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MIT Dedicated Monumental Sculpture by Internationally Renowned Artist Cai Guo-Qiang

By David Li, bostonese.com

Cambridge – In the evening of May 10, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) dedicated Ring Stone (2010) by internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang in front of the new Sloan building at 100 Main Street. The monumental white granite sculpture is the artist’s first public work of art for a university campus. Located in the north garden adjacent to the MIT Sloan School of Management, the artwork celebrates the Sloan School’s educational and cultural ties with China and will be on permanent display.

Chinyan Wong(left), Cai Guo-Qiang at the Ring Stone dedication ceremony. (Dan Liu photo)
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May 21, 2012
Tufts University Unveils Plans for New Medical Research Laboratory to Focus on Tuberculosis

BOSTON – Tufts University today announced that it will seek approval from the Boston Public Health Commission to build a 1,700 square foot biosafety level 3 research laboratory within its School of Medicine’s existing Biomedical Research and Public Health Building at 136 Harrison Avenue. The Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory will enable Tufts researchers to find new ways to detect, prevent and treat serious infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, for which treatments exist but for which new therapeutics are needed.
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May 17, 2012
Governor Patrick Breaks Ground on First-in-the-Nation Biomanufacturing Center at UMass Dartmouth

FALL RIVER – Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today broke ground on the $28 million Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing (MAB) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The facility, a result of Governor Patrick’s $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, is expected to create 120 construction jobs and ten permanent jobs and strengthen Massachusetts’ standing as a world leader in the life sciences industry.
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May 16, 2012
Earliest Mayan Calendar Shows No Hint of “World End” in 2012

(from chinadaily.com.cn)

The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world’s end is imminent, researchers said Thursday.

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May 14, 2012
China Students Use Intravenous Drips for Exams

(from chinapost.com.tw)

Students in central China have resorted to classroom intravenous drips as a study aid to prepare for the nation’s notoriously difficult college entrance exams, state press said Tuesday.

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May 9, 2012
Two Local Students Among Intel Science Talent Award Finalists Met Obama in the White House

David Li, bostonese.com

On March 13, White House welcomed 40 Intel Science Talent Award finalists. President Obama wore a big smile on his face when he met these talented students. Mr. Obama has repeatedly said that the future of the U.S. economy lies in high-tech fields that are in need of continuous innovations. These outstanding young students will become future high-tech industry leaders.

Obama meets Intel Science Talent Award finalists (AP photo)
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March 15, 2012
Time to End Inequality in College Admissions by Removing Race as a Factor, 80-20 Educational Foundtion Argues

By 80-20 Educational Foundation

A historical moment has arrived. On February 21, 2012, the Supreme Court decided to review a pending lawsuit that challenges the prevalence use of strong racial preferences in college admission.
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March 11, 2012
VP of Peking University Enge Wang Reviews Physics in China at Boya Forum.

In the afternoon of March 3, Distinguished physicist and Vice President of Peking University Enge Wang was the guest of honor at the 12th Boya Forum by Peking University Alumini Association of New England at Harvard University. The title of Prof. Wang’s talk is Physics in China: the Past and Next Decade.

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March 4, 2012