Whenever they re on the same commuter rail train, David Hill, right, meets Blair Wong on the platform at Back Bay station and walks him to Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
In high school back in the 1970s, Blair Wong recalls he often had trouble staying awake during physics class, but one day was different: the day he learned how light passes through a lens. Blair became obsessed with understanding how a transparent curve could focus light.
“I didn’t really care for the other chapters in my physics textbook in high school,” Blair says, “but I read the optics chapter probably about 20 times.”
One of my photos from the Say Their Names Memorial.
One of my photos from the Say Their Names Memorial on the Boston Common that is included in our city s video, Virtually Possible.
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DOMINGOS DAROSA OFFICIALLY PULLS NOMINATION PAPERS FOR BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE
Domingos DaRosa officially pulls nomination papers Tuesday, April 13 for Boston City Councilor At Large at Boston City Hall and believes three times will be the charm.DaRosa says he, ”will run a positive campaign that empowers Boston residents to get access to the services and resources they need. A devoted husband and father of four, Black entrepreneur and businessman, Domingos calls Boston his home and has embraced the entire city, making friends and forging partnerships. Since graduating from Madison Park High and earning a degree from the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, as well as, 23 years as a city employee at Boston Centers for Youth and Families, a Pop Warner Football Coach, ment
By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
January 14, 2021
Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
A number of hopefuls have announced bids to run for a seat on the City Council next year, a tantalizing target following Mayor Walsh’s nomination to serve as Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor and the decisions by two sitting councillors At-large Councillor Michelle Wu and District 4 Councillor Andrea Campbell to run for mayor this year.
A third councillor, Annissa Essaibi-George, is also weighing a mayoral campaign.
If confirmed, Walsh will leave a vacancy in the mayor’s office that will, by statute, be filled on an interim basis by City Council President Kim Janey of Roxbury, making her the first Black person to serve as the city’s chief executive.
COVID, Lawsuits And Racial Reckoning: The Year In Higher Education
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2020 Higher Ed Year In Review
Ahead of spring break, college administrators were frantically adapting to the novel coronavirus. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University, Bunker Hill Community College and most other schools abruptly moved their classes online, sending thousands
of students packing.
As hospitals braced for a surge in patients with COVID-19, Tufts University President Tony Monaco suggested colleges with surplus dorm rooms should make them available as overflow ICU beds if needed.
“I believe this is our country’s Dunkirk moment,” Monaco said, referring to the World War II battle. “We need local efforts to help our local hospitals manage the number of patients and the spread through the community.”