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3 hrs ago | Sampan

Asian American Commission Unity Dinner celebrates health care leaders

The Asian American Commission hosted its seventh annual Unity Dinner at the George Sherman Union at Boston University on May 14.

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Related Topix: Asian-American, Massachusetts

7 hrs ago | Arts Journal

How music students are aiding victims of the Boston bombing

The pianist Moises Fernandez Via leads an arts research and innovation initiative at Boston University.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Patch.com

Proposed Chemical Health Policy Changes Defeated

The Westborough School Committee voted 3-2 against its subcommittee's proposed clarifications to its chemical health policy on Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Westborough, MA, Harvard University

BroadwayWorld.com

BWW TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- Peter DuBois on...

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season.

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Connecticut Post

A haven for teens who are arts-minded

Students rehearse jazz selections for their upcoming spring concert at the Regional Center for the Arts in Trumbull, Conn.

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Related Topix: Trumbull, CT

Popsugar

Powerful Gisele BA1 4ndchen Gets Support From Her Stunning Sister

Gisele BA1 4ndchen had her sister Gabriele BA1 4ndchen by her side when she attended a private party thrown in her honor by photographer Johan Lindeberg in NYC last night.

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The Hill

Jay Carney: Criticisms over handling of scandals legitimate

The White House admitted Wednesday that its handling of information about three big simultaneous scandals has produced justifiable press frustration and suspicion.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Tax

Boston Herald

Gov. Deval Patrick: Tim Murray leaving 'very big hole'

Gov. Deval Patrick said yesterday that Tim Murray's resignation as lieutenant governor "leaves a very big hole" in his lame-duck administration - but it's a hole, experts say, that's easily filled.

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Related Topix: Deval Patrick, US Governors, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

Nature

Travelling: Here, there and everywhere

Ed Kearns did not travel much when he was younger. He grew up in Syracuse, New York, and in 1978 moved to Cambridge to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , then Harvard University.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Physics, Science, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel

Rehab Management

Conference to Sharpen System Skills in PT Practice

The conference "Face the Storm: Gaining the System Skills Needed to Succeed in the Changing Healthcare Environment," co-sponsored by Boston University's Health & Disability Research Institute and the American Physical Therapy Association , is set to target the need to develop system skills as a key component of physical therapy practice.

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WCSH-TV Portland

Author Mitchell Zuckoff publishes "Frozen In Time"

Mitchell is the author of six books and a professor of journalism at Boston University, where he teaches feature writing and narrative journalism.

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Related Topix: Books, Lost in Shangri-la, New York, New York Government

Tue May 21, 2013

The Daily Free Press

BU to offer MOOCs after joining online course platform edX

Boston University will join online course platform edX to create increased flexible learning options for students both on and off campus, according to a Tuesday press release.

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Related Topix: Berklee College of Music, Cornell University, Davidson College, University of Washington, Harvard University

EurekAlert!

Researchers find genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis

A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine

Mon May 20, 2013

Boston.com

M.I.T.

The driver of the truck that struck and killed visiting MIT scientist Kanako Miura as she rode her bicycle near Kenmore Square... Students and staff at MIT gathered Sunday evening for the second performance of UP: The Umbrella Project at Jack Barry Field.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts

Cape Cod Times

Washington scandals intrude on Mass. Senate race

The controversies swirling around the Obama administration - from the IRS targeting of conservative groups to lingering questions about last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya - are threatening to engulf Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election.

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Related Topix: Edward Markey, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

Balloon Juice

Karl's Folly

The slippery language Karl and ABC News adopted in describing the emails has drawn fire from media ethicists and veteran journalists.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Berkeley, CA, UC Berkeley, Arizona State University

Sun May 19, 2013

University Business

U.S. campuses wrestle with safety perceptions

The Boston Marathon bombings last month hit the home of some of the world's greatest universities.

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Related Topix: World News, China, UMass Dartmouth

Medical News Today

Hospital Use, Costs Not Increased By Massachusetts' Health Care Reform

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP ; Public Health Article Date: 19 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes ... (more)

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Medicare, Medicaid

Sat May 18, 2013

The Macon Telegraph

High school abroad Mount de Sales student goes overseas for education

It isn’t the first country. It isn’t even the second country. And it’s not the first time she has been on her own.

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Related Topix: Macon, GA, Penn State University Park, Pennsylvania State University

SFGate

Students shoot film using just an iPhone 4.0

When McDaniel College senior Ashley Hopkins graduates later this month, she will be able to tout the filmmaking skills she developed in college.

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Related Topix: McDaniel College, Westminster, MD, New York University