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To Boost Post-College Prospects, Cut Humanities Departments
JANUARY 27: Actress Julianne Moore poses with her Hasty Pudding Pot at Harvard University on January 27, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Solvents Linked to Cognitive Problems for the Less-Educated
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The City of Cambridge observed Memorial Day with a parade. The procession began at 9:30 a.m. at Cambridge Common, looped through Harvard Square, up Mount Auburn Street to Coolidge Avenue, and concluded around 11 a.m. at the Cambridge Cemetery.
Working with solvents tied to cognitive problems for less-educated people
Exposure to solvents at work may be associated with reduced thinking skills later in life for those who have less than a high school education, according to a study published in the May 29, 2012, print issue of Neurology , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Wakefield's Unemployment Rate Drops Again in April
Wakefield's unemployment A rate, already significantly lower than the national average, dropped again in April, according to figures released by the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
An address delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895, at a meeting called by the graduating class of Harvard University.
Faust Earned More Than $875,000 in 2010
Harvard paid University President Drew G. Faust $875,331 in salary and benefits in 2010, slightly more than the $874,559 she earned in 2009, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Hendren commits to at Lesley University
Garrett Hendren, Mesilla Valley Christian boys basketball standout student athlete, has committed to play his collegiate basketball at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass.
Opinion: How to get fast GDP growth
A worker builds a Ford Focus at the Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly Plant December 14, 2011 in Wayne, Michigan.
Xconomy Report: Full 'Metal' Funding
What's catching Bill Gates' attention these days? Liquid Metal Battery , a local startup spun out of MIT.
InVivo Therapeutics Announces Webcast for Annual Shareholders Meeting to Be Held on May 30th
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- -- InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. , a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries , today announced that the Company will be conducting a webcast of the Annual Shareholders Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at One Broadway, 5th Floor, ... (more)
Kirkland Shooting Victim's Mother Sues Harvard
The mother of a 21-year-old man who was fatally shot in a Harvard dormitory three years ago has filed a lawsuit against the University and three Lowell House officials claiming that Harvard's negligence in allowing a drug dealer to live in Lowell for months led to the wrongful death of her son.
Harvard Endowment Leader Paid $3.52M in 2010
Harvard University paid Jane Mendillo, the top endowment manager for the world's richest college, $3.52 million in 2010 after encouraging investment specialists to set longer-term goals.
Son of China's Bo Xilai graduates from Harvard
The son of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai graduated from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government on Thursday, capping a tumultuous academic year that also placed him in the center of his homeland's biggest leadership crisis in two decades.
State Gives Money for Traffic Light on Greenough Blvd. But Town Must Act Fast
State officials have offered money to put up a traffic light on a treacherous stretch of road along the Charles River, but the money must be spent quickly.
DJ files $2M civil rights suit against cops
A Cape Cod disc jockey filed suit in U.S. District Court Thursday seeking $2 million from those he holds responsible for a beating he received in a Hyannis bar last year.
Family tree researchers 'meant to meet' after learning they were neighbours in the 1800s
When two separate parties were researching their family trees in Enniskillen recently, they were amazed to discover that their roots lay in the same Fermanagh townland.
Another taxing problem for Elizabeth Warren
A BMW - how tenured Harvard Law is it? She'd owned it since early 2000, but it had to go.
Somerville Unemployment Remains Under 4 Percent
Somerville's unemployment rate has remained steady at 3.9 percent for the second month in a row, according to figures released by the state earlier this week.
SNAP/EBT Cards Get an Extra Boost at Medford Farmers Market
The Medford Farmers Market accept payments from state subsidized food-buying cards this year, with a little kicker.