Posts Tagged ‘Events’
Post-Election Post-Mortems Begin …
by John O. Harney
November 3, 2010
The Boston think tank MassINC will present "What just happened?" First impressions of the 2010 election results" with panelists Alison King of New England Cable News, Scot Lehigh of the Boston Globe and Steven Koczela of MassINC Polling Group, on Friday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., at Suffolk University Law School in ...
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Rosalynn Carter to Speak at Regis College, Promote Her New Book on Mental Health
by Christine Cassis
November 1, 2010
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will speak at the Regis College Fine Arts Center in Weston, Mass., on Monday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m.
Carter will be promoting her new book, Within Our Reach, which addresses a mental health system that, Carter says, "continues to fail those in need" despite recent scientific breakthroughs in diagnosing and ...
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2011 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards
by Erica Pritchard
November 1, 2010
Friday, March 11, 2011 The Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel Boston, Mass.
The New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) ninth annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards will take place on Friday, March 11, 2011 at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel.
Registration is now closed. For information or general questions about the event, ...
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UConn Economics Professor to Speak at Eastern
by Shoshana Akins
November 1, 2010
Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) will host a lecture by University of Connecticut economics professor Fred Carstensen, director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m., in the J. Eugene Smith Library.
The lecture is part of the David T. Chase Free Enterprise Institute's Distinguished Lecture Series and is open ...
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Mismatch in the Marketplace: NEPPC Forum to Address Supply and Demand in Labor Force
by Shoshana Akins
October 18, 2010
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston will host a free forum, titled "Mismatch in the Labor Market? Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Skilled Labor in New England," on Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Alicia Sasser Modestino, senior economist at the FRBB's New England Public Policy Center will describe the misalignment between the ...
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Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Comes to WCSU
by Christine Cassis
October 3, 2010
Jane Goodall will speak at Western Connecticut State University's O’Neill Center in Danbury, Conn., on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m., as part of her Roots & Shoots North America Training Summit. Events to be held from Friday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 10, will mark the 50-year anniversary of the anthropologist's groundbreaking scientific research ...
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An Evening with Spike Lee
by Christine Cassis
September 29, 2010
Award-winning film director, producer and writer Spike Lee will speak about his life, his work and the capacity for film to effect social change, during a talk at Boston University's George Sherman Union on Wednesday Oct. 6, at 4 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Admission is first-come, first-served.
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Kahlenberg to Speak in Boston About Late Chief of Teachers Union Albert Shanker
by Christine Cassis
August 26, 2010
Richard D. Kahlenberg, senior fellow at the Century Foundation, will discuss his book Tough Liberals: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, at a forum sponsored by the Pioneer Institute, the Boston-based think tank that advocates free-markets and limited government.
The forum will also feature remarks from panelists including Deborah A. Gist, ...
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