Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis felt incredibly grateful for the members of his lab when he found out he had been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to study viral insulins and their cancer implications.
Recent research has demonstrated that the global impacts of climate change on human health stem from pressing systemic issues, according to Brian Thiede, associate professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography at Pennsylvania State University.
Similar to Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” Stuart Weitzman said he began his career in shoe design by going off the beaten path. “‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by,’” Weitzman quoted from Frost’s poem. “That’s made all the difference. That’s how he ended the poem….
Getting ahead of artificial intelligence (AI) and understanding the value of education is important in preventing total domination by AI, according to John FitzGibbon.
Boston College Professor and Chair of the Economics Department Christopher F. Baum was presented with an American Economic Association (AEA) Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes his work in promoting increased accessibility within the field of economic research.
Sharing new ideas for a business can be scary, but that fear should not be a deterrent to pursuing new ideas anyways, according to Kevin Willer.
When two victims of domestic violence told Claire Donohue they had been court-mandated to participate in a parenting program with their abusers, she took it upon herself to look into high-conflict parenting classes and compile research to raise awareness.
Universities can and should have different rules for expression and speech than the public sphere, according to Kent Greenfield, Boston College Law professor and dean’s distinguished scholar.
Chemistry professor Larry W. McLaughlin, who taught at Boston College for 34 years before he died in November, was an “all-around talent,” according to Jianmin Gao.
Emily Gates was pleasantly surprised to learn that she had won an early career award from the American Evaluation Association (AEA)—the major professional association for people in her field.
