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News Notes – November 18
Making it to Year 2 – Effort to help Boston graduates stay in college is showing early success By Akilah Johnson – Globe Staff / November 18, 2010 A fledgling program to stanch the flow of Boston public school students who make it to college but then drop out is showing early signs of success, [...]
News Notes – October 26
Turner is standing by his decision – Insists he’ll testify in corruption trial By Jonathan Saltzman – Globe Staff / October 26, 2010 Shortly after the government’s star witness predicted that Councilor Chuck Turner would be convicted of lying to the FBI, Turner renewed his vow to take the stand in his defense yesterday, saying [...]
News Notes – September 8
Judge won’t lift limits on stem cell use Washington Post / September 8, 2010 WASHINGTON — A federal judge yesterday denied a motion to lift an injunction he issued two weeks ago barring the government from funding research involving human embryonic stem cells. US Chief District Judge Royce Lamberth rejected a request by the Obama [...]
News Notes – September 7
Kept safe in US, Iraqi royal statue heads home – MassArt professor helped in recovery By Farah Stockman – Globe Staff / September 7, 2010 WASHINGTON — It took four men to lift the wooden box in the lobby of the Iraqi Embassy. They carried it gingerly to the waiting truck, then loaded it into [...]
News Notes – August 6
A first for the first – She was the most famous baby in America after her birth in 1981 following in vitro fertilization. Yesterday, Elizabeth Comeau gave birth to a baby of her own. She shares her story. By Elizabeth Comeau Globe Staff / August 6, 2010 People have followed my life all my life. [...]
News Notes – August 4
With art, students express unspeakable anxieties – Remedial courses a creative outlet for social issues By June Q. Wu – Globe Correspondent / August 4, 2010 Ask a classroom full of summer school students to open up about violence, sex, and drugs, and they will likely revert to second grade shyness, school officials say. But [...]
News Notes – August 2
A vision born at MIT will ride last space shuttle – One man’s idea comes to fruition By Carolyn Y. Johnson – Globe Staff / August 2, 2010 CAMBRIDGE — In 1994, Nobel laureate Samuel C.C. Ting began to plan an ambitious experiment: launching a powerful instrument into space that could detect particles left over [...]
News Notes – July 10
Settlement ends strike by Shaw’s workers By Travis Andersen – Globe Staff / July 9, 2010 Hundreds of warehouse workers at Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. who walked off their jobs about four months ago reached a deal yesterday with the supermarket chain over pay and health benefits. Workers at the Shaw’s Methuen distribution center have ratified [...]
News Notes – June 26
Riot squads – While Boston chilled, LA burned. What makes fans in some cities go wild — win or lose? By CHRIS FARAONE/Boston Phoenix - June 24, 2010 On the morning that the Celtics and the Lakers readied for Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, framing one of the most storied and intense rivalries in [...]
News Notes – May 15
1602 – Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod. More anniversaries. Levy ignored warnings to end relationship – Hospital chief apologizes for ‘worst mistake,’ but has no plans to resign By Liz Kowalczyk – Globe Staff / May 15, 2010 Paul Levy, chief executive of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said yesterday [...]