Posts Tagged ‘Dannel Malloy’
NE’s 2013 Legislative Sessions: Connecticut
by Carolyn Morwick
September 16, 2013
The school shootings in Newtown dominated the beginning of the 2013 legislative session. Lawmakers passed a bipartisan gun violence prevention bill, the toughest in the nation. The legislation further restricts the use of assault weapons and imposes more background checks and restrictions on the sale of high-capacity magazine clips. In addition, both branches of the ...
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Commencements: Lennox at Berklee, Marsalis at UVM … and that’s Just the Musical Guests!
by John O. Harney
March 21, 2013
Photo of Annie Lennox.
Rebecca Onie, cofounder and CEO of Health Leads, will deliver the keynote address at MGH Institute of Health Professions’ 2013 commencement on Thursday, May 9.
Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox will deliver the keynote at Berklee College of Music on Saturday, May 11 at Boston University's Agganis Arena.
Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the ...
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Gov. Malloy, Sen. Kerry, Victoria Reggie Kennedy Among Newly Announced NE Commencement Speakers
by John O. Harney
March 13, 2012
American writer, commentator and bioethicist Ruth Levy Guyer will keynote Southern Vermont College's 85th commencement on Saturday, May 12. Working as a consultant for the President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Guyer is developing a guide for the commission's recent report on unethical experiments conducted by U.S. Public Health Service researchers in Guatemala ...
Read MoreTags: College of the Atlantic, Commencements, Dannel Malloy, John Kerry, Mount Ida College, National Public Radio, Saint Joseph College | No Comments
New England Works: NEBHE to Convene Leadership Summit on Bridging Higher Ed, Workforce
by NEBHE Staff
September 6, 2011
NEBHE will bring together hundreds of New England higher education, government and business leaders on Monday, Nov. 7, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to discuss the role of higher education in preparing the highly skilled workers that will drive innovation in the region.
Presenters and panelists at the New England ...
Read MoreTags: Association of American Colleges and Universities, Dannel Malloy, Events, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, higher education, Jane Oates, Jobs for the Future, NEBHE, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New England Board of Higher Education, Nicholas C. Donohue, Sheldon Whitehouse, skilled labor | No Comments
