(Original title: Five School of Science faculty members granted tenure. From MIT News) Cambridge, Mass., — The School of Science recently announced that five of its faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT. Clockwise from top left: Oliver Jagoutz, Markus Klute, Elizabeth Nolan, Philippe Rigollet, Feng Zhang.
Category: News
Asian American Youth: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too
(This is a crowd-sourced letter written and edited by hundreds of Asian-Americans who felt the need to speak earnestly and honestly with their parents about race in America. Although it was created in the aftermath of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the letters takes aim at the long-standing and complex issues of… Continue reading Asian American Youth: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too
QARI’s Survival English Class Visits Star Market
Quincy, Mass., July 7, 2016, — Quincy Asian Resources’ (QARI) wonderful volunteer teacher, Kim Chan, recently led the seniors of our Mandarin Survival English class to a fun field trip to a supermarket to master some new English vocabularies.
BCNC and CPA Graduate First Retail Skills Training Class of the Year
Boston, July 5, 2016, — The Retail Skills Training graduated its first class of five students today. The class was provided by the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) and the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA). The program is supported by the Neighborhoods Jobs Trust of the City of Boston.
Michael Contompasis Appointed as Interim Head Master of Boston Latin School
June 28, 2016 – Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang announced today that he has selected celebrated educational leader Michael Contompasis as the interim head master of Boston Latin School and longtime BPS educator Jerry Howland as the associate head master. Dr. Chang and BLS senior Phillip Sossou, who created portraits of all BLS seniors.
Sharon-Westwood Defeats Acton-Boxboro in Friendly Soccer Match
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Boston, June 27, 2016, — A friendly soccer match between Sharon-Westwood and Acton-Boxboro Chinese soccer teams was held at Westwood High School on June 25.
City of Boston to Offer Free Legal Service after U.S. Supreme Court Ruling ON DAPA and Expanded DACA
Boston, June 23, 2016 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a free immigration legal consultation event will be held on July 23, 2016 at Madison Park High School in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the preliminary injunction that continues to prevent the implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of… Continue reading City of Boston to Offer Free Legal Service after U.S. Supreme Court Ruling ON DAPA and Expanded DACA
CHSNE Holds Public Presentation of chinatownatlas.org
Boston, June 23, 2016, — Chinese History Society of New England (CHSNE) celebrated the online launch of MIT Professor Emeritus Tunney Lee’s Boston Chinatown Atlas recently at Tufts Medical Center in Chinatown. According to Susan Chinsen, Managing Director of CHSNE, the launch of chinatownatlas.org has received $9,120 in donations as of today.
MIT’s Feng Zhang Wins Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Boston, June 20, 2016, — MIT News reported on June 18 that Feng Zhang, a core institute member of the Broad Institute and an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, has been named a 2016 Tang Prize Laureate in Biopharmaceutical Science for his role in developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system and… Continue reading MIT’s Feng Zhang Wins Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Funeral Mass for Prof. Thomas Shen on June 22 in Lexington
Boston, July 20, 2016, — Thomas B.C. Shen of Lexington, MA passed away on June 15, 2016. A retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, he battled Parkinson’s Disease for many years.