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20 hrs ago | EContent Magazine Top Articles

Meet the EContent 100 Judging Team

Robert J. Boeri is a senior ECM consultant for Guident Technologies. He has more than 30 year's experience as a publishing and content management systems professional in both the private and public sectors.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Pop/Rock, The Association, Blog News, Babson College, Publishing, Media

Tue Nov 24, 2009

R & D

Early protein processes crucial to formation and layering of myelin membrane

Chestnut Hill, Mass. A- New findings from an international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath were bolstered by the work of Boston College biologists, who used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect the structure of myelin, a focal point of research in multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.

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Lowell Sun

GOP field for Congress widens

Jon Golnik has held a number of jobs in his life, reinventing his career each step of the way to satisfy his interests and passions.

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Related Topix: US News, Boston Metro, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Representative Niki Tsongas, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Mon Nov 23, 2009

ComputerUser

How computers affect student performance, the good and the bad

Wendy Fri, Nov 20 2009 08:11:13 Tags : education, writing, computers Regular use of computers can have an effect on student performance on standardized tests, according to a new study by researchers at Boston College and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Education Etc.

Sun Nov 22, 2009

US News & World Report

BC Newspaper Running Series on Homophobia

The Boston College student newspaper on Monday published the first of three stories in a series on homophobia at the Roman Catholic school in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Boston Today

Police launch partnership with Boston College

Friday, 5.30pm - POLICE dogs and their handlers have been searching Boston College's campus to show drugs will not be tolerated on the site.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Phoenix

Kelly's Roast Beef is taking the space in Allston where Marty's used to be

Fletcher from the Sandbox on WFNX passes along this bit of news : Kelly's Roast Beef is opening in Allston.

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Related Topix: Allston (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Allston, MA, Saugus, MA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

CSRwire.com

Global Stakeholder Influence Examined in New Boston College Report

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. , Nov. 19 /CSRwire/ - The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship today released a timely review of the influence of stakeholders and pressure groups in nine countries.

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The Heights

Service Marks Anniversary of Six Jesuits Murdered

Members of the University community gathered to honor the memory of six Jesuits and two others murdered in 1989.

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Dallas Morning News

Students' speech rights become murkier on social networking Web sites

School rules are trickier in cyberspace. As social networking sites attract younger followers, schools across the country are grappling with the fuzzy boundary between harmless online chatter and valid security concerns.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Texas, Purdue University, Dallas, TX

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Boston.com

Boston College 7, Vermont 1

Boston College made it look easy as the Eagles ripped Vermont 7-1 in a Hockey East game.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Manila Bulletin

Labor fight ends in win for students

The anti-sweatshop movement at dozens of American universities, from Georgetown to UCLA, has had plenty of idealism and energy, but not many victories.

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Related Topix: New York University, Activism, Omaha, NE Metro, University of Miami

CNET News.com

Start-up Solasta seeks growth in solar nanowires

Solasta, a quiet Boston-area company, says it's a few steps ahead of the many researchers trying to design flexible solar cells using nanotechnology.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Heights

News & Notes

ON CAMPUS String Quartet celebrates first decade performing on campus Over the decade that the Hawthorne String Quartet has been the quartet-in-residence at Boston College, they have collaborated with BC faculty, worked with students in classes and performing groups and traveled throughout the United States and Europe as "ambassadors" for the ...

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Related Topix: The String Quartet, Classical, Paul Quinn College, Morehouse College, Boston, MA

The Heights

Students Subject To Homophobia

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of three articles exploring the issue of homophobia on campus.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Boston Herald

We Hear: Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Ben Affleck and more...

The plot revolves around Julie Taylor and her mom, Tami 's, college road trip to Harvard and Boston College .

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Related Topix: Friday Night Lights, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Sport Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Connie Britton, Boston, MA

Daily Record

Brad William Bestgen and Jennifer Lynn Meyer

ROXBURY -- Chris and Bob Meyer of Succasunna announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer Lynn Meyer of South Boston, Mass., to Brad William Bestgen, also of South Boston.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, North Easton, MA, Syracuse University

Sat Nov 14, 2009

NowPublic

Obama advisor tells gay students disappointment is understood

The head of President Obamaa s Domestic Policy Council has a disagreement with her boss.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Queerty

So Did Obama's Domestic Policy Chief Endorse Gay Marriage Or Not?

Is it that big a deal when a senior Obama administration comes out in support for gay marriage? Yup! Which is why the comments of Melody Barnes, the president's domestic policy director, are causing such a kerfuffle.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Boston Today

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