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The Boston College

Chronicle Published by the Boston College Office of News & Public Affairs april 10, 2014 VOL. 22 no. 15

By Sean Smith Chronicle Editor

Seniors Madeline Andreach (right) and Meghan Daly examined a lost trove of Chinese model pagodas that they and classmates traced to a Somerville warehouse.

Unravelling a Mystery

•“Conversations@BCLaw” to debut, page 2 •Student Affairs announces reorganization, page 3 •Fr. Keenan to head the Jesuit Institute, page 3 •Lynch School professor earns Fulbright, page 3 •Peter and Carolyn Lynch are Wall St. Dinner honorees, page 3 •Romero Scholarship is awarded, page 4

•Schor recognized for professional contributions, page 5 •BC names Jim Christian to coach men’s basketball, page 5 •Boston College Venture Competition, page 5 •BC & the Marathon: Memorial Walk; Mile 21; #BCHearts for Boston, page 6 •BC & the Marathon: cancer survivor looks forward to return; GSSW alumna and husband’s special cause, page 7 •Elizabeth Smart on campus tonight, page 8 •Arts Festival 2014, page 8

By Jack Dunn Director of News & Public Affairs

Twenty-five Boston College students studying in a Chinese history course have solved a mystery that had baffled officials at a museum in China for years: the whereabouts of 86 hand-made model pagodas that were built by children in an orphanage where the museum now stands. The lost pagodas, standing between two and six feet tall and intricately carved out of balsa wood to replicate existing tiered-towers in China, were recently discovered by BC students in a warehouse in Somerville, where they have been stored by a private art collector for the past seven years. Impressed by the students’ tenacity and research acumen, the owner

agreed to lend three of the prized pagodas for display in O’Neill Library. The exhibition, “Lost Pagodas Found! From Shanghai to Boston,” will run in the O’Neill main lobby through April 29. Assistant Professor Jeremy Clarke, SJ, a popular Chinese history teacher, presented the challenge of finding the lost pagodas to his students last September, after having spoken at an international conference in Shanghai’s Tushanwan Museum in the Xujiahui District, where the Society of Jesus has had a presence since 1608. The museum stands on a site of a former orphanage, where the orphans, as part of their fine arts studies, had handcrafted the pagodas to be displayed as a symbol of Chinese culture at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Continued on page 4

Lee Pellegrini

•Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival, page 2 •Time for BC’s National Day of Service, page 2 •Photos: Oliver Stone at BC; Green Career Night, page 2

Erickson Named to New Endowed Asst. Professorship

Lee Pellegrini

INSIDE

Assistant Professor of Political Science Jennifer Erickson, an expert on international security and political economy issues whose current research assesses the impact of arms export controls and embargoes, has been named the White Family Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor. Erickson, who began teaching at Boston College in 2010, becomes the second faculty member appointed to a Sesquicentennial Challenge chair, an endowed assistant professorship created as part of a new initiative to support junior faculty research and early-career development. Earlier this semester, Lynch School of Education Assistant Professor David Miele was named the Buehler Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor. “I feel incredibly fortunate to have been given this opportunity,” said Erickson. “I’m also really overwhelmed, both by the generosity of the White family and by the honor of being the first faculty member to hold the appointment. BC’s young faculty are doing excellent teaching and research, and it’s an honor to be selected from among this group.

Jennifer Erickson

“I am quite certain that I would not have gotten this appointment – or even been considered for it – were it not for the tremendous support of my senior colleagues from Political Science and International Studies, so I am incredibly grateful to them for the vote of confidence they have given me. Such appointments for assistant professors are incredibly rare, and it’s a significant professional honor. “BC faculty devote so much of ourselves to our teaching and our research, and it means a lot to me to have colleagues I really respect show that they genuinely appreciate my Continued on page 5

Carroll School Rises to 4th MARATHON: ONE YEAR LATER in BusinessWeek Rankings The Carroll School of Manage- has made a double-digit climb in just The Boston College community has long been a part of the Boston Marathon, whether as participants in the storied race, vocal supporters along the route, or in various other capacities. This year’s marathon on April 21 will once again have a BC component to it – but this year is no ordinary one, with the memory of last year’s bombing attacks. A look at the 2014 Boston Marathon from Boston College perspectives.

Brittany Loring JD/MBA ’13 sustained serious injuries when she was caught in one of the explosions at last year’s Boston Marathon (which fell on her 29th birthday). Since that day, Loring has endured countless physical therapy sessions, started a new job, gotten married and created a fund aimed at helping others. She recently spoke with Chronicle’s Sean Hennessey. What are your thoughts and recollections as you look back on April 15? There are a lot of thoughts. I feel Brittany Loring JD/MBA’13 flanked Continued on page 6

by her sisters on her wedding day.

NOTICE:

ment has climbed into the top five of the best undergraduate business schools in the country, according to new rankings by Bloomberg BusinessWeek of Top Undergraduate Business Programs. The Carroll School is now ranked fourth, up two spots from last year’s ranking. “I’m very proud of everybody in the business school who’ve helped us along the way. It’s a great achievement, but we’re going to get better,” said Dean Andy Boynton. “With respect to what Boston College is trying to accomplish with its undergraduates and the values at BC, there’s no better undergraduate business school in the country.” The Carroll School, which enrolls approximately 2,000 students,

three years; in 2011, the program was ranked 16th. “If you get the right talent together and a lot of energy and enthusiasm and focus, and are consistent with the values of Boston College, anything is possible,” said Boynton. “We are competing successfully among some of the best business schools and universities in the world and I give all the credit to our faculty, undergraduate associate dean Dick Keeley and his staff, and the students we have. We’ve gotten great alumni support and President [William P.] Leahy, SJ, has been very supportive of what we’ve been trying to do over the last 10 years.” For more, see http://bit.ly/1jrjc33. –Sean Hennessey

The Boston College men’s hockey team will take on Union this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the semifinal round of the Frozen Four. The winner will meet either North Dakota or Minnesota for the national championship on Saturday. Today’s game will be broadcast on ESPN2, espn.com/watchespn and WEEI 850AM. Be sure to go to BC Social [www.bc.edu/social] to share in the experience.


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