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View of Gasson Hall in fall.  Photo by Theology Professor Harvey Egan, S.J.
 
Features
 

David Burgess
Researchers decode sea urchin genome: Biology Professor David Burgess and other BC researchers are co-authors of a major genome sequencing paper published as the lead article in the November 10 issue of the journal Science. more
 
Vidya Madhavan
Scientist awarded prestigious grant: The National Science Foundation has awarded Assistant Professor of Physics Vidya Madhavan a Career Grant.
 
Mary Roberts Udayan Mohanty
Distinguished faculty: Professors Mary Roberts and Udayan Mohanty are Chemistry's newest American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows. They join their distinguished Chemistry colleagues Professors Paul Davidovits and Lawrence Scott.
 
Peter Skerry
The New Muslim-Liberal Coalition: The victory of Minnesota’s Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the Congress, shows the changing alliances that were set in motion by 9/11, writes Professor of Political Science Peter Skerry in Time.
 
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About Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences offers a broad-based liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition, with major concentrations in the Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts, and Social and Natural Sciences.

Academic Program
The College’s academic program consists of core curriculum courses, a major, and elective courses.

Diversity
Boston College offers students a variety of academic and co-curricular experiences, thus educating them for an increasingly multicultural world.

Research
Boston College has a long history as an institution that not only educates, but also serves as a leader in research across the University’s fields of study.

Faculty
The College of Arts and Sciences has 400 full-time faculty, fully committed to undergraduate education.

For Students and Prospective Students
Students pursue a program of studies that includes an extensive multi-disciplinary core experience, intensive work in a major field, and the opportunity to strengthen and round out a liberal arts education with a wide variety of electives.

Academic Advising and Support Services are offered throughout the campus and available to all students.


Events
Baccalaureate Mass: William B. Neenan, S.J. will be the Celebrant at the Baccalaureate Mass on December 14 at 4:00 p.m. in Gasson 100. Reception in the Gasson Rotunda immediately following the Mass.
 
Landmark exhibition of premier Islamic works: The McMullen Museum’s fall exhibition Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen is lauded as a “gorgeous installation” in a Boston Globe review and featured by the Associated Press.
 
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News
Dean Position: Boston College invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Student-Athlete graduation rate among nation's top four: BC has one of the top four graduation rates in the country for its student-athletes, according to federal data released by the NCAA. BC AthleticsAssociated Press
 
BC Observer selected as 'best paper': A consortium of 100 conservative and libertarian student newspapers has given top honors to The Boston College Observer. National Review
 
Earthquake recordings: A major earthquake in the Kuril Islands (magnitude 8.3) was recorded by Weston Observatory seismologists on 11/15/06. View seismograms of the BC Educational Seismology Project. Japan issues tsunami warning CNN
 
BC Fulbright seal
BC a top Fulbright producer: Boston College is among the top 15 national research universities in producing student Fulbright Award winners, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual tally.
 
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Awards
2006 RecipientsThe Heights
 
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