Boston, July 29, 2016 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) to announce that all BCYF drop-in programs will follow rigorous new standards in an effort to strengthen oversight and child safety. These changes are a result of an assessment of all protocols and procedures at the city’s… Continue reading New Standards Announced to Improve BCYF Drop-in Programs
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Leehom Wang to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee
Boston, July 18, 2016, — An international cast of students will perform the influential music of Leehom Wang, the best-selling Mandarin-language musician of his generation on Nov. 13 at Boston Symphony Hall. At the concert, Leehom will receive an honorary doctor of music degree and join the Berklee musicians in performance.
Please help me save my husband Danny Wu!
Dearest friends: Please help me save my husband Danny Ximing Wu! Ximing Wu was recently diagnosed with end stage liver cancer and I would like to ask for your help. Aside from being a wonderful, loving father and husband, Ximing is a 35-year-old postdoc at the Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Science Center. Danny Wu and… Continue reading Please help me save my husband Danny Wu!
Feng Zhang, 34, among Five Faculty Members Granted Tenure at MIT School of Science
(Original title: Five School of Science faculty members granted tenure. From MIT News) Cambridge, Mass., — The School of Science recently announced that five of its faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT. Clockwise from top left: Oliver Jagoutz, Markus Klute, Elizabeth Nolan, Philippe Rigollet, Feng Zhang.
QARI’s Survival English Class Visits Star Market
Quincy, Mass., July 7, 2016, — Quincy Asian Resources’ (QARI) wonderful volunteer teacher, Kim Chan, recently led the seniors of our Mandarin Survival English class to a fun field trip to a supermarket to master some new English vocabularies.
BCNC and CPA Graduate First Retail Skills Training Class of the Year
Boston, July 5, 2016, — The Retail Skills Training graduated its first class of five students today. The class was provided by the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) and the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA). The program is supported by the Neighborhoods Jobs Trust of the City of Boston.
Michael Contompasis Appointed as Interim Head Master of Boston Latin School
June 28, 2016 – Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang announced today that he has selected celebrated educational leader Michael Contompasis as the interim head master of Boston Latin School and longtime BPS educator Jerry Howland as the associate head master. Dr. Chang and BLS senior Phillip Sossou, who created portraits of all BLS seniors.
CHSNE Holds Public Presentation of chinatownatlas.org
Boston, June 23, 2016, — Chinese History Society of New England (CHSNE) celebrated the online launch of MIT Professor Emeritus Tunney Lee’s Boston Chinatown Atlas recently at Tufts Medical Center in Chinatown. According to Susan Chinsen, Managing Director of CHSNE, the launch of chinatownatlas.org has received $9,120 in donations as of today.
MIT’s Feng Zhang Wins Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Boston, June 20, 2016, — MIT News reported on June 18 that Feng Zhang, a core institute member of the Broad Institute and an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, has been named a 2016 Tang Prize Laureate in Biopharmaceutical Science for his role in developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system and… Continue reading MIT’s Feng Zhang Wins Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Dr. Jindong Li, 52, Remembered for Her Passion for Education
Acton, Mass., — Dr. Jindong Li passed away on June 1, 2016 after a long, brave battle with lung cancer. She was born in Simao (Yunnan Province, China) in 1964. A memorial service was held at St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Acton on June 11.