(BOSTON – Thursday, April 19, 2012) Governor Deval Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Massachusetts legislators this week celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park. A banner commemorating this milestone currently hangs on the front of the Massachusetts State House. Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game on April 20, 1912.
A banner celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park hangs on the front of the Massachusetts State House. (Photo credit: Eric Haynes/Governor’s Office).
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Massachusetts Celebrates Fenway Park’s 100th Anniversary
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COSCO Forms Strong Anchor for Boston Port
(from chinadaily.com.cn)
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, or COSCO, the largest shipping group of China, has been recognized in Massachusetts for its contribution in helping the ailing US economy and job market.
A fully laden COSCO container ship leaves Qingdao Port, Shandong province. Wei Jiafu, chairman of COSCO, said that Chinese companies need to seize opportunities in the US market. Yu Fangping / for China Daily
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Robo Granny to the Rescue
(From China Daily)
Baby boomers wired to their iPads and smart phones are giving US health experts some new ideas about ways to cut the soaring costs of medical care in graying America.
Some of the ideas might sound like “Robo Granny”. An astronautical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made a skin-tight undersuit equipped with sensors that can constantly monitor the vital signs of its elderly wearer and feed the data into a computer that fires off health alerts. It was first designed for a landing on Mars.
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Third Annual Harvard Life Science Symposium To Start on April 28 at Harvard Medical School
David Li, bostonese.com
Life science field is a major growth area of Massachusetts economy. Contributions from Chinese American scientists and doctors to the life science field in the greater Boston area have been well-recognized by leaders in the field and by government officials.
Only three weeks after Boston BioForum, organized by Chinese-American BioMedical Association (CABA), another major conference in life sciences field will take place on April 28 at Harvard Medical School. It will showcase the latest advances and discoveries in the life science field, and provoke meaningful discussions in the public health polices in both the US and China.
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Forum Focuses on Chinese Firms’ Overseas Expansion
(from chinadaily.com.cn)
BOSTON, United States — The two-day 15th Harvard China Forum concluded on Sunday, with Chinese and US business leaders and scholars discussing the opportunities and challenges Chinese companies face while expanding overseas.
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Young Asian Performaners to Compete at Kollaboration Boston’s Second Annual Show
Kollaboration Boston is proud to present the city’s second Asian American talent show competition featuring its final contestants, who will compete for $1,000 prize during its inaugural event on Saturday, April 21, 2012. As a continuous celebration of Asian American talent, Kollaboration Boston is honored to once again seek to inspire Asian Americans in their pursuit of talent in development in the arts.
PK, founder and executive director of Kollaboration said, “Kollaboration’s underlying mission is Empowerment Through Entertainment. Artistic expression through entertainment is one of the most powerful forces on earth and one of the greatest ways we can build our community, and understand both ourselves and other communities in a healthy, positive way.”
The April 21 show will be taken place at the John Hancock Hall, located at 180 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116. Our team of passionate, young professionals and students from Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern, MIT, Wellesley, Suffolk, and has come together to once again to gain exposure of the Asian American entertainment industry.
The Kollaboration Boston 2 talent show will feature its seven local talents CONcept Artists, UPRising, Fusion, Justin Chiou, K-Soul, Andy Kim, and Yui Mugino will compete with their vocal, instrumental, and dance talents for the winning title and the $1,000 grand prize.
With a mission of Empowerment through Entertainment, Kollaboration Boston has mobilized the Asian American community since its November 2010 launch and will continue to do so through its second show in Boston on April 21, 2012 at John Hancock Hall located at 180 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Kollaboration Boston is part of a national movement headquartered in LA that seeks to bring Asian American talent into mainstream media and thereby raise awareness of Asian American issues. The Kollaboration movement has caught fire in 11 different cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Washington DC, New York City, Tulsa, Houston, Columbus, San Francisco, Toronto, with shows selling out year after year. Boston is the 12th city to join the national Kollaboration movement.
KOLLABORATION BOSTON’s website: – www.kollaborationboston.org
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Region’s Top Innovators in Bio-medical Research Recognized at Boston BioForum 2012
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston-Cambridge area has long been the hub for pharmaceutical research. On April 7, Boston BioForum 2012 was held at MIT Faculty Club. The big conference hall was packed with 4 sessions, 2 panel discussions, 25 speakers, and more than 400 attendees. The day-long conference was hosted by Chinese-American BioMedical Association (CABA). In its five year history, CABA’s contribution to advancing biomedical research and bridging US and China in this field was well recognized by many speakers and attendees at Boston BioForum 2012.
Panel discussion.
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New England Got Talent, Notes from the Chinese Bridge College Student Talent Competition
By David Li, bostonese.com, photo and video provided by Yi Sun of UMass Boston
The second annual New England Chinese Bridge college student talent competition was held at UMass Boston on March 10. Sixteen finalists from colleges across New England participated in the competition. Due to increasing popularity of this event, University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute has decided to make this competition an annual event.
Kathleen Teehan, director of University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute
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From Mobile Technology Conference to Online Gaming Webinar, NECINA Focuses on the Cutting Edge
By David Li, bostonese.com
In the morning of March 31, there was a dusting of snow north of Boston. New England Chinese Information & Network Association (NECINA) held a tech conference titled Mobile Technology for Enterprise and Consumer Markets at Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Over 100 NECINA members attended the conference, with a dozen or so standing in the back of the conference room during the three-hour talk and panel discussion.
Speakers and NECINA organizers at the mobile conference
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Chinese Lion Dance Came to Metrowest, I-495
By David Li, bostonese.com
For many years, Chinese lion dance has been performed in Boston Chinatown around Chinese New Year, which is also known as Spring Festival. 2012 is the Year of Dragon according to Chinese calendar, and celebration of the Spring Festival made its way westward to I-495 belt this year. Lion dancers from Wah Lun Kung Fu of Concord brought this traditional Chinese New Year celebration to an Internet company in Westford, and a Montessori school in Littleton.
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