By Chinese American Academic and Professional Society (CAAPS)
Born in Shanghai, China, James S.C. Chao has dedicated his life to shipping, trading and finance beginning with his study of navigation in China. As a young cadet, he completed his college coursework in 1949 and by the mid-1950’s had advanced with remarkable rapidity through the ranks to become one of the youngest ocean-going marine masters up to that time.
Dr. Chao and his wife, the late Mrs. Ruth Mu-Lan Chu Chao
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(来自中国科学技术大学校友新创基金会)
2012年10月10日，麻省理工学院（以下简称MIT）以其官方网站首页封面图片方式报道中国科大90级少年班校友李巨教授的成就。 当地时间11日，中国科大校友新创基金会致电李巨教授表示祝贺。李巨教授提及已得知“再战北马，捐赠海外交流”行动，“一定要支持”。随即李巨教授立即在中国科大捐赠网（GIVING.USTC.EDU.CN）捐赠感谢母校的教育。他还祝福母校“ I wish USTC great success in the campaign.”。
2012年10月10日，MIT网站首页聚焦以全页封面报道方式介绍李巨。
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【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿报道】10月6日晚，在国庆中秋双佳节来临之际，波士顿大学中国学生学者联欢会（BUCSSA）假蔡氏表演中心（Tsai Performance Center）为数百位冒雨前来的观众带来一场精彩纷呈的中秋晚会。
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【中新网北京10月11日电(刘欢)】据诺贝尔奖官方网站消息，2012年度诺贝尔文学奖已于北京时间19：00公布。中国作家莫言被授予诺贝尔文学奖。
写作风格素以大胆著称 曾屡次获奖
莫言原名管谟业，于1955年生于山东省高密县，童年时因经济贫困和政治上受歧视，直接影响了他后来的小说创作。12岁读五年级时因“文革”辍学回家，在农村劳动多年。1976年应征入伍，历任战士、政治教员、宣传干事。曾在解放军艺术学院和鲁迅文学院研究生班学习。
(左起)巩俐、莫言、姜文和张艺谋在电影《红高粱》拍摄现场。
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.
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【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿图文报道】 9月30日下午，时值中秋佳节，复旦大学与上海交通大学校友会假麻省理工学院学生活动中心联合主办了一场别开生面的中秋才艺联欢活动——《中国好才艺》。60多位复旦和交大的校友和来宾参与、观看了这场独特的才艺秀和中秋联欢。
4位评委为选手的精彩演唱转身。
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. – In the afternoon of October 6, the MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF)’s Launch Ceremony of 2012 annual conference was held at the Marriott Hotel in Kendal Square near MIT campus. The organizing team announced this year’s forum topics and the latest progress. The registration website was officially launched, with the opening day, November 16, of this year’s forum exactly 40 days away.
Group picture after the launch ceremony.
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【侨报特约记者李强波士顿图文报道】10月6日，麻省理工学院中国创新与创业论坛（MIT-CHIEF）在剑桥市肯德尔广场的万豪酒店举行了其2012年会的启动仪式。启动仪式上组委会相关人员介绍了本届年会的最新进展。
(左起)在启动仪式上，MIT-CHIEF领导团队的吴优、祁培、李瑞、张旭、孟庆轩、葛志飞回答听众提问。
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BOSTON – For the third straight year, Tufts Medical Center will host See, Test & Treat®, a free cervical and breast cancer screening program, sponsored by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and funded through grants from the CAP Foundation. The program features same day medical tests, diagnoses and follow-up care for uninsured and underserved women ages 21 and older, all in a single visit. The program will take place on Saturday, October 13, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the OB/GYN clinic on the second floor of Tufts Medical Center’s South Building (860 Washington Street in Boston).
Staff from Tufts Medical Center was providing free health checkups and consultation at an event in Tai Tung Village in Boston Chinatown on August 7, 2012. (photo by David Li)
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【侨报周末实习记者夏静、特约记者李强波士顿图文报道】 9月21日晚，在Artemisia基金会的支持下，牛牛于新英格兰音乐学院（NEC）乔顿厅举办了北美首次钢琴独奏会。这次音乐会吸引了在《哈利·波特》系列电影中出演赫敏一角的艾玛·沃特森等社会知名人士以及众多音乐爱好者前来聆听。
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