By Yu-Chi Larry Ho, Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering, Emeritus, Harvard University
(From 1961 to 2001, Porf. Ho taught at School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University. One of his proudest achievements is the total of 50 students who received Ph.D. degrees from Harvard as a result of his one-on-one style teaching. This article is from Prof. Ho’s blog on sciencenet.cn written in 2007.)
Mr. and Mrs. Ho (middle) in a reunion with students and their families. (more…)
Boston – The American Taekwondo United(ATU) National Taekwondo Championships was held in Atlanta in June 2012. More than 800 contestants from all 50 states competed in this national tournament. Elizabeth Wu, a 13-year-old from Canton, Mass. won two championships in her age group by outperforming her peers. Behind the gold medals, flowers and applause, there were sweat and tears from this talented and stubborn girl. (more…)
On Saturday, July 14, at 8:30 p.m., luminaries of the classical music world and beyond—including Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Emanuel Ax, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Peter Serkin, Andris Nelsons, and David Zinman gathered to celebrate Tanglewood’s 75th anniversary season with a gala program that also spotlighted the festivals’ three major orchestral forces—the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Music Center orchestras, as well as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
Keith Lockhart leading the Boston Pops at Tanglewood 7.14.12 (Hilary Scott)
John Williams leading the Boston Pops with James Taylor 7.14.12 (Hilary Scott)
Emanuel Ax and Stephan Asbury shake hands after a performance of Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D at the Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Gala 7.14.12 (Hilary Scott)
Yo-Yo Ma with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra 7.14.12
Andris Nelsons leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and Anne-Sophie Mutter 7.14.12 (Hilary Scott)
Andris Nelsons leading the BSO in his Tanglewood debut on 7.14.12 (Hilary Scott)
Seiji Ozawa was presented the first-ever Tanglewood medal by John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma in absentia at the 75 Anniversary Celebration of Tanglewood 7.14.12(Hilary Scott)
All of the performers at the Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Concert take a bow after the finale 7.14.12 (Hilary Scott)
“You need the 入藏函（Letter to Enter Tibet）”, the tour bureau representative told me, after examining my USA passport. I couldn’t believe it. I was on my way to Tibet and was stopping by in Zhengzhou, a city in central China. “Could you double-check?”, I asked earnestly, hoping it was a mis-information on her part. “Before the train enters Tibet, there will be a checkpoint. Everybody who does not have a National ID card（身份证）or Letter to Enter Tibet will be turned back and sent onto the next train that comes back.”
Along one of the busiest streets of Lhasa, which is 20 years behind other cities.
Raquel’s most emotional moments seem to be when she’s sitting on an airplane. Seated comfortably (or not so comfortably, depending on the airline) in her own allotted space, this is a time when her mind is her own. It’s a time when her thoughts stir and occur, digest and contest, review and renew. It’s also a time of change, an element in life of which Raquel has quite the penchant for. Whether it was the seven year-old, toothy-grinned kid en route to Vancouver from Bangkok, about to start a new life in the west, or the starry-eyed 18 year-old teenager on her first flight to Boston to begin college, or, most recently, the ambitious but somewhat frightened “young lady” jetting across the world to Beijing – one thing remained constant. These moments of symbolic and physical transition were when she felt most alive. (more…)
Reverend Cheng Imm Tan, Director Mayor’s Office of NEW BOSTONIANS, June 29, 2012
There is a lot of excitement and questions about the recently announced Deferred Action for young immigrants. Community partners have shared with us that they have received many calls and have also been made aware of several scam activities where people have been offered assistance to file for Deferred Action for several thousand dollars. (more…)
On the evening of May 8, the 6-member delegation from Nankai University headed by President Gong Ke(龚克) received a warm welcome party hosted by Boston Nankai Alumni Association at Jing Chuan Restaurant in Boston Chinatown. Nearly 60 Nankai alumni participated in the event. They cherished the rare opportunity, and listened carefully to the President Gong and Vice President Guan Naijia’s speeches, which covered a number of topics that included the construction of a new campus, overseas exchange programs for undergraduate students as well as the worldwide talents recruiting policy. The alumni also offered advice on the future development of Nankai University.
Boston Nankai Alumni Association President Zhong Wang (left) and President Gong (Photo by Jun Qi) (more…)
Chelmsford, Mass. – The results of YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Service) program 6.0 was announced at New England Chinese Information & Network Association (NECINA)’s annual meeting at Radisson hotel. Connect Books, a team consisted of local high-school students Stephanie Chan, Eddy Zhong and Kevin Zhang, won the first prize, and Vital Communications finished in second place.
Joseph Perry (right) congratulates Eddy Zhong (middle) and Kevin Zhang. (more…)
As one of the leading centers for music and culture in the US with more than its share of famous musical institutions, Boston has a plethora of talented musicians of national and international renown. Yet, it’s not every day that one encounters a musician with an unusual and diverse background as Mr. Chi-Sun Chan (陳志新).
Chi-Sun Chan conducts at the 2012 GBCCA Chinese Music Ensemble annual concert on May 19. (John Tsou photo) (more…)
Cambridge, Mass. – Xiamen is a beautiful city with growing economic power on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. In the evening of May 27, the Xiamen Municipal Government delegation successfully held Overseas Talents Forum and Double Hundreds Talent Program promotion conference at MIT Faculty Club.
Chen Qiuxiong delivers the theme speech of the evening. (more…)
