【波士顿双语网2012年8月16日讯】据哈佛大学网站8月15日报道,现任该校统计系主任孟晓犁教授(Xiao-li Meng)被正式任命为哈佛大学文理研究生院(GASA)的新任永久院长(permanent dean)。据悉,这是毕业于中国内地院校、首位出任世界最顶尖大学研究生院院长的学者。

(来自哈佛大学网站)
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孟晓犁出任哈佛大学文理研究生院院长
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Celebrating Friendship and Olympic Gold Medals, HUST Boston Alumni Held Summer Outing
By David Li, bostonese.com
Newburyport, Mass. – On August 11, the second to last day of 2012 London Olympic Games, Boston area alumni of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) held annual summer outing at Moseley Woods Park. Over 60 alumni and their family members showed up for the outing despite of a rainy forecast.

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A Special Lesson at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture by Melissa Ludtke
By David Li, bostonese.com, translated by George Zeng, Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture
Waltham, Mass. – On the afternoon of July 17, a group of middle school students found themselves listening to an exceptionally unique lesson at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) in Waltham. These 22 students from Beijing’s Experimental School Attached to Haidian Teachers Training College (ESHTTC) were visiting the United States on a special exchange program with the purpose of learning about modern American life and culture.

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First Annual Acer Incredible Green Contest Calls for Contestants
Taipei, June 4, 2012 – Acer Foundation today kicked off the first annual Acer Incredible Green Contest to promote better and greener living environment. The competition is open to students at all level worldwide to create innovative and sustainable solutions. Finalist teams will be selected to compete for Grand Prize of US$60,000 and provided with complementary trip to Taipei for COMPUTEX 2013.
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Life of an Academic with a 40-Year Teaching Career at Harvard University
By Yu-Chi Larry Ho, Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering, Emeritus, Harvard University
(From 1961 to 2001, Porf. Ho taught at School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University. One of his proudest achievements is the total of 50 students who received Ph.D. degrees from Harvard as a result of his one-on-one style teaching. This article is from Prof. Ho’s blog on sciencenet.cn written in 2007.)

Mr. and Mrs. Ho (middle) in a reunion with students and their families.
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Student Achievement Gains in U.S. Fail to Close International Achievement Gap
CAMBRIDGE, MA – A new study of international and U.S. state trends in student achievement growth shows that the United States is squarely in the middle of a group of 49 nations in 4th and 8th grade test score gains in math, reading, and science over the period 1995-2009.

Melissa Ludtke (middle) shows a quilt made by Cambridge’s MLK Jr. school students to visiting students from Beijing, China on July 17 at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture in Waltham, MA.
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In Youth Council Reunion, Governor Patrick Hears from Leaders for the Next Generation
BOSTON – July 10, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick hosted members and alumni of the Governor’s Youth Council Monday in the State House at the first statewide Youth Council reunion. The youth shared what they have accomplished as a Youth Council member as well as their goals going forward.

Governor Patrick hosted a Governor’s Statewide Youth Council Reunion at the State House. (Photo: Jeremiah Robinson / Governor’s Office).
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Peking University, Yale Go Head-to-head In Promo Films
(from chinadaily.com.cn, Feb. 14, 2012)
A comparison between two promotional films for Peking University and Yale University posted in a micro blog by an Internet user nicknamed Bear Headed Wang Kai stirred hot discussions among the community.
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Getting Down to the Business of Business – Best Investment You Can Make with $15
By Stephanie Chan, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
One business question for you: What can you buy for $15? For this investment of $15, you can create a business empire because this down payment is for education in basic business principles. The New England Chinese Information and Networking Association, or NECINA, offers a uniquely structured class for high school and college students. The membership fee to join NECINA is $15, and the YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Services) program is free with membership.

(L to R) Dr. Daryl Luk, Stephanie Chan and her parents (photos by David Li).
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Connect Books Won NECINA’s YES 6.0 Business Plan Contest
By David Li, bostonese.com
Chelmsford, Mass. – The results of YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Service) program 6.0 was announced at New England Chinese Information & Network Association (NECINA)’s annual meeting at Radisson hotel. Connect Books, a team consisted of local high-school students Stephanie Chan, Eddy Zhong and Kevin Zhang, won the first prize, and Vital Communications finished in second place.

Joseph Perry (right) congratulates Eddy Zhong (middle) and Kevin Zhang.
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