boston college annual report
2014
The Year in Review
a c a d e m i c a f fa i r s
The University conferred 2,341 undergraduate and 1,356 graduate degrees, including 155 doctorates, 273 J.D.s, and 15 canonical degrees. U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, J.D. ’76, a former United States senator from Massachusetts, spoke at the 138th Commencement on May 19 in Alumni Stadium, where he received an honorary doctorate of laws. Others who received honorary degrees were Boston Celtics legend and former Eagles basketball coach (1963–69) Robert J. Cousy; Ann Riley Finck ’66, nursing leader and Alumni Association board chair; Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez ’76, president and CEO of Urban Health Plan, Inc.; and University Trustee Robert J. Morrissey ’60, founder and senior partner of the Boston law firm Morrissey, Hawkins & Lynch. Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy ’77, J.D. ’80, addressed Law School graduates May 23.
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universities. The Carroll School of Management undergraduate program moved up two places to number 22. Bloomberg Businessweek rated the Carroll School fourth among undergraduate business schools in the nation, up two places from last year. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine ranked Boston College 23rd in its annual listing of the 100 best values among private universities and colleges. A U.S. News list of “10 Law Schools Where Salaries for Grads Most Outweigh Debt” ranked Boston College Law seventh, with a salary-to-debt ratio of 1.41. The five most popular majors for the 2013–14 academic year were: economics (1,018), finance (862), communication (844), biology (795), and political science (656).
BOSTON COLLEGE RANKED NUMBER 12
Boston College ranked number 12 among U.S. research institutions that produced student Fulbright Award winners in 2013–14. Ten graduating seniors received Fulbrights, which fund a year of international postgraduate study. Biology major Matthew Evans ’15 became the fourth Boston College student in five years to win a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, which is considered the premier undergraduate award in the sciences. Narintohn Luangrath ’14 won both a Harry S. Truman Scholarship and an undergraduate research award from the Forum on Education Abroad. Sophomore Claudio Quintana was named to the .406 Ventures Student Fellows Program for successful student entrepreneurs from the nation’s top universities. Kelsey Maher ’14 and Mark Soo ’14 won undergraduate research fellowships from the American Society of Microbiology. Six members of the Class of 2015 received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to travel and study in countries including Austria, Ecuador, South Africa, Cambodia, and the United Kingdom.
David Quigley, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was named provost and dean of faculties, succeeding Joseph F. Quinn, the James P. McIntyre Professor of Economics, who had served as interim provost since the summer of 2013, when Cutberto Garza stepped down. DeLuca Professor of Biology Thomas Chiles became the new vice provost for research and academic planning. Maureen E. Kenny, interim dean of the Lynch School of Education, was named the school’s ninth dean. Greg Kalscheur, S.J., was appointed interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He had been senior associate dean and a member of the Law School faculty prior to that.
The University retained its 31st position in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranking of American
The College of Arts and Sciences began offering a major in environmental studies. The Lynch School
AMONG U.S. RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS THAT PRODUCED STUDENT FULBRIGHT AWARD WINNERS IN 2013–14.