Boston, December 8, 2023 – As leader of Greater Boston’s ESOL system, and statewide convener across adult education and workforce development sectors, ENB, in partnership with the MA Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, invited ESOL and ABE providers and other community leaders across the state who are working with new arrivals to a Statewide Convening on Providing English Language Learning Opportunities to Newly Arrived Migrants. Prior to the convening, ENB conducted a survey that yielded responses from 163 individuals across 99 organizations.
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ENB leads Statewide Convening on Providing English Language Learning Opportunities to Newly Arrived Migrants
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SUNY Student Project: Analysis of the sPHENIX cooling water piping system
By David Drysdale
Faculty: Russell Feder (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Shuang Tang, Assistant Professor, SUNY Polytechnic
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Secretary Blinken Answers Press Questions on U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2022
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterSECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. Good to see you all. So earlier this year in South Africa, I had an opportunity to set out the administration’s Strategy for Africa. And at its core, it really can be distilled to a single word, and that word is partnership. The reality is that the United States and African nations cannot deliver on any of the fundamental aspirations of our people – we can’t solve any of the big challenges that we face – if we don’t work together. So our approach is about what America can do with African nations and people, not for them. And that’s what this summit, the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, has really been all about.
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Mayor Wu Announces Inclusive Growth Strategy: Increasing Funds for Affordable Housing, Speeding Development Approvals
BOSTON – Thursday, December 15, 2022 – Mayor Michelle Wu today announced a set of proposals to make substantial changes to Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP) and the commercial Linkage Policy that will enable Boston to support its growing population and ensure the city is a place where families of all income levels can afford to live. These changes will increase Boston’s supply of affordable housing while maintaining the City’s position as an attractive market for real estate development. Mayor Wu’s strategy for inclusive growth will lower barriers to development and create a more predictable development timeline. Together, the package of actions will enable development that allows the city to grow equitably and inclusively.
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President Clinton’s Speech at Peking University in 1998
June 29, 1998
“Thank you. Thank you, President Chen, Chairman Ren, Vice President Chi, Vice Minister Wei.
We are delighted to be here today with a very large delegation, including the First Lady and our daughter, who is a student at Stanford, one of the schools with which Beijing University has a relationship.
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Tickets for Taiwan Film Festival of Boston On Sale Now!
BOSTON, Sept. 18, 2022 – The Fourth Taiwan Film Festival of Boston (TFFB) will take place on October 1-2 2022 at AMC Boston Common. The theme of this year’s film festival is “Crack and Light”, and it curates six long films, including “Listen Before You Sing”, “Eagle Hand” and “Let the Wind Carry Me”, and two short documentaries. Amongst the film selections, three directors will represent their films and join the festival in-person for post-screening forums.
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2022-23 BSO Season Opening Night Features Renowned Guest Artists
2022–23 BSO programs expand the orchestra’s work with young artists and voices new to the BSO, open a dialogue on social change, and celebrate enduring classics and renowned guest artists
CLICK HERE TO VIEW AN UPDATED 2022–23 BSO SEASON BROCHURE (PDF)
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Congresswoman Grace Meng Delivers Powerful Speech at UCA National Convention
Washington, DC, July 15, 2022, — In the morning of July 15, Congresswoman Grace Meng delivered a keynote speech at 2022 United Chinese Americans(UCA) National Convention. She reflected her journey of becoming one of the first few Asian Congresswomen and encouraged attendees to remain united in the fight for racial justice and against anti-Asian hate crimes.
Meng also greeted attendees of UCA Youth Convention on the stairs of UC Capital during the convention. She praised UCA for providing Asian youth leaders this great opportunity for civil engagement.
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A1 International Makes Friends by Fencing in Latvia and Beyond
June 27, 2022, A1 International sports and cultural associations are located in Latvia, a member of the European Union, and Boston, a cultural and educational city in the USA, and the beautiful Macao SAR. It gathers friends with fencing, martial arts, painting & calligraphy, science & technology education, trade，music and film. A1 International’s programs enable the elite sports and art lovers from all over the world to interact with each other and form deep friendship.
Long Jie(3rd from left) and Latvian epee fencing team pose for a picture.
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Meet Logan Data at the Bio-IT World Conference 2022
Boston, May 4, 2022, — The Bio-IT World Conference is being held at Hynex Convention Center from May 3 to 5. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Bio-IT World Conference. At the exhibition hall, Krishna Kodeboyena, president of Westford MA based Logan Data Inc., talked with bostonese.com about how Logan Data is helping customers in life sciences industry meet the challenge of ever growing volumes of data.
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