to her role with the United Nations, she served on the National Security Council as special assistant to the president and senior director for multilateral affairs and human rights, focusing on issues such as human trafficking, religious freedom, and LGBT and women’s rights. “Samantha Power was a longterm, highly valued foreign policy adviser to Senator and President Obama, culminating in her appointment as US ambassador to the UN,” said Professor of Political Science David Deese. “Like earlier UN ambassadors – such as Andrew Young and Donald McHenry under President Carter, and Madeleine Albright for President Clinton – she brought to US foreign policy and this high-profile UN position a deep sense of moral and ethical values.” An Irish immigrant who came to the US at age nine, Power earned

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a BA from Yale University and a JD from Harvard Law School. Her early work as a journalist covering the Bosnian conflict inspired her Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. She is also the author of the New York Times best-seller Sergio: One Man’s Fight to Save the World. Power is now the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a professor of the practice at Harvard Law. She is also a fellow for Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advancing Study and is writing a book, The Education of an Idealist, which will chronicle her years in public service and reflect on the role of human rights and humanitarian ideals in contemporary geopolitics. This event is sponsored by The Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics and presented with The Women’s Collaborative and The Women’s Center in celebration of Women’s History Month. For more information, email winston.center@bc.edu. –Christine Balquist

BC 2018-19 Tuition Rate Continued from page 1 tuition increases in recognition of those sacrifices,” said Executive Vice President Michael Lochhead. “Our goal in setting tuition this year was to fund programs that enable the University to provide the best possible educational experience for our students while, at the same time, ensuring that BC remains an affordable option for families, regardless of their financial need. Increased resources from tuition will enable us to expand academic programs, invest in our strategic priorities and increase our financial aid offerings.” “This budget will enable Boston College to increase financial aid for undergraduate students by $10.7 million, while maintaining our commitment to need-blind admissions and meeting the full demonstrated need of our students,” said Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley. “It will also allow us to direct additional

resources to the priorities outlined in the Strategic Plan, including enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration, research that addresses societal needs, and formative education.” Nationally, the average tuition increase for four-year private universities during 2017-2018 was 3.6 percent, according to the College Board. The Board of Trustees also set tuition for graduate programs for the 2018-2019 academic year, including Boston College Law School ($54,750) and the fulltime MBA program in the Carroll School of Management ($51,200). Boston College is ranked 34th in the “Best Value Schools” category among national universities by US News & World Report. It also placed 18th in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s ranking of the top 50 “Best Values” among American private universities.

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Approach or Avoid?

That’s the question your brain’s insular cortext seeks to answer, says BC psychology researcher BY ED HAYWARD STAFF WRITER

The brain’s insular cortex, which processes senses and emotions, controls reactions like approach to or avoidance of others through the action of the hormone oxytocin, a team of Boston College researchers reported recently in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Searching for clues to complex human social behaviors, the team developed a procedure in which laboratory rats – much like humans – prefer to approach distressed juveniles but avoid distressed adults – responses known as social affective behaviors, according to the article titled “Insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance responses to others in distress.” The experiments demonstrate how the brain’s insular cortex region is required for proper reactions to others in distress. Further, the release of oxytocin results in

Understanding the wiring of the social brain is relevant to many social settings, Christianson said. As an example, he said, when an individual encounters someone else in distress, there are a number of possible reactions – to help the other, to flee, to seek help or warn others of potential danger. “What an individual chooses to do in such a situation depends on a number of factors including the relationship between interactants, their ages, safety in the environment, and intrinsic empathic capacities,” said Christianson. “The social cognition underlying these decisions is critical for cooperation, trust, helping and intimacy.” Christianson said his team uses neuroscience techniques “to investigate the biological basis for social cognition with the hope that we can better understand and treat people with conditions marked by aberrant social cognition such as autism or schizophrenia.”

Gianinno Family Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor of Psychology John P. Christianson. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

changes in insular cortex excitability and likely accounts for the social affective behaviors, according to the team, led by Gianinno Family Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor of Psychology John P. Christianson. The team’s experiments provide a new model to investigate brain function during emotion recognition and empathy tasks. The model expands the research toolkit for investigations of social behaviors and psychiatric diseases like autism and schizophrenia. The findings point specifically to the insular cortex and oxytocin reception as key to social responses. The overarching goal of the research initiative is to uncover the neural circuitry that allows animals to recognize the emotional states of other animals and generate appropriate reactions, Christianson said. “We were surprised that insular cortex activity was correlated with both social approach and social avoidance behaviors,” said Christianson. “This suggests that the insular cortex works together with a distributed network to integrate features like the age and stress of other individuals.”

Christianson said the findings set the stage for a large-scale investigation of the brain circuits that work together to orchestrate responses to social emotional information with the hope that such research will lead to improved therapeutic options for individuals. Specifically, the Christianson lab will investigate brain regions that receive input from the insular cortex to determine whether these pathways are necessary for interactions with stressed individuals. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health and the Brain and Behavior Foundation. In addition to Christianson, the article was co-authored by Assistant Professor of Psychology Maureen Ritchey, doctoral student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow Morgan M. Rogers-Carter, research associate Juan A. Varela, and undergraduate students Katherine B. Gribbons, Anne F. Pierce, and Morgan T. McGoey. Contact Ed Hayward at ed.hayward@bc.edu

‘Yak Girl’ Memoir Tells Story of a BC Connection That Still Endures Continued from page 1 the mountains where she would watch over the family’s animals while they grazed. Her village lacked electricity, running water, roads, medicine and schools. What her home did have were family, tradition, nature, and beauty. But there was also much hardship. The brutally cold winters after a poor harvest season were especially difficult. When Dolma was six, her best friend died after eating unripe berries. Five of Dolma’s younger siblings also died. Dolma read a heartbreaking passage from her memoir about participating in her little sister’s cremation ceremony. When she was 10, her family decided to travel to Kathmandu to seek possible medical help for Dolma, who had a curvature of her spine that was causing extreme back pain and affecting her breathing. The journey, on foot, took the family one month to complete. Dolma would never see her village again. As the family approached the city, Dolma writes that she felt she had traveled to another planet. It was 1995, and it was the first time she tasted a fresh orange, saw an airplane (or any vehicle) or used an electric lamp. In Kathmandu, Dolma and her family received care from ROKPA International, a humanitarian organization that operated a soup kitchen, medical clinic and children’s home. There she met American volunteer Jennifer Cleary. The daughter of two BC graduates from Sudbury, Mass., Cleary had attended Boston College in the 1980s, playing soccer for the Eagles. Cleary soon learned from doctors that Dolma had a very severe case of scoliosis. Left untreated, the scoliosis would worsen and crush her organs. Dolma had less than two years to live. Cleary also learned that due to the complexity of the case, there was no possibility of Dolma getting treatment in Nepal. “I had no idea what would unfold but I felt deeply moved to help her,” recalled Cleary, a musician based in Colorado, in an interview after Dolma’s talk. “It was just one of those magical moments in life where one feels an instantaneous connection to a person.” Cleary returned to the US with Dolma’s X-rays, hoping for better news from surgeons in the states. She found a medical team willing and able to do the necessary surgery. Cleary returned to

“I had no idea what would unfold but I felt deeply moved to help her,” says former BC student Jennifer Cleary, shown with Dorje Dolma, whom she adopted. “It was just one of those magical moments in life where one feels an instantaneous connection to a person.” Kathmandu to bring Dolma to the US, where she underwent four very grueling surgeries over the next two years. Cleary’s mother Margaret McCluskey Cleary ’59, MS ’61, a nurse, stayed with Dolma as she recuperated from her surgeries. “Dorje told me stories about her name, her family, and her life dreams. She said she always knew she had a life somewhere other than the mountains. She was remarkably intuitive and wise,” said Margaret Cleary, who attended Dolma’s reading at BC. Dolma was eventually adopted by Jennifer Cleary. She would go on to graduate college and become an early childhood teacher. She is also an artist. It wasn’t surprising to Margaret Cleary that her daughter did so much to help give Dolma a new chance at life. Jennifer was always helping others even as a young child, according to Margaret Cleary, who recalled backyard fairs Jennifer organized to help those with leukemia. “My late husband [Gerald Cleary ’52] and I attempted to instill in our children the virtues that attracted us to each other.” While many outsiders might view Dolpo in terms of what it

lacks, Dolma sees the region differently. “Even though life was hard up in Duplo, I’m really grateful that I had the experience of being in nature. It’s so magical to be surrounded by vast mountains, rivers, and valleys in complete silence. Complete silence is hard to come by. Being in nature taught me to have patience and appreciate little things in life.” Margaret Cleary got the opportunity to travel to Kathmandu with Dolma in 2000 for a family reunion. “It was a mixture of love, laughter and tears, with her father rubbing Dorje’s back in wonderment,” recalled Cleary. Dolma is extremely grateful to her parents. “One of the greatest gifts my parents gave me was letting me go,” she writes. “I am ever so grateful for their decision to get help for me by making the long journey to Kathmandu and praying for me. And I feel my parents’ blessing every day.” Dolma is donating part of the proceeds from Yak Girl to the medical and educational needs of the people from the Upper Dolpo region. Contact Kathleen Sullivan at kathleen.sullivan@bc.edu

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Pullin to Retire at End of Academic Year Barnett to Launch Project Continued from page 1 ence on legal decisions in education. The focus of her work has been the improvement of access to meaningful educational opportunity for all students, including individuals with disabilities. In 2004, she was honored by BC with a Distinguished Teacher Award. “Diana is a rare gem,” said LSOE Associate Professor Martin Scanlan. “She blends astute scholarship with warm collegiality, and she’s equally comfortable mak-

dean saw the hiring of 18 new faculty, substantial diversifying of the faculty and student body, and an improved applicant pool in the SOE undergraduate and graduate programs. “The Monan years were seminal to BC’s development, and he deserves a lot of credit,” said Pullin. “LSOE would be a very different place without him.” Stanton Wortham, the Charles F. Donovan, SJ, dean of LSOE, said, “Diana served as dean at

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case, Debra P. v. Turlington (1981), which established that a state cannot deprive students of diplomas unless it proves the exams it administers are reflective of what is being taught in its schools. The decision serves as the foundation for questioning any high-stakes test implemented as a graduation requirement. After leaving full-time legal practice, Pullin continued to influence education law and policy directly through national and international consulting and task force memberships. She is co-author of many books, chapters, and journal articles, including the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, published by the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council for Measurement in Education. “She is a beloved and revered teacher by all of her students, who talk about the uncompromising “A rare gem,” says Assoc. Prof. Martin Scanlan (LSOE) of Diana way she challenges them and teaches them essential knowledge Pullin. “She is an exemplar in scholarship, teaching, and serabout the education system’s levice, and her contributions to LSOE have regional and national gal aspects,” said LSOE Assistant impacts which will continue to accrue for decades to come.” Professor Rebecca Lowenhaupt. ing sophisticated legal arguments a crucial time of transition and “As a mentor, Diana is incredibly for how and why schools must steered the school toward becom- supportive and generous as she provide equitable opportunities ing the research intensive, deeply helps junior scholars navigate the to learn for all students, as she is engaged school that it is today. complex world of academia.” counseling novice faculty who are Since that time, she has been Pullin is a member of the Nanavigating complex pedagogical a distinguished faculty member tional Academy of Education, a dilemmas. whose presence strengthens our fellow of the American Educa“Her blend of wisdom, can- reputation nationally and whose tional Research Association, and dor, and humor has been in- teaching has benefited genera- a lifetime national associate memvaluable to LSOE. Simply put, tions of students in leadership, ber of National Academy of SciDiana is an exemplar in scholar- law and higher education.” ences. She was also an editor of ship, teaching, and service, and “Diana created and oversaw the interdisciplinary journal Eduher contributions to LSOE have the BC Law-LSOE dual-degree cational Policy. regional and national impacts program, one of the few programs Reflecting on her three dewhich will continue to accrue for of its kind in the country,” said cades at BC, Pullin said, “I’ve decades to come.” BC Law School Dean Vincent had the great privilege of working Pullin’s affiliation with BC Rougeau. “As an attorney, edu- with extraordinary undergradufirst began in 1982-83 when she cator and national policy leader, ates, grad and law students, and taught graduate and undergradu- Diana brought an important per- faculty. I’ve also had an excepate courses in education law as an spective to BC Law on matters of tional opportunity to influence adjunct professor. Five years later, justice in public education. She research, laws, public policy and Pullin – then the associate dean has served as a model for many practice to improve education for graduate studies and programs law students who have gone on to and employment opportunities, at Michigan State University’s careers in educational advocacy. particularly for women, individuCollege of Education – was hired Her vision, leadership, and fierce als with disabilities, and people by University President J. Donald devotion to social justice will be of color.” Monan, SJ, with the mandate, greatly missed.” Although she has no firm she recalls, to make SOE the Pullin earned a BA in history plans for retirement, Pullin will best education school on the East and education at Grinnell College continue work on teacher perforCoast. and a master’s, doctoral and law mance assessment with Australian “Fr. Monan was extraordinari- degrees from the University of Catholic University, a project on ly ambitious,” said Pullin. “At Iowa. Her first professional posi- fairness in testing, and consultthe time, there wasn’t a culture tion – a part-time teacher/con- ing with lawyers seeking help in of research productivity in our sultant for the Iowa City Public identifying expert witnesses or in school. There were just two SOE Schools and the Johnson County developing new legal theories for faculty external research grants, Bar Association – foretold a career education litigation. no endowed chairs, we weren’t that would inextricably fuse her “I will be drawn,” she said, “to competitive in attracting stu- two vocations. where I believe I can make the dents, and SOE was unknown A member of the Massachu- most impact.” nationally.” setts bar and admitted to practice Contact Phil Gloudemans at Besides improved research and before the US Supreme Court, philip.gloudemans@bc.edu grantsmanship, Pullin’s tenure as Pullin participated in a landmark

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$1.2 million NSF grant will support ‘Seeding the Future’ initiative BY PHIL GLOUDEMANS STAFF WRITER

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Lynch School of Education a three-year, $1.2 million grant to engage lowincome high school students in a science and emerging agricultural technology project, designed to guide them in conducting scientific research and prepare them for post-secondary scientific study. Expected to begin this month, the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project, “Seeding the Future with STEM (Science, Technology Engineering & Math) Researchers Through

them to share their data with agronomists and plant scientists. The research, focused on manipulating environmental variables, will mirror work undertaken at the Cademartiri Lab of Iowa State University, a project collaborator. Plant roots remain underexplored scientifically due to regular soil’s obscurity. However, experiments using transparent soil – a new development that allows scientists to observe and study plant root systems in a more realistic and authentic environment than through hydroponics – offer students the opportunity to contribute their findings to a scientific database. The ITEST project is thought to be the first effort to bring the emerging field of transparent soil into an educational setting, according to the faculty team. “The program will build the

Prof. G. Michael Barnett (LSOE): “It’s important that youth have the opportunity to explore and experiment with emerging technologies so they will be ready for the jobs and opportunities that do not yet exist.” (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

Emerging Agricultural Technologies,” will involve 30 Boston Public Schools students from populations underrepresented in science, supported by near-peer mentors, STEM career development experts and science educators in a college-focused mentoring model. “We are very grateful to the NSF for its support of this evidence-based project,” said LSOE Professor of Science Education G. Michael Barnett, the project’s principal investigator. “Participants will not only learn STEM concepts and the relevance of STEM skills but will be prepared to attend a post-secondary institution, and to fulfill future career aspirations.” Students – to be recruited from Brighton High School, West Roxbury Academy and The Urban Science Academy – will conduct authentic scientific research using a transparent hydrogel that behaves like soil. They also will learn to build and code with a Raspberry Pi, a small, affordable computer ideal for learning programming, enabling

capacity of our youth participants to make potential scientific discoveries, as well as develop youth leaders who will become role models in their community through mentorship,” said Barnett. “It’s important that youth have the opportunity to explore and experiment with emerging technologies so they will be ready for the jobs and opportunities that do not yet exist.” In addition to Barnett, the faculty leadership team includes LSOE Professors David Blustein (career and college planning) and Belle Liang (peer mentoring), and Catherine Wong, director of BC’s Urban Outreach Initiatives. Assistant Professor Ludovico Cademartiri, who heads the Cademartiri Lab, has led the development of transparent soil. “We are excited to collaborate with the Cademartiri Lab as their expertise will enable us to create instructional materials that can be used in any classroom,” said Barnett. Contact Phil Gloudemans at philip.gloudemans@bc.edu

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Q&A: UGBC’s New Leadership Team

Piercey, Fletcher Pledge ‘Advocacy, Reliability, and Engagement’ Last month, junior Reed Piercey and sophomore Ignacio Fletcher were elected, respectively, the new Undergraduate Government of Boston College president and executive vice president. Piercey is an International Studies major from Mountain View, Calif., who has been involved in UGBC since his freshman year and is chair of the Student Assembly Mental Health Committee. Fletcher, born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a political science major and heads up the UGBC Puerto Rican Relief Committee. Chronicle invited the two to discuss their objectives as UGBC leaders, and their interest in public service. Talk about the things your administration is looking to accomplish. Piercey: Since the first days of the campaign, Ignacio and I have prioritized the three pillars of Advocacy, Reliability, and Engagement. They really capture what we think UGBC needs to do in order to fulfill its potential. Basically, this means three things: continuing the incredible progress we’ve had under [current UGBC leaders] Akosua Opokua-Achampong and Tt King in terms of advocacy for marginalized communities; renewing our efforts to carry out visible campus life improvements that benefit everyone; and revolutionizing the way UGBC interacts with the whole student body. If I had to pick three initiatives that span those three areas, they would be as follows: finding space to create a LGBTQ+ resource center whose existence does not hinge on the student center; building a permanent space for an Eagle Exchange program that would allow students to buy peer-donated

items at low prices; and holding a campus-wide design contest to develop a UGBC app that will create new pathways for the average BC student to stay involved with what we’re doing. Fletcher: One would be the Montserrat and First Generation Initiative, which focuses on advocating for and representing financial aid students and first-generation students in UGBC through various activities that will help us, as a community, understand more the difficulties that one-fifth of the student population faces throughout their experience in BC – and what can we, as UGBC, do to help. Another is to restructure the Student Assembly in order to represent more of the student body. We want to reshape the SA by a series of initiatives centered on student senators – expanding the abilities a senator has of representing the student body, engaging in conversations with the administration and advocating for marginalized communities. Establishing the LGBTQ+ Resource Center is something that will take time to accomplish, but we want to start conversations with the administration, knowing that there is space on campus in order to achieve this. Having run UGBC senatorial and presidential campaigns, what is the most important insight you’ve formed about the Boston College community? Piercey: One of my key takeaways is that people really respond to energetic outreach. Apathy is a perennial problem for UGBC, and it’s easy to dismiss large parts of the student body as disengaged or uninvolved with crucial campus initiatives. For many of my peers, this can create a lot of pessimism

about the involvement we’re going to see from the average BC student with some of the causes that we think are urgently important. What Ignacio and I saw during the campaign, however, is that students who had never before given a passing thought to UGBC responded extremely well to being approached in person and asked what they thought. Many of these interactions were fleeting, but I think they speak to a much larger

an organization, we are not able to pay attention to those ideas because we have priorities of our own. As Reed and Ignacio, our goal is not to prioritize our ideas over theirs, but to find ways to work together and channel everyone’s passions and vision into one common goal. At a time when politics and public service seem to be held in such low esteem, you have embraced the idea of being in-

I believe the solution is to ensure that we’re putting the right people in positions of public service. In my case, that means pursuing a career in diplomacy or foreign policy. All those who truly feel that they have the duty and capability to create change in their country and in their communities owe it to themselves to get involved in public service. That’s why Ignacio and I decided to run, and it’s the only way that the negative perception of politics will ever be turned around. We can only hope that we will create opportunities for others to do the same. Fletcher: It is important to me because I know that change does not come without work and sacrifice. It is true that our politics and public service are held in a very low regard, yet many believe that when they reach a diplomatic position they will turn this situation around. In order to do so, I believe that if I want to make an impact on diplomacy in the future, Undergraduate Government of Boston College President Reed Piercey ’19, left, and Executive Vice President Ignacio Fletcher ’20. (Photo by Peter Julian) I have to start making potential body of engaged students volved in student government. an impact now, in my BC comand allies in everything we do. Why is doing this so important munity. Ignacio and I fully believe that to you? By putting myself through we can actively get more people Piercey: My involvement in stu- challenges and failures at the presinvolved and get more people to dent government stems from my ent time, I am setting myself up care by revitalizing our outreach passion for public service in the for success in the future. By being efforts. This, in turn, will enable us post-graduate world. I am indeed involved in student government, I to create more of the change that disheartened by the seeming na- am constantly in a learning process past UGBC administrations have tionwide loss of faith in politicians that is shaping me in a way that fought for. and public servants at all levels and will help me understand the probFletcher: I’ve learned that peo- branches of government. We live lems our nation is facing – and ple in the BC community are in a time when people who devote therefore find viable solutions to passionate about things that mat- their lives to political work or to turn this situation around. ter the most to them. Everyone expertise in a certain field are seen –Sean Smith has bright ideas and a vision of as corrupt or unimportant. Contact Sean Smith at how they view BC. Sometimes, as Instead of giving up, however, sean.smith@bc.edu

BC Sixth in QS Rankings Continued from page 1 cellence set forth by Christ in the Gospels. We are pleased to share this impressive ranking with our colleagues in the Theology Department within the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.” Theology Department chair Richard Gaillardetz, holder of the University’s Joseph Chair in Catholic Systematic Theology, said the ranking reflects the diligence and commitment of faculty to teaching, research and service. “We are gratified to learn of our recent international ranking,” said Gaillardetz. “We have worked hard as a department to maintain, along with the School of Theology and Ministry, a world-class faculty that is com-

mitted to scholarship at the highest level, excellence in the classroom, and a concern for the welfare of our students. We hope to continue as a premier institution for students interested in pursuing advanced theological studies as we put our considerable intellectual resources to the service of the Church and world.” The QS Rankings are prepared by British firm Quacquarelli Symonds, considered to be among the most influential providers of international university rankings. Its Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies ranking was launched in 2017. Contact Jack Dunn at jack.dunn@bc.edu

Photos by Christopher Huang Performers in the Boston College “Sing It to the Heights” competition on March 1 in Robsham Theater displayed plenty of emotion during their sets, including Stavros Piperis ’19 (above) and Savannah Freitas ’20, who were, respectively, the first and third-place winners – Nina Mojares ’21 took second. (L-R at left) Ramesh Richards, SJ, Ignatius Idoko, SJ, and Donald MacMillan, SJ, served as judges at the event, which raised about $4,200 to benefit the St. Columbkille Partnership School, whose student choir performed on the Robsham stage.

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BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE MEDIA An introduction to new faculty members at Boston College

Vincent Bogousslavsky

Assistant Professor of Finance Carroll School of Management DEGREES: University of Lausanne (BS, MS); Swiss Finance Institute at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (PhD) WHAT HE STUDIES: Asset pricing and market microstructure WHAT HE’S TEACHING: Investments What led to your interest in financial markets? “Financial markets interest me because they are constantly evolving and at the same time hide empirical regularities that are fascinating to study. I approach teaching in the same way that I approach research: like a dynamic process in which I can improve every lecture and encourage students to be critical of the material as I would in my own research projects.”

Andrew Dwyer

Assistant Professor Connell School of Nursing DEGREES: Cornell University (BS); MGH Institute of Health Professions (MS, CAS); University of Lausanne, Switzerland (PhD). WHAT HE STUDIES: Genetics/genomics; rare diseases; chronic care; healthcare transitions. WHAT HE’S TEACHING: Role of Advanced Practice Nurses; Community and Family Health Advanced Theory. Tell us about your clinical work and research in endocrinology. “I specialize in disorders of growth and puberty as well as rare genetic disorders and have worked in inter-professional translational research teams exploring the molecular basis of puberty and reproduction. My research uses patient engagement and digital solutions to addresses health disparities faced by rare disease patients. Clinically, I have helped develop and test novel transitional care clinics for adolescents with chronic endocrine conditions to move them from pediatric settings to adult-oriented care.”

Heather Olins

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences DEGREES: Wesleyan University (BA, MA); Harvard University (PhD) WHAT SHE STUDIES: Microbial ecology; marine microbiology; chemosynthesis; geobiology; biogeochemistry. WHAT SHE’S TEACHING: Introduction to Ecology and Evolution; Deep Sea Biology; Microbiomes: What Is Your Gut Telling You? A lot of your teaching and research centers on microbes. Why? “We live on a microbial planet, and the roles that microbes play in everything from global biogeochemical cycles to human health are only just beginning to be understood. I am interested in how the inorganic world influences microbial community composition, structure and function; and simultaneously, what impact does chemosynthetic microbial activity have on the surrounding environment and other microbial communities?... I work towards a better understanding of these questions in deep sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems. I hope to begin working in other chemically reducing habitats (such as salt marshes) closer to home in the near future.”

Keerthi Madapusi Pera

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences DEGREES: Yale University (BS); University of Chicago (MS, PhD) WHAT HE STUDIES: Integral models of Shimura varieties and their compactifications; Hodge cycles on abelian varieties; integral p-adic Hodge theory; cycles on Shimura varieties. WHAT HE’S TEACHING: Number Theory; Complex Variables –Ed Hayward, Kathleen Sullivan and Sean Smith Photos by Lee Pellegrini and Gary Wayne Gilbert

Democratic and Republican states are moving in opposite directions on health policy, leaving Americans with starkly divergent options for care depending on where they live, commented Assoc. Prof. of the Practice Sam Richardson (Economics) in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to recent Supreme Court jurisprudence around corporate personhood, it is likely that, in punishing Delta for choosing not to associate with the NRA, Georgia legislators violated the airline’s First Amendment rights, wrote Prof. Kent Greenfield (Law) in a piece for Slate. Assoc. Prof. (Romance Languages and Literatures) Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, a member of the African and African Diaspora Studies Program, was among panelists at a WGBH Facebook Live event discussing ways to move forward after #MeToo. Risky mortgages are primed for a comeback with the US Senate’s latest attempt to roll back key financial reforms, wrote Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law Patricia McCoy in an op-ed for American Banker. She also offered remarks to RevealNews.com on the Community Reinvestment

Act of 1977. How should people think about allocating their charitable donations? Is it solely a matter of need? What does it mean to give to charity, from a moral and religious perspective? Libby Professor of Law and Theology Cathleen Kaveny weighed in on these and related questions in an essay for Commonweal. Forty-seven US Catholic bishops took part in three February seminars – including one at Boston College – aimed at helping them better understand and implement Pope Francis’ 2016 apostolic exhortation on family life. Jesuit Institute Director and Canisius Professor of Theology James F. Keenan, SJ, one of the series’ organizers, outlined seven takeaways from the seminars in an essay for National Catholic Reporter. Digital platforms used to create affinity groups – connecting people with shared interests outside of traditional workplace relationships – are more likely to yield crossboundary communication that leads to productive collaboration, according to Prof. Gerald Kane (CSOM), who wrote a piece on the subject for Sloan Management Review. Post-crisis theories that survivors or victims made it all up or were part of a troupe of paid “crisis actors” are not new, said Prof.

University to Host Conference on History of Religion March 23-24 Boston College will host the seventh biennial Conference on the History of Religion, “Representing Religion,” on March 23 and 24, a gathering of graduate students and established scholars from BC and around the US for discussions on methodology and themes in the work of historians of religion. Kicking off with an afternoon keynote by Patricia Appelbaum – a Ronin Institute research scholar whose work is oriented toward religious cultures instead of institutions – the conference will feature panel discussions on such topics as “Women, Racism and Religious Insanity,” “Faith on Canvas,” “Varieties of Religious Space” and “Representing Judaism in American Literature and Culture,” with BC faculty and graduate students serving as moderators. Panelists represent such institutions as City University of New York, Stanford University, George Washington University, University of Minnesota, Southern Methodist University and University of Buffalo. The conference will finish up with a luncheon and film screening, “An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story,” which includes a discussion with the film’s producer, Andrew Finstuen, and introductory remarks by Clough Professor of History James O’Toole. For details on the conference, see the History Department website at www.bc.edu/history. —University Communications

Heather Cox Richardson (History): Similar tactics were used in the Civil War era, she explained to the New York Times. An Inside Higher Ed piece on college initiatives that are “centers of the pedagogical universe” included the Boston College Center for Teaching Excellence, with comments by CTE Director John Rakestraw. As described in the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists from Nagoya University and Vanderslice and Family Professor of Chemistry Emeritus Larry Scott have developed a water-soluble “warped nanographene,” a flexible molecule that is biocompatible and shows promise for fluorescent cell imaging – and expands the biological applications for nanocarbons, including cancer cell imaging.

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: Case Manager, Student Organizations, Student Affairs/Residential Life Director, Church in the 21st Century Center Assistant Director of Biology Labs, Academic Affairs/Provost Campus Minister, University Mission and Ministry Associate Registrar, Academic Affairs/Provost Assistant Director of Operations, Academic Affairs/Provost Network Technician, Information Technology Senior Philanthropic Advisor, University Advancement Development Assistant, University Advancement Broadcast Engineer, ACC Network Production Director, Campus School, Academic Affairs/Provost Volunteer Coordinator, Academic Affairs/Provost Resident Director, Student Affairs/Residential Life Senior Research Statistician, Information Technology Strategic Sourcing Officer, Financial/Budget

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Spring 2018 Technology Forum March 21, 10 a.m.-noon, Gasson 100

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‘Music of the Baroque and the Jesuit Mission’

Event Will Honor Memory of a Visionary Musician and Scholar A Palm Sunday event will celebrate the robust contributions made by the late T. Frank Kennedy, SJ ’71 (1948-2016) — internationally recognized scholar of the Jesuit music tradition and a founding member and longtime chair of the Music Department — to the cultural, intellectual and artistic life of Boston College. The March 25 tribute will feature a 3 p.m. concert, “Music of the Baroque and the Jesuit Mission,” in Gasson 100, followed by a 4:30 p.m. reception and book launch in Gasson Commons 112. Organizers say the event “provides an occasion for the BC community to recall and renew the legacy of one of BC’s great Jesuit leaders.” “Whether as a visionary leader, a trusted colleague, or as friend and mentor, Fr. Kennedy’s commitment to BC’s mission – and especially the intersection of faith and culture – stood as a guiding light to us all,” said Music Department Chair and Professor Michael Noone, an event organizer. “An active harpsichordist until a hand injury made playing impossible, he was also a scholar and an educational leader. He

founded the Music Department as part of his vision of mission and on March 25 we celebrate [his] memory,” said Noone. A music historian who was the Peter Canisius Professor of Humanities and Music, Fr. Kennedy had a keen interest in the growth

especially with Jesuit settlements in Paraguay and Brazil. At the 2016 Arts Festival, Fr. Kennedy was presented with the BC Arts Council Faculty Arts Award, praised for his “profound” efforts to promote Jesuit culture in Western artistic prac-

its title from an article Fr. Kennedy published in Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, will present music associated with his research into the “Tropical Baroque,” and will premiere performances of works he recovered from manuscript sources.

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“Whether as a visionary leader, a trusted colleague, or as friend and mentor, hiscommitment to BC’s mission – and especially the intersection of faith and culture – stood as a guiding light to us all,” says Michael Noone, left, of T. Frank Kennedy, SJ.

and development of Jesuit early music and its role in missions to various far-flung new lands. He was known in particular for his groundbreaking research in Latin American and European archives to unearth the rich history of “mission music” and its diverse musical forms, associated

tice. As prefect of St. Mary’s Chapel, he inaugurated a series of concerts that continues today. Fr. Kennedy also served as Jesuit Institute director from 20022014 and rector of the Boston College Jesuit Community. “Music of the Baroque and the Jesuit Mission,” which takes

Conducted by BC Distinguished Artist-in-Residence John Finney, the concert will include works by composers Marc-Antoine Charpentier and J.S. Bach, presented by an ensemble of Music Department alumni, current students and professional players whose lives were touched by Fr. Ken-

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nedy. John W. O’Malley, SJ, Georgetown University professor of theology, will then launch Listening to Early Modern Catholicism, a volume of essays dedicated to Fr. Kennedy and named for a 2014 conference he convened, and at which Fr. O’Malley spoke. Also speaking will be former Jesuit Institute research fellow Daniele Filippi, who edited the book – comprised of select papers from the conference – along with Noone. Fr. Kennedy maintained that “the early generations of Jesuit theologians provided an underpinning for the arts that was grounded in the experience of the Spiritual Exercises,” said Noone. For him, “music came to represent an icon of Jesuit activity in the early modern period.” Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Kalscheur, SJ, other members of the Jesuit community and the Kennedy family will take part in the public event, which is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties, the Jesuit Community, MCA&S, the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Jesuit Institute and the Music Department. For information, email concerts@bc.edu. Contact Rosanne Pellegrini at rosanne.pellegrini@bc.edu

MARCHING ON

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As the calendar neared March, members of the Boston College community took part in the annual Dance Marathon to benefit Boston Children’s Hospital in the Flynn Recreation Complex (center, bottom photo), and attended the Korean Students Association/Chinese Students Association cultural show (near left and below) and the Boston College Irish Dance performance at Robsham Theater, among other campus events.