Thank you for running the 14th Annual Harpoon 5-Miler to benefit The Angel Fund! 4,300 finishers, 300 volunteers, and hundreds of spectators helped us raise $180,600 (and counting!) for The Angel Fund, which supports critical research for Dr. Robert Brown and his team at UMASS Medical Center. This puts the 14 year total over $1,147,322!
Tag: Business
West Lake of Boston’s Sister City Hangzhou Ranked Top Scenic Spot in China
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Boston, May 18, 2015, — Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province, China, and a sister city of Boston. The city’s West Lake was, once again, the most popular scenic spot in China during the three-day Labor Day (May 1, known as May Day in the US) holiday, according to a… Continue reading West Lake of Boston’s Sister City Hangzhou Ranked Top Scenic Spot in China
China’s Tiens Group Treats 6400 Employees to French Vacation
Paris, May 11, 2015, — The biggest tour group to visit France — 6,400 mainly Chinese visitors invited by their company boss — received a VIP welcome in the southern resort town of Nice on Saturday. Tiens employees form the longest ever “human phrase”, positioning themselves in groups that read “Tiens’ dream is Nice in… Continue reading China’s Tiens Group Treats 6400 Employees to French Vacation
Prof. Guoping Zhang Deliveres Keynote Speech at Global Corporate Governance Symposium in Harvard University
By Wendy Wang, contributing reporter for bostonese.com Cambridge, Mass., May 6, 2015, — Global Corporate Governance Forum：Finance Risk and Social Governance was held at Science Center, Harvard University on April 26, 2015. This is the symposium and seminar on the theme of corporate governance hosted and supported by CACG (China Association for Corporate Governance). Professor… Continue reading Prof. Guoping Zhang Deliveres Keynote Speech at Global Corporate Governance Symposium in Harvard University
CY Leung: Hong Kong Is “Your Super-connector to China”
By CY Leung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong (Mr. C Y Leung delivered this speech at a luncheon in Cambridge, Mass., hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York on May 5, 2015. Representative of bostonese.com attended this luncheon.) Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, Good afternoon. I’m very pleased to be… Continue reading CY Leung: Hong Kong Is “Your Super-connector to China”
Cathay Pacific Launches Hong Kong to Boston Nonstop Flight Today with Boeing 777-300ER
Boston, May 3, 2015, — Boeing and Cathay Pacific celebrated delivery of 50th Boeing 777-300ER (Extented Range) in the fleet of the airline of Hong Kong on Thursday, April 30. Cathay also opened its new service to Boston today.
MIT Asian Economic Conference Attracts Business Leaders
By Jing Xia, bostonese.com Cambridge, Mass., April 28, 2015, — The MIT fifth annual Asian Economic Conference was recently held the MIT Media Lab, which was organized by the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sohu, Yamah and other famous Asian corporate sponsors. Alibaba, MassMutual Holding and more than 20-well-known business executives were invited as guest… Continue reading MIT Asian Economic Conference Attracts Business Leaders
The tranSMART Platform Wins Three Awards at Bio-IT 2015
Open-Source Knowledge Management Platform Wins Best-of-Show Award and Used on Winning Projects of the Best Practices and Best Poster Awards Wakefield, Massachusetts – April 28, 2015 – ThetranSMART Foundation, a non-profit organization providing a global, open-source knowledge management platform for scientists to share pre-competitive translational research data, today announced that its platform won three awards… Continue reading The tranSMART Platform Wins Three Awards at Bio-IT 2015
HBS’ Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center Tops Off
Boston, April 27, 2015, — Harvard Business School (HBS) held a “Topping Off” ceremony at the construction site of a new Executive Education facility — the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center on Friday, April 24, signifying the completion of the structural phase of the project. The 30-minute ceremony began at 11:30 AM with remarks by… Continue reading HBS’ Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center Tops Off
First Building Named after a Woman on Harvard Campus Tops Off Today
Boston, April 24, 2015, — Exactly a year after the groundbreaking of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center in the campus of Harvard Business School(HBS), the top-off ceremony will be held today at HBS. Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, an alumna of HBS, is expected to be at the ceremony. Elaine Chao(middle) with… Continue reading First Building Named after a Woman on Harvard Campus Tops Off Today