Boston College media highlights
Highlights from 2025
Andrew Eschtruth has taken the reins of the Center for Retirement Research from Drucker Professor Alicia Munnell, who stepped down in December: Boston Globe.
Math and physics? They're child's play to a 12-year-old who began giving university lectures at age 7. Professor Emerita of Psychology Ellen Winner discusses gifted children on CBS "Sunday Morning:" Video | Text.
In an essay for TIME magazine, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Liane Young, director of the Morality Lab, and Ph.D. student Trystan Loustau write on what people with autism can teach about mental resilience. | Young also comments on how people view vigilantes for APA.org.
In a first, Pope Francis named a woman to head the Vatican office that oversees religious orders for both men and women. Clough School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas Groome comments for the Associated Press.
Liberal comedians' failure to evolve with media and political trends helped Donald Trump win the 2024 election, contends Professor of Communication Matt Sienkiewicz, co-author of an essay in The Conversation, here via U.S. News.
President-elect Trump said he wants to "save" TikTok. One possible rescuer could be X owner Elon Musk. BC Law Associate Professor David Olson comments: Yahoo! Finance.