Best English reports.
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, May 1, 2014, — The Bio-IT World Conference handed out the pretigious Ben Franklin Award to Prof. Helen Berman yesterday morning in a plenary session. The winners of the tenth annual Best Practices Awards competition were also announced in the same session at Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston.
J.W. Bizzaro, president of Bioinformatics Orgnization, congratulates Ms. Berman (photo by David Li).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 28, 2014, — For the 36,000 runners of the 118th Boston Marathon, many of them returned to the race to finish it when two bombs interrupted last year’s Boston Marathon, such as Boston College student Yanyi Weng. For first-time runner Boston University graduate student Baiyun Yao, she trained hard for marathon in honor of Lingzi Lu. A beautiful sunny day with low humility certainly helped both of them finish the 26.2 mile course and cross finish line with pride on April 21, Patriots’ Day of 2014.
BU Chinese student Baiyun Yao (right) poses for a picture in front of China’s national flag after she finishes the marathon (provided to bostonese.com).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
San Jose, Calif., April 22, 2014, — The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan’s affirmative action ban today. The Supreme Court ruling stated that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution to bar public colleges and universities from using race as a factor in admissions.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette speaks to reporters after arguing the case before the U.S. Supreme Court in October. He’s with XIV Foundation CEO Jennifer Gratz, who was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy (photo from npr.org).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 21, 2014, — It’s a perfect day for Marathon in Boston, and American runner Meb Keflezighi makes it even better as he led all the way to finish line. Keflezighi became the first American winner of the Boston Marathon since 1983 on Patriots’ Day of 2014.
Meb Keflezighi crosses the finish line (from Boston Marothon Facebook page).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 2013, — In a recent interview on CBS evening news, 26-year-old Chinese immigrant Danny told his ordeal a year ago when his car was hijacked by Tsarnaev brothers at gun point on April 18, 2013. The gun was likely to be taken from MIT police officer Sean Collier when they allegedly killed officer Collier earlier on that day.
Danny talks during CBS interview (from cbsnews.com).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 2014, — The 17th Harvard China Forum(HCF) opened with a welcome ceremony in the evening of April 18 at Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. About 500 attendees packed the large ballroom to listen to speeches by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, China Entrepreneurs Forum president Tian Yuan, and Taikang Life Insurance’s Duan Guosheng. The three-day conference is one of the largest China focused conferences in the US.
(Front row from left)17th HCF Co-VP Yuechen Zhao, Co-Presidents Helen Shi, Eric Ziyao Wang, Co-VP Sabrina Castenfelt with the organization team (from HCF official Facebook page).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 15, 2014, — On a rainy and windy day in Boston, ceremonies marking one year anniversary were held in Boston and across the nation. Bombing victims Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Martin Richard, and MIT police officer Sean Collier were remembered with a moment of silence at around 2:46 PM at a ceremony near the Boston Marathon finish line in front of Boston Public Library.
(L to R)Mayors Menino, Walsh, Vice President Biden and Gov. Patrick observe a moment of silence near Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2014.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. April 2, 2014, — Go, also known as Weiqi, is an ancient Chinese board game that attracts some of the smartest players. When you look for the best US collegiate Go players, look no further than Harvard and MIT.
Group picture of ACGA organizers, Ing Ming Hao (fourth from right in back row) and members of the Chinese delegation at Go Expo (provided by Min Xiao).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Andover, Mass., March 31, 2014, — Optima Synchro hosted an annual Synchro Show at Greater Lawrence Technical High School recently. Hundreds of proud parents and friends packed the benches on the side the swimming pool, and applauded loudly during the 90-minute show.
Young swimmers of Optima Synchro club applauded the coaching team at end of the show (photo by David Li).
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By Justine Wang, bostonese.com
Boston, March 15, 2014, — Helen Zhou of Westford, Mass. was recently named to 2014 U.S. 12 and Under National squad by USA Synchro following selection trials in Pleasant Hills, Calif. Eleven-year-old Helen Zhou is a 7th grader at Westford Stony Brook middle school.
Helen with her coach Svetlana Malinovskaya, who was recently named 13-15 National Team Coach (photos provided by Yuhong Yin).
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