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  • Apply Now: The 7th Annual Chinese Music Instrument Audition and Concert

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    Final concert of 2014 Walnut Hill music camp at Harvard Sanders Theatre(Photo credit to Benjamin Cheung).
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  • Innovative Reward System by 12-Year-Old Tristan Pang

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    Tristan Pang, age 12, studies math at the University of Auckland (file photo).

    In answering the question: “What should Auckland spend money on to become the world’s most liveable city?”. Tristan Pang shares his idea of an innovative reward system relating to education. The ultimate goal is to increase the morality of people, and hence, making Auckland the world’s most livable city.

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  • NCLS to Hold Fundraising Tennis Tournament This Fall

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Sept. 12, 2014, Newton Chinese Language School(NCLS) will hold its second adult tennis tournament this fall. Tennis players of all levels are welcome to participate. Proceeds from the tournament will be donated to the NCLS Support China Education Program.

    NCLS teachers and students at Logan Airport en route to China on April 19, 2014 (from blog.newtonchineseschool.org).
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  • “Media Literacy and Youth Leadership” Seminar Successly Held at Harvard University

    By Xiaoqing Xing of GYLNAH and Zhang Tong of Beijing Normal University

    Cambridge, Mass., September 2, 2014, Global Youth Leadership North American Hub(GYLNAH) held “Media Literacy and Youth Leadership” seminar at Harvard Yenching Library on August 27. The speaker, Paul Mihailidis, who is the President of Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change, an Assistant Professor from Emerson College, gave a keynote speech of Media Literacy As Civic Currency. Gang Wu, a visiting scholar of Harvard University and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Chinese National Radio Online made comments as guest speaker. The Seminar was host by Zhang Tong, the Minister of Publicity of Global Youth Leadership North America Hub, and also an Emerson College visiting scholar. About 40 students and visiting scholars from Harvard University, MIT, University of British Columbia, Canada, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Nankai University participated in the seminar.
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    Prof. Mihailidis delivers keynote speech(photo by Hao Wang).
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  • BU President Brown Welcomes New Chinese Students

    By Tong Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Sept. 6, 2014, –Every September, Boston welcomes tens of thousands of news students. To those Chinese students who came all the way across Pacific Ocean to the States, a new start may be confusing and difficult. This year, Boston University president Robert A. Brown joined the Chinese student orientation and answered questions from those new Chinese students.
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    President Brown speaks at the orientation (photo by Tong Chen).
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  • Finally, 32-Year-Old Wu Shanliu Makes to Tsinghua University

    Beijing, Spet. 4, 2014, — A 32-year-old man who sat 10 National College Entrance Exams since 2000 has finally enrolled in Tsinghua University, one of the top universities in China, the Beijing Times reported on Thursday.
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    Mr. Wu Shanliu reports to Tsinghua University.
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  • Survey Results: Parents Are Satisfied with NYC Schools

    New York City, September 2, 2014, — Today is the first school day for many New York school districts. According to survey results released last month by NYC Dept. of Education, parents in the largest metro area in the country are very satisfied with the public school system.
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  • University of Utah Links Genetic Mutation to Tibetan High-Altitude Adaptation

    August 28, 2014 – In an environment where others struggle to survive, Tibetans thrive in the thin air on the Tibetan Plateau, with an average elevation of 14,800 feet. A University of Utah led discovery that hinged as much on strides in cultural diplomacy as on scientific advancements, is the first to identify a genetic variation, or mutation, that contributes to the adaptation, and to reveal how it works. The research appears online in the journal Nature Genetics on Aug. 17, 2014.

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    Figure 2 of the research paper on nature.com.
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  • KTByte Computer Academy Fall Registration Is Now Open

    Lexington, Mass., August 26, 2014, –KTByte is a Lexington-based school dedicated to teaching computer science and technologies to students age 9 to 18. It believes early computer education most effectively benefits students throughout their life and career. It recently opened registration for Fall classes.
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    Picture from a programming class(file photo).
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  • Empow Studios Launches STEM-Enriched Fall Classes and After-School Program

    Lexington, Mass., August 25, 2014 , — Empow Studios recently released a full calendar of fall classes, including seven new classes: Minecraft Animation, Website Design, 3D Modeling and Printing, App Design, Digital Music Production, LEGO Animation, and Game Design with Unity.  There are also two kid-tested favorites: Game Design with Gamemaker and LEGO Robotics.

    Empow Studios students work on solar-powered cars.
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