ż News Archive: 2020
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Trio of industry honors for ż venues: Connors Center and 2101 Comm. Ave.
What lies ahead? Some thoughts on the year to come from ż faculty members
In Memoriam: Neil Wolfman, award-winning professor of the practice in chemistry
Spring lineup at Robsham Theater Arts Center
Carroll School of Management highly ranked in teaching quality in 2020 Poets&Quants
ż's Center for Human Rights and International Justice helps a missing migrant's family get answers
Woods College names Tristan Johnson associate dean for graduate programs
Applications for ż Class of 2024: improved yield, selectivity, diversity
Robert Avalle Jr. joins ż as AVP for Facilities Services
Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet will feature keynote by Harvard's David R. Williams
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Lowell Humanities Series spring season begins
ż Psychology Department expands name to include neuroscience
A return to South Africa, via Fulbright, for ż alumna Julia Biango '16
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Strain, namesake of Woods College scholarship
A world of flavors: Creativity and imagination are hallmarks of ż Dining's Global Eats program
ż Writing Center draws praise from undergrads
Winter workload: Campus construction projects are still in season at the Heights
Lynch School alumna Morgan Healy named Gates Cambridge Scholar
'Call Me American': Somali refugee, Woods College student Abdi Nor Iftin
ż a top producer of Peace Corps volunteers
Connell School partnership addresses urgent health care need in Chile
ż hosts third annual Development Program for Administrative Staff
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Lifetime achievement award for Seamus Connolly
Sing It to the Heights: Marketing major Stencia Bastien takes top honors at this year's competition
New rankings show positive trends for ż graduate programs: U.S. News & World Report survey
Five tips for teach-at-home parents: Advice from teaching expert Dennis Shirley of ż's Lynch School
Holy Week 2020: A series of liturgies will be live streamed from the ż campus
ż epidemiologists discuss the pandemic and responses to it
An update on ż Orientation 2020
ż named a First-Gen Forward institution
Volunteers in ż's Read Aloud program stay connected to schoolchildren virtually
ż Arts Festival reimagined virtually
Students in ż's Corcoran Competition make the case for growing affordable housing
ż Demo Day 2020: Entrepreneurial ż students pitch their startups, live across eight time zones
In Memoriam: Cadigan Alumni Center namesake Patrick F. Cadigan '57
May
ż alumnus Lucas Levine named Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University
ż is among nation's top 'Schools for Service' on Catholic Volunteer Network list
Beacon Leadership Conversation on students amid pandemic
ż Dining Services serves local community amid pandemic
Doug Flutie virtually visits student seminar
Beacon Leadership Conversation on students amid pandemic
Pine Manor College, ż announce institutional agreement
ż Career Center steps up virtual resources for students, alumni
ż programs highly ranked in GradReports survey
ż faculty, staff experience survey reveals positive findings for employees
Adam Krueckeberg named special assistant to the provost
NSF CAREER Award for Psychology and Neuroscience faculty member Stefano Anzellotti
ż names J.M. Caparro interim Athletics Director
In Memoriam: Mary Armstrong, who taught painting at ż for almost 30 years
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ż Experience for h.s. students now online
Lynch School's Marilyn Cochran-Smith receives Spencer Mentor Award
Temple A.D. Patrick Kraft Named Director of Athletics
Robert Savage named interim director of ż Irish Studies
$1M grant for study of positive youth development, co-conducted by ż Lynch School professor
Undergraduate Admission to be test optional in 2020-21 academic year
In Memoriam: Norine Smith: Longtime employee of ż's Carroll School of Management
ż political scientist Michael Hartney awarded fellowship at Stanford's Hoover Institution
New leadership at the Center for Teaching Excellence: Stacy Grooters named executive director
New Donohue Assistant Professor at ż Law School: Atinuke 'Tinu' Adediran
Lynch School names inaugural Duganne Faculty Fellows: Professors David Blustein and Dennis Shirley
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Heising-Simons Foundation supports DREME Network project
ż to be a tobacco- and smoke-free campus
Take Three: Third-year ż students reflect on their junior year experiences.
In Memoriam: U.S. Representative John Lewis, former MLK Banquet keynote speaker
Lynch School Professor Rebekah Levine Coley receives inaugural APA Hetherington Award
ż students launch online resource for high schoolers in their Parsippany, New Jersey hometown
ż sociologist Sarah Babb honored for research
Joy Moore named inaugural executive director of Pine Manor Institute for Student Success
Susan Gennaro will step down as Connell School of Nursing dean
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ż appoints new University Historian: Clough Millennium Professor Emeritus of History James O'Toole
Lynch School will offer part-time online doctoral degree program
University alters fall 2020 Commencement plans
Mass of the Holy Spirit will be September 10
Bruce Springsteen will speak at First Year Academic Convocation
Lowell Humanities Series goes virtual
ż launches #KeepTheHeightsHome campaign
Running for the Campus School: ż runners take on virtual Boston Marthon to raise funds
ż ranked 35th in 2021 U.S. News Survey
An evening with Bruce Springsteen: First Year Academic Convocation webcast with ż Class of 2024
Formative education thriving at ż, survey finds
ż's virtual Student Involvement Fair connects students with more than 300 clubs and organizations
October
ż has nation's third-highest graduation rate for Pell Grant recipients
Meet ż's Class of 2024New class demonstrates academic strength, geographical and ethnic diversity
ż Forum on Racial Justice in America begins
'Migration Narratives': New book co-authored by Lynch School Dean Stanton Wortham
New book from ż sociologist Juliet Schor looks at the 'gig' economy
The politics of school reopening: Study co-authored by a ż political scientist
In Memoriam: Thomas A. Vanderslice: ż alumnus, benefactor, and former trustee
Annual Red Bandanna 5k goes virtual
The Schiller Institute develops its first initiatives
Fulbright Alumni Ambassador: ż Law Professor David Wirth
Gaelic Roots Series unveils virtual format this fall
20th annual Diversity Challenge, now virtual, will feature robust roster of speakers and panelists
ż named one of Massachusetts’s best employers in Forbes' survey
Be a Beacon: ż launches new $125-million fundraising campaign to support financial aid
November
Of politics and pandemics: New book of poetry by ż's Maxim D. Shrayer
ż, Australian Catholic University to collaborate
Campus School at ż and Kennedy Day School to form collaborative partnership
20th Annual ż Veterans Mass and Remembrance Ceremony will be virtual
Lynch School’s Lauri Johnson earns Carnegie Project distinguished service award
Schiller Institute to address environmental racism at ż Forum on Racial Justice in America event
Glenn Gaudette named inaugural chair of ż's new department of engineering
ż researcher uses deep-sea corals to unlock secrets of past rapid carbon dioxide increase
ż Dining Services hosts a "friendsgiving" feast for students remaining on campus at Thanksgiving
Thinking outside the box: When the pandemic struck, local business owner Torry Stamm ’03 stepped up
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New this semester: ż First, a living and learning community dedicated to first-generation students
ż announces partnership with Service to School VetLink program
University web redesign project concludes
Emine Fetvaci named Calderwood Professor in Islamic and Asian Art
ż Professor G. Robert Meyerhoff named fellow of the American Mathematical Society