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Chen Earns Grant For Geometry Study

By: Arielle Cedeno

Dawei Chen, an assistant professor in the mathematics department, was recently awarded a $429,359 grant from the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his study of algebraic geometry.

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COLUMN: Consider The Kitsch

By: Alex Gaynor

Blame it on the advertising industry, the American Dream, or even human nature, but our society has a tendency to resort to looking at the world through an overtly positive and kitschy frame of mind.

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Study Finds Signs Of Depression In Abused Caregivers

Boston College doctoral student Jooyoung Kong, GSSW ’16, recently published a study, “Caring for My Abuser: Childhood Maltreatment and Caregiver Depression” in The Gerontologist, a bimonthly journal of the Gerontological Society of America, and it has been making headway in the field of studying childhood maltreatment.

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International Population Rises At BC

By: Nathan McGuire

The international student and faculty population at Boston College rose for the sixth consecutive year to the highest level ever recorded, according to data recently released by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS).

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Panelists Discuss Poverty Issues

By: Emily Gutelius

On Wednesday, the issue of poverty in the United States was addressed in Stokes 195S by three Boston College professors in a panel called “The War on Poverty: A Hand Up or a Handout?” Professors Charles Derber, Marc Landy, and Richard Tresch represented the sociology, political science, and economic departments, respectively, in an event centered on American poverty.

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Liquor, Quicker

By: Connor Farley

It all started with a text message.
Nick Rellas, BC ’12, was sitting in his dorm room in Ignacio Hall when the thought occurred to him. Upon reaching for a beer only to find an empty fridge, the then-senior sent his friend and former classmate Justin Robinson, BC ’11, a text.

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