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Published by the Boston College Office of News & Public Affairs

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INSIDE•Campus kids’ drive now at 30 years, page 2

•Puppet festival at Rob-sham Sunday, page 2

•BC senior gives boost to Campus School, page 3

•CSOM’s Carter on TARP’s hidden impact, page 3

•Search for new football coach under way, page 3

•Seyfried studies meta-bolic theory of cancer, page 4

•Holiday season events at the Heights, page 8

•McNair Program draws praise at BC, page 5

•After 46 years, Iatridis to bid farewell, page 6

•GSSW’s Sudders named to health reform board, page 5

•All-ACC honors for five football players, page 6

By Sean Smith ChroniCle editor

Boston College, founded 150 years ago to educate the children of Boston immigrants, has embarked on a new initiative to help foreign-born persons make a successful transition into American democratic society.

The Immigrant Integration Lab (IIL), housed at the University’s Graduate School of Social Work, is a unique applied research center that addresses the critical issue of immigrant inclusion. The IIL draws on academic and clinical expertise to provide resources, studies and lead-ership to national working groups, local agencies and professional lead-ership that focus on immigrant in-tegration.

Under the direction of Westy Egmont, who brings considerable experience in the humanitarian and social services fields, the lab seeks to identify avenues that affirm the worth and contribution of immi-grants and emphasize the role of hu-man intervention and the impact of

good policy and best practices.GSSW will formally launch the

IIL with a colloquium for commu-nity leaders in the Corcoran Com-mons Heights Room on Dec. 14, which will feature a panel discussion on social workers’ roles in immigrant integration.

“The Immigrant Integration Lab is a timely initiative, given the well-documented persistence of dispari-ties between the foreign-born and native populations in the US,” said Egmont, who joined GSSW as an

An informal survey of social me-dia on campus last semester found that more than 300 departments, organizations and individuals tweet, pin, post or blog on behalf of Boston College.

That’s a lot of messaging. In an effort to bring together so-

cial media practitioners from across campus, the Office of News & Public Affairs – which administers the University’s official social media channels – established the Boston College Social Media Council to promote collaboration, share best practices and set a strategic direction for strengthening the University’s overall social media presence.

The group has quickly grown to include representatives from nearly every school, as well as from un-dergraduate admission, alumni/advancement, student services, stu-dent affairs, information technology, athletics, libraries, police and other departments and organizations.

In its first six months, the SMC has developed a set of social media guidelines [available at http://bit.ly/QK2Xjn], started publishing a blog [http://bostoncollegesocialmedia.com] and created a University so-cial media directory. BC has also

emerged on national social media higher education rankings lists, in-cluding a ninth-place ranking in the US based on Klout scores — a measure of a user’s influence across a social media network — according to Mashable.

Director of News & Public Af-fairs Jack Dunn said that with US colleges and universities now us-ing social media, the medium has emerged as a crucial communication tool.

“The Office of News & Public Affairs was quick to embrace social media because we realized that it was destined to become the predominant means of communication in a world that puts a premium on speed and interactivity,” said Dunn. “While we will always engage in traditional me-dia, social media enables us to com-municate instantly and directly with anyone, anywhere who has an inter-est in Boston College and the work of our faculty, students and alumni. Social media is the future, and we are pleased to be directing this effort for the Boston College community.”

Most importantly, organizers say, the SMC has provided a cross-de-partmental support system for vari-ous social media administrators, all of whom are balancing the increas-ing social media demands with their regular workload.

“We heard time and time again

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Aditya Ashok ’12, who won a Harry S Truman Scholarship for public service in 2011, has been named a recipient of the presti-gious George Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom, one of only 40 students to win the coveted award this year.

Marshall Scholarships, funded by the British government in hon-or of former US Secretary of State George C. Marshall, are awarded to American students of the high-est academic ability based on their distinction in intellect and char-acter, as evidenced by scholarly achievement, outstanding activities and leadership.

“I am pleased to win the Mar-shall Scholarship, which will pro-

vide me with an opportunity to better understand health dispari-ties that exist between the United States and the UK,” said Ashok, who will study global health at the University of Glasgow beginning in August of 2013. “The Mar-

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University Turning to Social Media as Communication ToolNews & Public Affairs Office establishes council to coordinate efforts

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A scene from the Theatre Department/Robsham Theater production of “Arabian Nights,” staged earlier this month. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

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“While we don’t know exactly why these banks refused the funds, we do know that some high-profile bankers complained that the pay restrictions were onerous.Our study sug-gests that TARP may have been better designed than bankers would have you believe.”—Assoc. Prof. Mary Ellen Carter (CSOM), page 3

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U N D C A M P U SOne of Boston College’s most

grass-roots holiday traditions turns 30 this year: the annual collection for needy children organized by Human Resources Manager Paula Forget.

Each year, Forget gets a list from the state Department of Children and Families (formerly Department of Social Services) of children — this year the number is 450 — needing basic staples, particularly clothing; the children’s names, ages and sizes are included, as well as their gift wish list. Anyone interested in ob-taining the name of a child from the list can contact Forget at ext.2-8875 or forget@bc.edu. An expenditure of $35 per child is recommended. The collection ends Dec. 18.

What started out as largely one-person operation has now grown to include hundreds of BC employees, who through their generosity have provided clothing and other gifts to some 14,000 children during the past three decades.

“No person in their right mind would think at the beginning that it would last this long,” jokes Forget. “But the people here at BC are so generous, and it’s been wonderful to see the response.”

While doing good for others is

Robsham Theater will be the setting this Sunday, Dec. 2, for a one-night festival that offers a rare, wide-ranging look at the artistry of puppets.

“Puppetology: An Evening of Uncommon Theater” will be pre-sented in Robsham’s Bonn Studio Theater at 7 p.m., by the Theatre Department in conjunction with its Rev. J. Donald Monan, SJ, Profes-sorship in Theatre Arts, which this year is held by John Bell, a leading international authority on puppet theater and its allied artistic forms of object theater and toy theater.

Matthew Giggey ’15 will serve as production coordinator for the event, which features acclaimed art-ists Eric Bass, Beth Nixon, Lake Simons and the Great Small Works collective. “Puppetology” is free and open to the public, but reservations are required due to limited space.

“Puppetry is exciting because of the way it brings so many different art forms together in performance: sculpture, music, acting, playwrit-ing,” says Bell. “It’s always open to innovations as well-new technolo-gies, new mash-ups of intercultural elements, new mixings of high and low culture.

“People coming to ‘Puppetology’ are going to be surprised, inspired and excited about what they see: the wide range of performance forms that constitutes contemporary work

The Model United Nations Club of Boston College will host some 200 students from more than a dozen New England high schools at a conference this Satur-day, Dec. 1, in Gasson Hall.

Model UN conferences bring students from a variety of institu-tions together to debate issues of international importance in a sim-ulation of UN bodies and other international institutions.

The Saturday event, “Eagl-eMUNC,” the organization’s inaugural forum for New Eng-land high schools, will focus on political issues related to “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland. Former Boston Police Commis-sioner Kathleen O’Toole ’76, who served on the landmark Pat-ten Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland, and as chief in-spector of the Irish government’s Garda Siochana Inspectorate, will present the keynote speech.

“We are delighted to welcome Kathleen O’Toole back to the Heights to address the delegates of our first conference,” said Chris Fitzpatrick ’13, the club president. “Her unique contributions to the cause of peace in Northern Ire-land are truly inspiring, and her presence will undoubtedly serve as a reminder of Boston Col-lege’s important role in the peace process.”

Sophomore Braeden Lord, who is the EagleMUNC secre-tary-general, added, “It is my hope that our inaugural confer-ence challenges BC to engage in active political dialogue on recur-ring global themes, engaging in topics such as the Troubles in the hands-on way promoted by Model UN. Our innovative con-ference will establish an important and lasting BC tradition for years to come.”

Among the schools scheduled

to participate are Boston College High School, Boston University Academy, Deerfield Academy ,Seekonk High School, St. John’s Prep (Danvers), Concord (NH) High School and The Harvey School of Katonah, NY.

For more on the Model UN of Boston College, see www.bc.edu/clubs/mun.

—Office of News & Public Affairs

a reward unto itself, Forget says, the thank-you notes she’s received make the experience that much bet-ter. One mother wrote that the donations “made all the difference” for her children; another family said the items they received helped them have “the greatest Christmas ever.”

A letter earlier this year from a DCF administrator expressed grati-tude to BC employees for their be-neficence. “You did this for children you will never see or meet,” wrote Barbara Curley. “I’ve witnessed what it means for a child who has nothing to be given something. Of-ten times, these gifts are the only things they receive. These gifts let them know that they were remem-bered, and that someone cares.

“It is everything.” —Sean Smith

Those who want to see a show at the Robsham Theater Arts Center (RTAC) can have their tickets in hand before they even leave home. RTAC recently announced the availability of print-at-home tickets for online purchases as a means to enhance customer service, says Director Howard Enoch. The print-at-home option presently applies to select events, including the BC Dance Ensemble production “Ig-nite” (today through Dec. 1) and next month’s “Christmas Reflec-tions” [see story on page 8].

“This is the next step in the online purchasing platform” which began last year, explains Enoch. “Online ticketing was a wonderful step forward, but even though you could purchase tick-ets, you still needed to pick them up at the box office.”

This new addition further professionalizes the box office and provides greater convenience for patrons, he notes. “Eventually, we will add the ability to have the ticket on a smart phone.”

Initial reactions have been pos-itive, adds Enoch, who says plans are in the works to expand the print-at-home option to all events by the end of the academic year.

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with puppets and objects.”“We want people to know that

puppets are not just for kids. We want students to know that this type of work exists,” says Theatre Depart-ment Chair and Associate Profes-sor Scott T. Cummings. “And that dedicated artists do it for a living. It’s a hard life, but it’s a creative life.”

Artists appearing in “Puppetol-ogy” will feature a piece from their puppet and object theater reper-toire. Bass, founder and artistic di-rector of the Sandglass Theater in Putney, Vt., will perform a selec-tion from his award-winning solo show, “Autumn Portraits.” Nixon, of Ramshackle Enterprises in Provi-dence, will present a “portable pup-pet show” drawn from her critically acclaimed Suitcase Series. Simons will debut “Portrait of Me As Oth-ers,” which explores the condition of being uncomfortable in one’s own skin and the temptation to try on new personas.

Great Small Works, featur-ing Bell, will perform a piece titled “Three Graces,” an op-art romp in-spired by Grace Paley, Grace Kelly, Grace Jones and Grace Lee Boggs. The New York City-based troupe draws on folk, avant-garde and popular theater traditions to address contemporary issues in performanc-es, producing works on a variety of scales, from outdoor pageants with giant puppets and hundreds of per-

formers to miniature “toy theater” spectacles.

General admission tickets to “Puppetology” are free and available through the Robsham Theater Arts Center Box Office, or by calling (617)552-4002. For more informa-tion, see www.bc.edu/theatre.

—Office of News & Public Affairs

Puppets such as those made by Eric Bass (above) will be featured at this Sunday’s “Puppetology” event in Robsham Theater.

Paula Forget helping with the annual children’s clothing drive in 2000.

Three decades of holiday giving

Not your average puppet show

Sophomores Jeff Pflanz and Jessica Zuban of the Outdoor Club of Boston College talked with students about outdoor recreational activities dur-ing the Outdoor Activity Fair, held Nov. 15 on the Plaza at O’Neill Library. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

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Rachel Newmiller ’13 walked into the Boston College Campus School as a freshman and asked Volunteer Coordinator Sean Schofield if there was some way she could help. Four years later, she is still helping both faculty and students at the school, which serves children with multiple dis-abilities.

Newmiller recently spearhead-ed an effort to create and install adaptive flowerbeds for wheel-chair-bound students with severe special needs. Funded through a community grant from The Home Depot’s West Roxbury branch, a small army of volun-teers gathered on campus earlier this month to install a new multi-sensory learning space outside the Campus School.

A Presidential Scholar and bi-ology major from Dresher, Pa., Newmiller came to BC with a background in woodworking and sculpture. She put those skills to good use, volunteering to create adaptive tech-nologies.

“[In high school] I took three-dimension-al design and several art classes. I enjoy the creative outlet – espe-cially now that I am a science major. This adaptive design is a way that I can utilize that creative outlet in service to others,” said Newmiller.

Over the years, working with Transitional Coordinator Mary Lessard and Occupational Thera-pist Karen Rocco, Newmiller has created specialized and highly individualized devices that aid in classroom instruction. These include a custom sensory board to improve one student’s muscle strength and a wheelchair mount that can hold oratory stimulants

for blind children. In her application to Home

Depot, Newmiller described the Campus School as “an incred-ibly special place where arm movement and the use of a hand are causes for celebration; hope abounds even though reality can be overwhelming. Every day, staff and volunteers work to fulfill the school’s mission of ‘realizing the potential in all students.’ It is a testament to the dedication of the Campus School community that its classrooms are brimming with positivity, joy, and compassion.”

No project was as large or costly as the adaptive flowerbeds. Newmiller, Lessard and Rocco researched and designed a multi-tiered planting bed that can be accessed from different sized wheelchairs. With a design in mind, Newmiller then applied for and was awarded a Home Depot “Team Depot” community grant to fund the project. The West

Roxbury Home De-pot team visited with the Campus School three times before the installation, then volunteered time and donated equipment to make the project pos-sible.

The “H”-shaped adaptive beds have re-placed a structure in-accessible to many at

the school. As part of the plan, Newmiller designed a sloped table that will contain potted plants, so students who lack the ability to move can still touch and feel the various plantings. Newmiller has recommended a wide variety of plantings with different textures, aromas and colors to stimulate different senses.

“The planting boxes that are there now were put in place many, many years ago when we had a very different population,” said Lessard, who coordinates adaptive technology at the Campus School.

“Rachel saw a problem and did something to solve it.

“It has been really fun to watch Rachel grow and mature over the years to find what is interesting and impact the world around her in a positive way.”

Said Newmiller, “We really can’t say enough about the sup-port we received from the West Roxbury Home Depot. The as-sociates we are working with have been very helpful, generous, and enthusiastic throughout this pro-cess, and we are so thankful for their assistance.”

In a statement, Home Depot said: “Team Depot programs bring together volunteerism, do-it-yourself expertise and product donations as a way to meet com-munity needs through hands-on service. Giving back is a funda-mental value of The Home De-pot and a passion for the West Roxbury store.”

While at BC, Newmiller has worked in the Cognitive and Af-fective Neuroscience Laboratory of Psychology Associate Profes-sor Elizabeth Kensinger, served as a research assistant and fulfilled the demands of the Presidential Scholars Program. One summer, she helped maintain and build various exhibits at the Smithso-nian Museum in Washington, DC. Her varied experiences have caused her to consider consulting at private nonprofits after gradu-ation, or pursuing a graduate de-gree in nonprofit management.

Newmiller said she wants to find a career that enables her to continue to give back.

“Being at the Campus School helps to keep everything in per-spective. It’s a really incredible place.”

By ed hayward Staff writer

The executive pay provisions of TARP – the Troubled Asset Relief Program, intended to help banks weather the 2008-09 financial cri-sis – may have had the unintended benefit of reducing the scope of the program, according to a new report co-authored by Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of Accounting Mary Ellen Carter.

The report in the Journal of Banking, Finance & Account-ing finds that pay provisions did discourage some banks from par-ticipating in TARP, according to Carter and co-authors Brian Cad-man of the University of Utah and Luann J. Lynch of the University of Virginia.

Examining 263 publicly trad-ed banks that were approved for TARP, the new study found that 35 banks rejected the funds and that this decision was related to higher levels of CEO pay. But this decision didn’t seem to hurt them – they fared just as well as their peers that did take TARP money. As a result, the pay provisions in TARP may have deterred banks that didn’t really need the money from taking it.

“While we don’t know exactly why these banks refused the funds, we do know that some high-profile bankers complained that the pay restrictions were onerous,” Cart-er says. “Our study suggests that TARP may have been better de-signed than bankers would have you believe.”

The study also suggests that from a personal standpoint bank-ers may have been right to worry about TARP’s pay limits: Banks that took the funds did see high-er executive turnover than those

that didn’t. But their performance didn’t suffer. Banks that turned down TARP money — often de-risively referred to as “bailouts” — did just as much lending af-terwards and had just as much financial strength, measured in terms of capital ratios, as those that accepted it.

“The restrictions gave financial incentives for bank executives to think carefully about participating and, if they did participate, to get out from underneath the program as quickly as possible,” says Carter.

TARP is widely viewed as per-haps the most controversial of the many policy measures undertaken during the financial crisis. The US government originally budgeted $700 billion and ultimately paid out about $400 billion to shore up the American financial system. Some critics decried the program as corporate welfare while others saw it as creeping socialism. No-body, but the bankers who needed the money, seemed to like it much.

But in the end, as Carter and other experts note, TARP appears to have succeeded: Banks, for the most part, survived the crisis and are paying back the money.

Boston College Director of Athletics Brad Bates announced Sunday that Frank Spaziani will not return as football coach of the Eagles.

In four years as head coach, Spaziani compiled a 21-29 record, includ-ing 2-10 this season. Prior to being named head coach in 2009, Spaziani served for 10 years as defensive coordinator and two as running back coach. As defensive coordinator, he was credited with producing one of the toughest defenses in college football and played a key role in Boston College’s unprecedented run of 12 consecutive winning seasons and bowl games.

“It is with gratitude that we recognize the many contributions Coach Spaziani has made to Boston College during his 16 years in Chestnut Hill,” Bates said. “He displayed unwavering dedication and loyalty to our institution and our football student-athletes, while consistently represent-ing Boston College with class and dignity. He and his staff have devoted countless hours to our student-athletes and the BC community. We thank them and wish them well.”

Bates said Boston College would begin a search for a successor imme-diately, seeking “a leader whose vision of our football program mirrors the mission of our University, who values the development of our student-athletes and whose goal is to return our program to national prominence.”

—Boston College Athletics

Spaziani Leaves, BC Seeks New Coach

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Student’s Desire to Help Takes RootAs a freshman, senior Rachel Newmiller decided to lend a hand at the Campus School. The relationship has worked out well for everyone.

Rachel Newmiller ’13 with the special adaptive flowerbeds she helped create and install at the Campus School.

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from those who run social media channels,” said SMC co-chair Me-lissa Beecher, social media manager for the Office of News & Public Af-fairs. “They asked for support, edu-cation and encouragement. Each department or school was operating in its own silo, reinventing the pro-cess of getting involved with social media and maintain-ing their accounts, all to differing degrees of success. The Social Media Council is our answer to the growing need for social media support.”

SMC co-chair and News & Public Af-fairs Deputy Director Patricia Delaney ex-plained that a strong social media presence has implications both on campus and be-yond.

“The council en-ables us to link social media efforts hap-pening across campus divisions and work together to enhance BC’s social pro-file. We’re excited about what has been accomplished after only four meetings. In addition to draft-ing and posting guidelines for BC social media administrators, which is a first step toward development of a formal policy proposal, members are exploring new platforms, col-laborating on initiatives and serving as resources for one another.”

Delaney added, “There also have been tangible measures of success: BC’s strong ranking on recent surveys of social media influencers, posts that drew the attention of national media outlets to BC news items, and a recent outpouring of book donation offers generated through social media for an alumna trying to establish a library for the students at her New York City school.”

Student Services Communica-tions Specialist David Ayers, one of the founding members of the SMC, said Facebook, Twitter and other platforms have changed the way he does his job.

“Social media is more than just an added responsibility for me; it’s forethought,” said Ayers. “Every-thing I see, hear, or understand is approached with a social media lens in mind. It’s a bit taxing to adopt this mentality, since it often means that one is always ‘on.’ The time-consuming nature of social media — reviewing and evaluating posts, mostly — is an unfortunate side effect of our cultural connected-ness. But this is the new way of

interacting“I think the question is what

impact has social media has on the current generation of college stu-dents. It pervades their everyday. As purveyors of information we need to be conscious of how the target audience is using the medium. We

also have to realize the medium’s ability to directly send messages (for free) to a specific group of individu-als — a marketer’s dream. Social media is and will continue to be a big part of Boston College com-munications.”

Student Services Senior Commu-nication Specialist Carolina Ritschel concurred.

“I was thrilled when this council was put together. I felt like social media was something that could be important, but I did not know to what extent other departments were using it. To see and understand how useful social media is for Athletics, for instance, is so interesting. The council brings us together, but it also helps with a set of guidelines we should follow, which is very important,” said Ritschel.

Boston College Bookstore Assis-tant Director David Werda, another SMC founding member, said that many departments – including his – have started to rely more and more on the ability to speak directly to students and customers.

“I believe we are at a place and time where the use of social media is no longer an afterthought for orga-nizations but a primary method of communication. An organization’s website has traditionally been a ma-jor place to showcase their identity. The shift from website presence as

a primary virtual identity to various social media channels continues to evolve as users develop new social media channels and new ways of using these channels.

“I think the idea of a SMC where these many groups can come together to discuss ideas only helps

us stay relevant in this space,” said Werda. “The meetings have been invaluable from a number of standpoints. With a growing num-ber of groups on cam-pus using one or more social media channels we can learn a great deal from each other as to how our community is viewing and using social media.”

Daniel Landers, a communications spe-cialist in the Lynch School of Education, is one of the newest mem-bers.

“The Lynch School’s social media efforts give our community a voice in national con-versations about theory, policy, and practice in the fields of applied psy-chology and education. Through Facebook and Twitter we disseminate

research findings, service opportuni-ties, and theories from our students, faculty, and staff to audiences across the Boston College campus and the nation.

“It is our hope that this online social presence gives way to new con-nections and allows experts in related fields to turn to the Lynch School as a resource and partner.”

BC Law Marketing & Commu-nications Director Nate Kenyon said he immediately saw the value in the SMC’s mission.

“I’m thrilled to participate in the council,” said Kenyon. “Social media is crucial in reaching our core audi-ences these days, and to be able to share ideas, experiences and resources across Boston College is both ener-gizing and extremely valuable.”

In keeping with its efforts to highlight social media offerings on campus, News & Public Affairs is planning a media convergence website that will serve as a one-stop point of entry to BC channels. Fu-ture agenda items for the council include information sessions with social media thought leaders, secu-rity on social media channels and development of a proposal for a formal University policy on social media. Representatives from any BC school or division not already involved are welcome — just drop a line to social@bc.edu.

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By ed hayward Staff writer

During the past century, two dominant views have emerged about the origins of cancer: a ge-netic disease set on its course by cel-lular mutations; and a disease that is metabolic in nature, fueled by cell-damaging environmental and biological agents.

In his new book, Cancer As A Metabolic Disease, Professor of Biol-ogy Thomas N. Seyfried offers an expansive review of the metabolic theory of cancer, from its origins to current research findings to its role in the development of new treatments and therapies in order to fight the deadly disease.

Seyfried, a lipid biochemist, has conducted research into tumor growth and metabolism, as well as dietary approaches to “starving” tumor cells so as to inhibit their growth. A member of the edito-rial boards of Nutrition & Metabolism, the Journal of Lipid Research, and Neurochemical Research, Sey-fried said he wrote the book because the research and medical com-munities need as expansive a definition as possible as to the origins of a disease that has maintained a steady killing pace despite the declaration of the War on Cancer in 1971.

Despite gains in research, diag-nosis and treatment, cancer killed 571,000 Americans in 2011, com-pared to 335,000 deaths in 1971. Seyfried says the death toll requires a revisiting of both the latest re-search and the pioneering works of early 20th-century scientists like Otto Warburg, who laid the foun-dations for the metabolic theory of cancer shortly before World War I.

“This book is not for my gen-eration,” said Seyfried. “This book is for young doctors now coming out of medical school who are look-ing for a better way to fight cancer. I hope it can be a part of a new era of cancer research, diagnosis, treat-ment and management.”

Contrary to the theory that can-cer is determined by genomic in-stability in the nucleus of a cell, the metabolic theory of cancer holds that cancer’s deadly path begins in the mitochondria, where cells generate energy.

Advances in genomics have fo-

cused research and treatment ef-forts on therapies and procedures capable of blunting mutations that lead to cancer. It is a daunting task, as researchers have already uncov-ered as many as 100,000 muta-tions in the genomes of most adult cancers, such as breast, ovarian, pancreatic and brain, and are ex-pected to uncover as many as one million more mutations over the next 10 years.

In recent years, leading cancer scientists have called for a research shift “toward understanding the chemical reactions within cancer cells,” as Nobel laureate James D. Watson urged in 2009.

Seyfried has focused his research on the damaging impact of carcino-gens on the mitochondria, which causes cellular inflammation and disrupts the cell’s respiratory func-tions. Some oxygen-deprived cells die, but others survive by trans-forming glucose into energy, re-

sulting in a fermentation process that yields byprod-ucts such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid.

This mito-chondrial in-jury, Seyfried says, fuels me-tastasis not just in the form of cells that break away from the primary tumor, but in cells that become infec-tion-fighting

white blood cells known as macro-phages or a hybrid attack cell struc-ture created from macrophages and cancer cells.

As for the cause-and-effect de-bate between the two cancer theory camps, Seyfried says research points to damaged respiratory function and fermentation as factors that then produce genomic damage. Still, Seyfried and other research-ers note that there are clear links between some forms of cancer and genetic origins, though these origins also involve mitochondrial dysfunction.

But the years of metabolic re-search Seyfried has conducted and the studies he reviewed for the book show that restricting access to the fuels needed for cancer cell growth (glucose and glutamine) can com-promise cancer cell survival. Com-bined with lifestyle changes, thera-pies that focus on mitochondrial health could help to prevent or reduce the risk of cancer, he said.

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10,375+ – Tweets from Boston College

871 – People who +1 Boston College on Google+

782 – Pins on Boston College Pinterest

89 – Boston College Klout score (ninth highest in the country)

31 – departments now represented at the Social Media Council

10 – departments at the first SMC meeting

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adjunct faculty member four years ago. “Today’s new immigrants re-flect different sociodemographic and economic backgrounds than previous immigrant groups and have been under-researched — even as the 39 million foreign-born population is expected to increase.

“Integration is a dynamic two-way process that requires both im-migrant and native to accommo-date each other, so as to build a robust community for the future,” said Egmont, who co-chairs the Governor’s Advisory Council on Refugees and Immigrants. “Often, it is a social worker, or perhaps a classroom teacher, who will be that first point of contact for an immigrant and thus guide the way into a new culture. The Immigrant Integration Lab seeks to help hu-man services agencies recognize and strengthen their role in integration.

“While many think of America as the great success model in assimi-lating generations of immigrants, the hardships of the first generation grow with denied benefits, austerity decisions of governments and very new patterns of settlement. Im-migration remains a crucial political issue at the national and local level while integration remains relatively obscure and ignored.”

At the heart of the IIL mission, according to Egmont, is a four-fold approach to immigrant inclusion known as CORE (Consulting, Or-ganizing, Research and Educating). This involves ongoing engagement with social and human services pro-viders to assess their needs in foster-ing integration. Through CORE, the lab will offer research, training and education to aid agencies, pro-grams, institutions and profession-als in developing successful strate-gies for immigrant inclusion in the country’s social structures.

“The establishment of the IIL reflects the continuing internation-alization of the social work field,” said Egmont, “in that social workers increasingly encounter global issues and concerns in their jobs. The Graduate School of Social Work, which has been a pioneer in inter-national social work, is a most ap-propriate headquarters for the lab.”

This fall, the IIL awarded its first Immigrant Integration Fellow-ship to Lyndsey McMahan MSW ’14, a former community health worker in Zambia with the Peace Corps. McMahan will join the Lu-theran Social Services (LSS) im-migrant legal services with attorney Erin Fricker — a BC Law School graduate — to provide legal services to asylum applicants and find a way to provide essential food and shelter for the clients. As an Immigrant Integration Fellow, McMahan will

combine direct service, along with the larger research project of finding models of intervention and devel-oping a best practice in the field. She will share her findings through a paper and reports.

Egmont is the former execu-tive director for the Internation-al Institutes of Boston and New Hampshire, New England’s leading provider of educational, employ-ment, legal and social services to enable foreign-born persons to be-come self-sufficient. He also served as executive director of the Greater Boston Food Bank, hosted a Sun-day morning talk show on WBZ-TV for 11 years, and created a multi-media exhibit, “Dreams of Freedom,” about the history of im-migration to Boston. He holds a doctorate from the Andover New-ton Theological School.

“Focusing on the integration of immigrants reflects GSSW’s lo-cal and global commitment,” said GSSW Dean Alberto Godenzi. “The unrivaled diversity of today’s immigrant populations allows us to see the world through the eyes of others. To study facilitators and in-hibitors of integration and natural-ization honors our country’s tradi-tion of being an open and inclusive society. It is extremely fortunate for

us that Westy Egmont, one of the thought leaders of immigrant inte-gration policies in the US, signed on to lead this effort for the GSSW.”

Egmont will present closing re-marks at the Dec. 14 colloquium, which will include a keynote speech by Demetrios Papademetriou, pres-ident and founder of the Migra-tion Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit Washington, DC, think tank dedicated exclusively to the study of international migration. Boston Foundation President Paul Grogan will serve as moderator for the panel discussion “How Can Social Workers Strengthen Im-migrant Integration?” with Mas-sachusetts Department of Children and Families Commissioner Angelo McClain, Boston Rising Execu-tive Director Tiziana Dearing and Thrive in Five Executive Director Jane Tewksbury.

Other speakers include GSSW’s Godenzi and Eva Millona, execu-tive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. Co-sponsoring the event with GSSW are the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and The Boston Founda-tion.

By meliSSa BeeCher Staff writer

While a student at Boston Col-lege, Grace Festin Caldara ’08 knew she wanted to become involved in research, but didn’t know where to start. Coming from a low-income family, she simply lacked the re-sources.

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Pro-gram changed that.

Now a fifth-year chemical biolo-gy PhD candidate at the University of California, Festin Caldara credits the McNair Program with helping expose her to the rigors of academe. By the time she graduated BC, Fes-tin Caldara had spent two summers on campus working in a chemistry lab, co-authored two publications and traveled to the University of New Hampshire, the University of California and Knoxville, Tenn., for various conferences where she presented her research.

“The greatest benefit from the program was the support from the directors in allowing me to do my research and in providing me the resources to help me succeed,” said Festin Caldara.

Funded by the US Department of Education in some 200 institu-tions across the US and Puerto Rico, and established at BC in 2003, the McNair Program prepares under-graduates from underrepresented groups to attain graduate and doc-toral degrees, enabling them to en-ter careers in research and academia. It has helped hundreds of students who are either low-income or the first in their family to attend college to continue educational pursuits.

The program is named for the late Dr. Ronald E. McNair, who overcame social and economic bar-riers to earn a PhD from MIT at age 26, and become the second African-American to go into space. He was one of the seven crew members killed aboard the Challenger space shuttle.

McNair Program Assistant Di-rector Rossanna Contreras-Godfrey says stories like Festin Caldara’s are common.

“Once students complete the program, we see a level of confi-dence and direction that they didn’t have when they applied,” said Con-treras-Godfrey. “Many simply are unaware of what is out there. What we do is plant a seed and support its growth. In doing that, we help our students realize and achieve their research and academic goals.”

Upon acceptance into the pro-gram, McNair scholars are paired with a faculty mentor. Members of the faculty oversee research op-portunities, provide assessment and give advice about workshops,

graduate school and the applica-tion process. McNair students enjoy special library privileges at BC, in-cluding graduate student borrowing status and an assigned librarian to assist with research needs. They are encouraged to pursue research proj-ects over the summer and present at undergraduate symposia both at BC and around the country.

Dan Bunch, director of the University’s Learning to Learn Pro-gram, which administers the Mc-Nair Program, said the success of the program is in large part due to faculty partners who help students one-on-one.

“Rossanna has done a great job recruiting faculty members who work hard to shape and encourage the research of students who – until now – have not had exposure to this type of work,” Bunch said. “The support we have enjoyed across the disciplines and from the Provost’s office has been a testament to BC.”

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Donald Hafner notes that this year, McNair has placed particular emphasis on sci-ence, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

“Both [Provost and Dean of Faculties Cutberto Garza] and I see great potential in this McNair Ex-ploratory-STEM program, in sup-porting students who might oth-erwise become discouraged about their prospects in the sciences and in testing innovative approaches to in-struction in the sciences that might be adopted more widely.

“This is a wonderful pilot ven-ture, and our colleagues in biology, chemistry, and the McNair Scholars Program deserve great credit for designing the program and carrying it through on their own initiative,” said Hafner.

For more information, see http://www.bc.edu/offices/ltl/mcnair

Graduate School of Social Work Associate Professor of Macro Prac-tice Marylou Sudders has been appointed to the Massachusetts Health Commission Board, which will monitor the reform of Massachusetts health care delivery in an effort to reduce costs and improve quality.

“It is an honor, and an awesome respon-sibility, to represent behavioral health and Boston College on this independent health policy commission,” said Sudders, who chairs the GSSW Health and Mental Health Con-centration.

“Health care spending is often debated and rarely tackled. This commission has the unique opportunity to focus on value and quality rather than volume and quantity. Mental health and substance abuse has often been marginalized by mainstream health care. As the behavioral health appointee, it is my responsibility that our work improves access and availability of behavioral health at the same time we curb overall health care spending.”

Sudders served as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health for seven years, then as president and CEO of the Massa-chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a private non-profit advocating for the rights and well-being of children and their families.

—Sean Smith

Plaudits for McNair Program Graduate education now within reach for many students from traditionally underrepresented groups

Dan Bunch, Rossanna Contreras-Godfrey (right) and Paula Grealish administer the McNair Program at BC. (Photo by Caitlin Cunningham)

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Westy Egmont says the Immigrant Integration Lab is a reflection of “the continu-ing internationalization of the social work field, in that social workers increas-ingly encounter global issues and concerns in their jobs.” GSSW, “a pioneer in international social work, is a most appropriate headquarters for the lab.”

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After coming of age in a crucible of war and destruction, Demetrius Iatridis has spent his adult life seek-ing to foster a world built on coop-eration and compassion for those in need.

Iatridis will retire next month after 46 years as a faculty member in the Graduate School of Social Work, with a reputation as an es-teemed researcher and teacher in social policy and social welfare. He’s also been hailed as a pioneer in bringing an international context to social work, particularly for his study of former communist nations’ efforts to build social services sys-tems in a market economy.

“Professor Iatridis influenced the learning of countless students dur-ing his long tenure at GSSW,” says GSSW Dean Alberto Godenzi. “In his teaching and scholarly work, he underscored the crucial role of poli-cies and critical thinking. His voice will be missed in local conversations focused on social justice as well as in global debates around issues of poverty and exclusion.”

Godenzi, along with GSSW fac-ulty, staff and alumni, as well as special guests, honored Iatridis Nov. 12 in the Heights Room of Corco-ran Commons. The event featured a keynote speech from former Mas-sachusetts Governor Michael Du-kakis and a panel discussion.

“He’s always been concerned with those who people who are disadvantaged, who have fallen be-hind,” says Barry Bluestone, a for-mer Boston College faculty mem-ber who is now director of North-eastern University’s Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and

who participated in the Nov. 12 panel.

“In the best Jesuit tradition, De-metrius has kept his focus on help-ing those whom society tends to neglect, and he’s always reminded his students of the importance of doing that. That’s why so many of us respect him so much.”

Iatridis came to his beliefs the hard way. He was only 16 when the Nazis invaded and occupied his native Greece in World War II. On his own, he escaped to the island of Crete, but found it no safer there, and was forced to hide in the mountains until he was able to flee by boat to Egypt. Lying about his age, he joined the Greek air force and served as a tail-gunner. Dur-ing the war, he lost his mother and grandmother.

His experiences, Iatridis says, made him want a different world, and ultimately a different path for himself. “I had prepared to go into aeronautical engineering,” he recalls, “until I decided that the world would not be built by aircraft engineers but by mutual aid, collab-orative programs to prevent other wars. Instead of seeing the powerful always defeating and dominating the powerless, I wanted to help the powerless become powerful. This became my goal.”

After the war, Iatridis aided United Nations’ efforts to help chil-dren in his country affected by the conflict, and the UN sent him to the US to observe its social welfare system. Iatridis went on to earn degrees from Washington and Jef-ferson College, the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and the Bryn Mawr School of So-cial Work, then returned to Greece for a while to help assist in establish-

ing a graduate school of planning.Iatridis eventually came to BC in

1966 as director of its new Institute of Human Sciences, founded by then-University President Michael Walsh, SJ. “The social sciences were still a relatively new field,” he says, “and Fr. Walsh envisioned the in-stitute as a potential strength for BC, in the way that engineering or architectural studies was for MIT. The social scientists he brought in all were given joint appointments, and mine was in GSSW.”

After six years, the institute was viewed as having achieved its goals, Iatridis says, and was disbanded, and he became a full-time GSSW faculty member.

“I was skeptical when I first came to BC. I didn’t know about Jesuits, and whether their beliefs would align with mine. But I found BC was a very good fit, and I was able do things I might not have an opportunity to do so otherwise.”

For years, Iatridis taught classes comparing social policy in capitalist and communist societies, and led students on visits to Cuba so they could draw their own conclusions. He also invited Cuban social ser-vices experts to speak at BC. Such practices were not without contro-versy in the Cold War era: Some critics thought this amounted to an endorsement of communism.

“My point was, ‘What can we learn from the way these countries practice social policy?’” says Iatri-dis. “Nobody, as far as we knew, was looking into this. The students would decide for themselves what was effective and what wasn’t, and they would have to account for and justify their positions. There was nothing ideological about it.”

shall Committee and my fellow Marshall Scholars are inspiring; I know I can learn so much from them, particularly by studying in Glasgow, which is infamous for health disparities that are repli-cated only in the United States.”

The award is the fourth Mar-shall Scholarship won by Bos-ton College students in the past decade, coinciding with two Rhodes Scholarships, two Mel-lon Scholarships, one Churchill scholarship, six Truman Scholar-ships, nine Goldwater Scholar-ships, 15 Beckman Scholarships and 173 undergraduate Fulbright awards, among other prestigious awards that BC stu-dents have earned between 2002 and 2012.

“The George Marshall Scholar-ship is a mark of national distinc-tion, given that so few are awarded annually in the United States,” said Vice Provost for Undergraduate Ac-ademic Affairs Donald Hafner, who directs the University Fellow-ships Committee. “The awards are highly competitive, and Adi’s success underscores not only the caliber and dedication of BC undergraduates, but also Boston College’s commitment to help-ing qualified students pursue these valuable opportunities.”

A Presidential Scholar, and history and biology major while at Boston College, Ashok distin-guished himself through his ac-ademic achievement and HIV/AIDS activism, serving as co-president of the AIDS Awareness Committee at Boston College, and director of international out-reach at the Virginia-based Teen AIDS-Peer Corp.

During his years at BC, Ashok also served as a columnist for the independent student newspaper, The Heights, science editor for the student research journal Elements, and co-coordinator of the Men-del Society Mentoring Program, while also working as an intern at

the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and as a volunteer at Rosie’s Place and the Laboure Center in South Boston.

After graduating in May, he served a three-month internship at the White House in the Office of National AIDS Policy, and has spent the fall working at the National Human Genome Re-search Institute and participating in one of the National Institutes of Health’s health disparities pro-grams.

Founders Professor of The-ology and Presidential Scholars Program Director James F. Keen-an, SJ, who worked closely with

Ashok throughout the application process, praised him for his unwav-ering commitment to helping those in need.

“Adi lives a profound human sympathy for those who are vulner-able, tries to find out where and how he can best use his

talents to respond to human chal-lenges, and thinks very strategi-cally,” said Fr. Keenan. “He has developed his many, wide-rang-ing gifts in thoroughly impressive ways with confidence, care and commitment. I am proud of him for winning the Marshall Schol-arship, and am sure he will be among BC’s most accomplished and dedicated alumni.”

Ashok says he aspires to career in public service, a passion that was ignited during his four years at Boston College. “Boston Col-lege played a major role in shap-ing how my interests developed. I came to BC to focus on HIV/AIDS, and the mentors I had, such as Fr. Keenan and Associ-ate Professor of History Virginia Reinburg, had the patience to help me find my calling. Without them and the support I received from Boston College, I would not have had an opportunity to win the Truman or the Marshall scholarships.”

Boston College football players Alex Amidon ’14, Nick Clan-cy ’13, Emmett Cleary ’13, Gerald Levano ’13 and Kevin Pierre-Louis ’14 have earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors.

Amidon and Clancy each earned first-team recognition. Cleary earned second-team accolades. Levano and Pierre-Louis each earned honorable mention laurels.

The announcement of the All-ACC team was made earlier this week by the 46-member Atlantic Coast Sports Media As-sociation.

For more, see http://bit.ly/Rg6glY.—Boston College Athletics

Graduate School of Social Work faculty member Demetrius Iatridis with former Mas-sachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, who spoke at a retirement celebration for Iatridis Nov. 12. (Photo from Christopher Soldt, Media Technology Services)

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On one trip, Iatridis met for half an hour with Fidel Castro. “He wanted to know if social work was appropriate for Cuba and the revolution,” says Iatridis. “I said, ‘It depends. If you want to increase participation of people in decision-making, it’s your best model. It does not work well in dictatorships.’ A few years later, he established social work as a profession in Cuba.”

With the fall of many commu-nist governments during 1989-90, Iatridis saw a new area of explo-ration in the changed geopolitical landscape. He organized several major conferences to examine the challenges faced by former Soviet Bloc nations in building social ser-vice systems in a market economy, and co-published an accompanying series of books.

“This was a tremendous oppor-tunity to put social work in the forefront of a major world develop-ment,” says Iatridis, who credits then-University President J. Don-ald Monan, SJ, and the late Execu-tive Vice President Frank B. Cam-panella for supporting his efforts. “The conferences and the books were very well-received. It was very

good exposure for GSSW and BC.”But Iatridis kept a local focus,

too. He founded GSSW’s “Boston Day” event at the Boston Rede-velopment Authority, which gave students the opportunity to form ties with city authorities and neigh-borhood leaders. He also served on University committees, including 27 years — 15 of them as chair — on the Faculty Compensation Committee. In 2000, he was se-lected for a Distinguished Service Award from BC.

Iatridis has no plans to be idle after leaving GSSW. “I am going to spend probably 50 percent of my time volunteering for anti-poverty programs or projects. Sadly, poverty has only increased in recent years, but even in the election campaign you didn’t hear anyone talk about this.

“The poverty and inequality I saw after World War II was the reason I went into social work, and I am going to continue to help the powerless.”

—Material from Regina O’Grady-Leshane was used in this story

The following are among the most recent positions posted by the De-partment of Human Resources. For more information on employ-ment opportunities at Boston Col-lege, see www.bc.edu/offices/hr/:

Assistant Director, Law School Student Services

research economist, Center for retirement research

Director, event management, Auxiliary Services

Assistant manager, Dining Ser-vices

Associate Director of operations, residential Life

Assistant Director, Graphic De-sign & Production, office of marketing Communications

Assistant Director, Housing As-signments & occupancy, resi-dential Life

Senior Information Security An-alyst, Information Technology

manager, Information Systems, Center for Corporate Citizenship

Administrative Assistant, math-ematics Department

Technology manager, residen-tial Life

Staff Psychologist, University Counseling

Director of Annual Giving for marketing & Participation, De-velopment office

Information Systems manager, Center for Corporate Citizenship

Social media manager, Advance-ment Communications & mar-keting

NewsmakersThe Obama administration has responded to Chinese assertive-ness by reinforcing US military and diplomatic links to the Asia-Pacific, to much acclaim at home and in the region. But Prof. Rob-ert Ross (Political Science), writ-ing in Foreign Affairs, explained that the “pivot” is based on a serious misreading of its target, and contended that Washington should work to assuage China’s anxieties, not exploit them.

Legislators should make the duties owed by all corporations to employees, society, and the environment “clear and enforce-able,” according to Prof. Kent Greenfield (Law), whose views were cited in the “Ideas” section of the Boston Sunday Globe.

Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Laurence (Political Science), currently a Daimler Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, looked at the degree to which Muslims in Europe have become truly emancipated, US democratiza-tion policy in the Middle East and North Africa, and other is-sues in a series of op-eds for Ger-man newspapers Der Tagesspiegel, Die Tageszeitung and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Writing for the WBUR-FM blog Cognoscenti, Asst. Prof. Richard Albert (Law) discussed the likeli-hood of Rick Santorum running

for the GOP presidential nomi-nation again.

WCVB-TV’s “Chronicle” fea-tured the work of Navyn Salem ’94, Hon.’12 and her efforts to fight childhood hunger in Africa through her company Edesia, the sole US manufacturer and promoter of Plumpy’nut peanut paste, which is specifically for-mulated to combat malnutrition.

A basic tenet of democracy is that the preferences and needs of all citizens should receive equal consideration, but in a co-authored letter to the New York Times “Sunday Dialogue,” Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay Lehman Schloz-man said equal consideration is jeopardized if political voice — expressed when citizens vote, contact public officials, protest, support political organizations, donate to campaigns or other-wise take part in political life — is unequal.

Prof. James Steven Rogers (Law) discussed with Bloom-berg News the ramifications of damage caused by flooding from Hurricane Sandy to stock and bond certificates held in an underground Manhattan vault owned by the Depository Trust

& Clearing Corp.

Richard McGowan, SJ, a facul-ty member in the Carroll School of Management and Econom-ics Department, co-authored “Grass is Always Greener When it’s Legal: Policies for State Regu-lated Marijuana” in The Econo-mists’ Voice.

Publ ica t ionsProf. Emeritus Harvey D. Egan, SJ (Theology), published “In Purgatory We Are All Mystics” in Theology Studies.

Time and a Hal fAt the American Studies As-sociation convention, held in Puerto Rico, Assoc. Prof. Chris-tina Klein (English) presented “Budae Jjigae Cinema: Poaching as a Postwar Korean Cultural Style,” while Adj. Asst. Prof. Lori Harrison-Kahan (English) gave a talk on the keyword “race” as part of the session “Is There a Place for Jewishness in American Studies? A Keywords Roundta-ble,” which she co-organized.

Assistant Professor of Biology Tim van Opijnen will join the University full-time next month, following a six-year stint as a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. He specializes in microbial systems biology, focusing on drug-gene interaction networks and the develop-ment of new anti-microbial drugs; the development of genome-wide sequencing strategies to link genotypes to phenotypes; and the engineering of bacteria with new traits and novel applications. His research has been published in numerous journals, including Genome Research, Nature Methods, and the Journal of Virology. Van Opijnen, who earned his PhD from the University of Amsterdam, writes columns and books about sci-ence for popular audiences in the Netherlands and is the founder and editor of the award-winning Dutch website Sciencepalooza.

Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of Management and Organization Mary Tripsas’ research and teaching focus on innovation,

entrepreneurship and strategy. In particular, she has ex-amined how new technology — including digital im-aging, the evolution of the typesetter industry, eBooks, air taxis and musical innovation — has transformed industry and the impact of those changes on organi-zational identity. Prior to joining the Carroll School, Tripsas served as a faculty member at Harvard Business School and The Wharton School. Tripsas, who earned

her doctorate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, was a strategy consul-tant with Monitor Group and worked for IBM before entering academia.

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Seth Kruck-enberg specializes in areas such as structural geology, tectonics, geochronol-ogy, and the textural and magnetic fabric analyses of soil and sediments. His field research has examined geological phenomenon in the US, Greece, Turkey and Antarctica. His most recent research has appeared in the journals Tectonics, Journal of Metamorphic Geol-ogy and the Journal of Structural Geology. Kruckenberg earned his PhD in geology at the University of Min-nesota-Twin Cities and was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin, where he also served as a visiting instructor.

—Ed HaywardPhotos by Lee Pellegrini

“Welcome Additions,” an occasional feature, profiles new faculty members at Boston College.

WElcoME ADDItIoNS

School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Nan-cy Pineda-Madrid was honored by the Loretto Academy in El Paso, Tex., with the Loretto Legacy Award in Religion and Theology for her scholarship on the women in Juárez, Mexico, including her book Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez. The award was presented at an event recognizing the Sisters of Loretto’s 200th anniversary as a religious order in the US. She has also been asked to serve as the Catholic Theological Society of America representative to The International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology.

Associate Professor of Physics Willie J. Padilla has been elected a fellow of the Optical Society of America, a nearly 100-year-old organization that brings together scientists, en-gineers, educators and business leaders in the fields of optics and photonics.

Padilla, who has engineered unique nanoscale metamateri-als capable of manipulating light in novel ways, was elected for his “fundamental contributions to metamaterials, including first demonstrations of negative refractive index, metamaterial opto-electronic control and perfect absorbers.”

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The Boston College Christmas tree won’t be ablaze with light until next week, but seasonal fes-tivities are underway on campus.

This weekend, the Univer-sity Chorale and Symphony Orchestra present their annual Christmas concert, conducted by John Finney, which features tra-ditional carols and Christmas mu-sic. The performances take place in Trinity Chapel on Newton Campus on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., and on Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. Admission is $10; $5 with Boston College ID; tickets are available at the Robsham Theater Arts Center Box Office, ext.2-4002.

Also under Finney’s direction, on Dec. 4, members of the Uni-versity Chorale will present a free concert of traditional Christmas music in St. Mary’s Chapel at 4 p.m. For information e-mail concerts@bc.edu or call the Music Department at ext.2-6004.

The University’s traditional Christmas tree-lighting cer-emony, officiated by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, will take place Dec. 5 from 5-7 p.m. on the Plaza at O’Neill Li-brary. The spirited annual event will once again bring together BC

community members and special guest Santa Claus, who will pose for pictures. Students, faculty, staff and their families can en-joy treats — including cookie-decorating and hot chocolate — and carols, with entertainment by BC’s Bell Choir and other musical groups such as the Acoustics, Bos-tonians and Dynamics.

At 6:30 p.m. that same eve-ning in the Walsh Hall Func-tion Room, the Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop and Lecture Series will present “A Christmas Gathering: Irish Music, Songs and Stories,” with

singer/multi-instrumentalist Ga-briel Donohue and singer Marian Makins, as well as Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Seamus Connolly and BC students. The concert is free. For information, contact the Center for Irish Programs at ext.2-6396 or irish@bc.edu.

A seasonal favorite, the Alum-ni Association’s annual “Winter Wonderland” moves to a new location this year — the Cadi-gan Alumni Center on Brighton Campus — when it takes place Dec. 8 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. This special holiday event for alumni, family and friends includes such

festivities as strolling carolers, crafts, entertainment by Johnny the K, photographs with Santa, a live petting zoo, horse-drawn car-riage rides and a special visit from children’s author Tomie dePaola. Admission is $25 per group of six, and $5 for each additional at-tendee; $5 of each group fee will benefit the St. Columbkille Part-nership School. For information, e-mail alumni.comments@bc.edu or call at ext.2-4700. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held on Dec. 9.

Also on Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. in Gasson 100, the University

Wind Ensemble will perform “A Christmas Festival of Music,” conducted by Director of Bands Sebastian Bonaiuto. The program includes such classics as Tchai-kovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” and Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” and the concert title piece, “A Christmas Festival.” The event is free; for information contact the Bands Office at ext.2-3018 or bands@bc.edu.

The following weekend, the Robsham Theater Arts Center will host “Christmas Reflections,” a celebration of the Christmas sea-son through the performance of music, story and dance. Shows will take place Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and on Dec. 15 and 16 at 3 p.m. The production features choreography by Jesuit Artist-in-Residence Robert VerEecke, SJ, with Irish step dance choreogra-phy by Helen O’Dwyer ’97, who directs the O’Dwyer School of Irish Dancing. Admission to the event, sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts and Robsham Theater, is $15. For information email frvereec@bc.edu or call ext.2-6110.

For more on campus events, see the University Calendar at events.bc.edu.

Campus Set to Ring In Holiday Season Events

Upcoming holiday events at Boston College include the annual Christmas tree-lighting (above), and a concert of Irish music, songs and stories featur-ing Marian Makins (above right) and Gabriel Donohue.

GIVING THANKS

Members of the Boston College community gathered Nov. 15 in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons for the annual Multi-Faith Thanksgiving Celebration. The event featured prayers, readings and songs from the Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu traditions, given by students, faculty and staff. Among those who spoke were Director of Campus Min-istry Fr. Tony Penna, BC Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau (below) and Linda Reams, senior receptionist in the Office of Undergraduate Admission.

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