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Tuesday | Mass Media

Boston's Racial Divide

Labor Day weeked is a day of transition in Boston as influxes of students move into their dorms and apartments, but every day is September first for the variety of people from diverse ethnic backgrounds move to Boston every day in hopes of creating a better life for themselves and for their families.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Labor Day, Opinion

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Newsday

OPINION: Public option would have good tools for rooting out fraud

Pamela Nadash is an assistant professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston , and Thomas M. Cassidy is a clinical associate professor at the Stony Brook University 's School of Social Welfare.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Prison, Opinion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

PR-inside.com

Sonian Names Tom Serani to Advisory Board Channel Expert to Help...

"Like both GeoTrust and RatePoint, Sonian has a huge market opportunity with ISPs and hosting companies who are eager to OEM a turnkey service that can drive up revenue per customer," said Tom Serani, RatePoint Co-founder and Vice President of Global Sales.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Daily Free Press

History and journalism converge in historical narrative, panel says

Mark Bowden, contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and Harvard professor Jill Lepore speak on the a oeJournalism and History: Crossing the Boundariesa panel in the Howard Thurman Center on Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Boston University, Boston, MA, The Books, Indie

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Hindu

Indian canopies are least explored, say experts Western Ghats flora at fingertips

A WORD OF CAUTION: Kamal Bawa , Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Founder and President of the ATREE; Thomas Lovejoy, renowned conservation biologist; Margaret Lowman, Director of Environmental Initiatives and Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at New College of Florida; and Raman Sukumar, Chairman of the Centre for ...

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Related Topix: New College of Florida, World News, India, Science, Ecology

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Sentinel & Enterprise

Planning coordinator to promote

City Planning Coordinator David Streb planned to market Fitchburg as a city ready for new business at a conference in Boston today.

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Related Topix: Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Metro, Boston, MA

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Http

Development Conference Set For Wednesday

MassDevelopment , along with the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council , is holding a conference Wednesday for developers on how to attract biotech companies to the state's "gateway cities." The meeting is schedule for 8 a.m. Wednesday at the UMass Boston Campus Center at 100 Morrissey Blvd.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro, Boston, MA Metro, Biotech, Science / Technology, Lawrence, MA Metro

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Sampan

Voting for the final four: Boston's dynamic city councilor at-large race

By Samuel Tsoi All eight candidates vying for Boston's four open at-large city councilor seats participated in the MassVote forum on Tuesday, October 13, hosted at UMass-Boston. Even though September's preliminary election narrowed the crowded field of fifteen down to eight, the candidates remain an impressively dynamic cohort, representing a ...

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Related Topix: West-Roxbury, MA

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Forbes Autos

Labor's Uneven Crisis

Minorities and men are feeling the strongest pinch from the recession. The labor crisis has affected all segments of the economy, but minorities and male-dominated industries have taken the brunt of job cuts.

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Related Topix: 9, Autos

Thu Oct 22, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Marblehead mourns the loss of beloved school principal 'Mr. Z'

Former Marblehead High School Principal John Ziergiebel has lost his battle with cancer, dying yesterday morning.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Marblehead, MA, Family, Kids, Gloucester, MA

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Mass Media

Chuck's Night Out Turns 50

What did you do last Saturday? Boston, in spite of its massive student population has limited options when it comes to collegiate nightlife.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Social Software

Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Boston Globe

No law school for UMass

That's what Thomas F. Birmingham, the former president of the Massachusetts Senate and a big public education booster, calls a plan by the University of Massachusetts to launch a public law school.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA, UMass Amherst, UMass Dartmouth, Opinion

Sat Oct 17, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Mass AG keeps robust press unit

When a Newton butcher shop was suspected of flouting the state's Kosher Food Law, Attorney General Martha Coakley's office swooped in to investigate.

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Related Topix: Newton, MA

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Brattleboro Reformer

Shana Louisa Aoyama to marry John 'Jack' Schuyler Mattson

Sara Ackerman Aoyama of Amherst, announces the engagement of her daughter, Shana Louisa Aoyama, to 2nd Lieutenant John "Jack" Schuyler Mattson of Del Rio, Texas.

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Related Topix: Del Rio, TX, Mount Holyoke College

Mass Media

UMB Collaborates with University of Liberia

Administration and faculty from UMB and the University of Liberia are working together to swap information and research in an exchange program.

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WBUR-AM Boston

Report: More Brazilian, Dominican Immigrants Than Previously Thought

A new study of Brazilian and Dominican immigrants living in metro Boston finds much larger populations than previously thought.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro, Boston, MA Metro, Harvard University

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Mass Media

A Photodocumentary of Gentrification

The new show at the Harbor Art Gallery is a collection of photos, as well as installation pieces that focuses around gentrification.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Science, Anthropology, Jamaica-Plain, MA

Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA

Point plan gains mayor's attention

Responding to residents of Savin Hill concerned about a draft development plan for the Columbia Point neighborhood, Mayor Thomas M. Menino stressed this week that the plan - " and the height of the proposed buildings - " was "not solidified." Briefly addressing a gathering of small business owners while at a Dorchester Board of Trade luncheon on ...

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Small Business, Personal Finance

Lowell Sun

Love to laugh

They've seen comedy's boom and retreat, never mind the economy's belches. Two of them make people laugh as a second job.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Boston Metro, Boston, MA Metro, World's Greatest Dad, Comedy

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Boston.com

Snapshot of 2 immigrant groups

A new comparison of two of the region's largest immigrant groups suggests that Brazilians are more likely to be uninsured and to suffer high levels of stress than immigrants from the Dominican Republic.

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, Massachusetts, Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, Harvard University

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