On Wednesday, Calderón Hernández spoke to the Boston College community on the link between environmental pollutants and cancer in Mexico. This lecture was the first in the Global Lecture Series, which brings international voices engaged in activism and research to BC.
The Affirm Lab, a research team at Boston College whose goal is to improve care for stigmatized youth, is currently conducting two studies to assess how mental health clinics and schools can better support transgender youth.
Hosted on September 13th in the historic auditorium of Sanders Theatre, the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony brought together researchers from around the world who busied themselves with investigating areas of scientific inquiry that first made people think, then made them laugh.
“My feud with Russian President Vladimir Putin, to whom I lost a boxing match to the death several years ago, had clouded my usually unparalleled investigative skills.”
“I love teaching students about biology. I love helping them to learn how to think critically…to see what we can accomplish and the power we have as individuals to change the world,” said Laura Anne Lowery, a biology professor at BC.
“I would have to undertake this journey without any assistance and succeed against all logical expectations, similar to how Donald Trump won the presidency.”
Retroviruses are our best friend.
The implications of the various psychology research experiments conducted in McGuinn Hall are something to get really psyched about.
BC faculty discuss the biological causes and psychological impacts of breast cancer and the stories of those who have fought it.
During our time off, Boston College professors of all disciplines hit the books in the name of academia all across the globe.
