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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.

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.

"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.

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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.