Boston 101

September 7, 2010

Source:  Boston.com

For students new to the area, the Globe’s summer interns offer a primer of favorite things in the city and beyond. 

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Getting Over the Shock of Diabetes Diagnosis

August 17, 2010

Source: Joslin Diabetes website, august 17, 2010

Luck, said Aristotle, is when an arrow hits the guy standing next to you. But when that arrow comes out of the blue and hits you—with a diagnosis of diabetes—“it can shake you to the core,” says John Zrebiec, MSW, CDE, Associate Director of Joslin’s Behavioral Health Services.

After the diagnosis of diabetes, “You name the feeling and people are going to have it,” says Zrebiec. Some people can’t sleep, burst into tears, or worry a lot. “These are all very normal responses.”   More

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MIT top US university for study, Brown ‘happiest’

August 16, 2010

Source:  boston.com, August 2, 2010 By David Beard, Globe Staff Brown University has the happiest students in the United States, MIT the most studious, and Bowdoin the best fed, according to Princeton Review Inc. The rankings come from the Framingham company’s annual survey of 122,000 students for its book, “The Best 373 Colleges,” which comes [...]

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Talk about College Drinking

July 20, 2010

Source:  The Boston Globe Parents, it’s time to talk to your college-bound children about drinking. Again.  More  

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Molecular discovery suggests new strategy to fight cancer drug resistance

July 18, 2010

Source:  Dana Farber Website Prototype drug blocks MCL-1 protein that helps tumors survive treatment Loren Walensky, MD, PhD Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to disable a common protein that often thwarts chemotherapy treatment of several major forms of cancer. The researchers discovered, surprisingly, that they could exploit a small portion of [...]

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5 Tips on getting the most out of college tours

July 13, 2010

Source: The Boston Globe:  It is a rite of passage for many rising high school seniors: the college campus tour. Each summer, thousands of prospective students and their families make the trek to New England campuses. StudentAdvisor.com, an online college-research guide, offers five things to look for during the visits.  More…

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Look for fun, not for facts on your next college visit.

June 10, 2010

Source:  Jay Matthews, The Washington Post.   I have three children. All went to college. I accompanied them on 23 campus visits. I read all the college search guides. I became increasingly upset at what the books were suggesting parents or their children do when they arrived at a college on their list. More

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Kaelin wins prestigious international research award

May 23, 2010

Source:  Dana Farber Cancer Institute Website:   Dana-Farber physician-scientist William G. Kaelin, MD, is one of five recipients of a 2010 Canada Gairdner Award, among the world’s most prestigious medical research honors.  Read more…

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Five myths about college admissions

May 23, 2010

Source: The Washington Post, Sunday, May 23, 2010     This spring, more than 3 million students will graduate from America’s high schools, and more than 2 million of them will head off to college in the fall. At the top colleges, competition has been increasingly fierce, leaving many high school seniors licking their wounds and [...]

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boston.com Announces Private College Graduation Dates, Speakers

May 3, 2010

Source: The Quad, boston.com, May 3, 2010 It’s spring, so that means there’s plenty of pomp and circumstance in the air. Here is an updated list of the commencement plans of private colleges around the state. Also see details from the state’s public colleges as well as photo gallery of some notable speakers.

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