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Boston Magazine names 56 Dana Farber “Top Docs”

Suzanne — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:34:27 +0000

Source: www.dana farber.org

Boston magazine has named 56 physicians and surgeons affiliated with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to its Top Doctors guide. Published in the magazine’s December issue, the Top Doctors list consists of 650 Boston-area physicians from 57 medical specialties.

Dana-Farber provides adult cancer care with Brigham and Women’s Hospital as Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center and pediatric cancer care with Children’s Hospital Boston as Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center. More

Boston is an expensive city, and to help defray the costs of transportation to and from the hosptials, Hampton Inn and Suites at Crosstown Center offers complimentary hospital shuttles for our guests to and from Dana Farber and all Longwood Medical Area destinations, almost every hour, from 6am to 11pm, 7 days a week.

Leveling the field – Simmons College MBA

Suzanne — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:33:06 +0000

Did you know that Boston Hampton Inn and Suites at Crosstown Center has a complimentary shuttle that runs to Longwood Medical Area hospitals and schools daily (including Simmons college?) Beginning at 6am and running through 8pm! Stay with us when you are visiting hospitals or checking out schools!

source: boston.com

When Cathy Minehan was applying for financial services jobs in New York as a new college graduate in 1968, she would routinely ask her interviewers about management training. And they would routinely tell her: “We have a management training program, but we don’t accept women.’’

Minehan, who went on to become the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and is now dean of the management school at Simmons College, has seen women’s roles expand greatly in the corporate world since then. But they’re still far from being on a level playing field with men. In Massachusetts, female executive officers make up just 9.6 percent of executive teams at the 100 largest public companies in the state, down from 10.9 percent in 2007, according to the Boston Club, a women’s business organization.

“Forty years ago we thought 40 years from now this would be a problem that would be solved, and it isn’t,’’ says Minehan.

At Simmons since August, she hopes to become part of the solution by attracting more students to the women’s college, and particularly to its MBA program, the only one in the country designed exclusively for women.

Juliette Mayers, the executive director of multicultural marketing for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, got her MBA from Simmons in 2001. The confidence she gained in a women-only environment – as well as an awareness of how gender influences interactions – has helped her become a stronger negotiator, both at Blue Cross and on nonprofit boards.

“With women, it’s almost like power is a dirty word,’’ Mayers says. “And at Simmons, it’s embraced.’’

Enrollment in the Simmons MBA program has been rising slowly over the past few years, from 195 in 2005 to 207 this year. The program, which has been around since 1975, has survived because there is still a strong need to teach women how to get ahead in hard-nosed business environments dominated by men, Minehan says.

Women account for more than half of entry-level professionals in the largest American industrial corporations, but only 14 percent of the seats on executive committees, according to research by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. and the women’s advocacy group Catalyst Inc. The odds of advancement for men are about double what they are for women, McKinsey found.

In Massachusetts, only 27 percent of the 100 largest public companies have women among their highest paid executives, a slightly lower rate than in 2005 and 2006, according to the Boston Club. The number of female directors has also fallen, from 96 in 2009, or 11.3 percent of all directors, to 93, or 11.1 percent, this year.

There’s a solid business reason companies should pay attention to the women in their ranks, Minehan points out. Companies that routinely have at least three women on their boards outperform those with a low representation of women by double digit percentages in several measures of profitability, according to Catalyst. More…

Berklee Students Aim for the Perfect Pitch

Suzanne — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:03:49 +0000

source: boston.com

Singing competitions are so en vogue right now. From The Voice to the original, American Idol, and all the others in between, television networks are cashing in on the musical trend.

Berklee students, too, have been inspired: After just over a month of rehearsals, participants in the school’s Perfect Pitch competition will perform this Tuesday, Dec. 6, at The Middle East. Out of 16 singers, the top three will earn studio time at Sanctumsound Studios.

“The history behind the show is rooted in our desire to foster a greater sense of community between the separate departments of Berklee, who tend not to intermingle all that often,” according to the competition’s website. “[Perfect Pitch has] songwriters ‘pitch’ their songs to ‘artists,’ [and] use[s] performance majors for our house band, business majors to help us organize and promote, and MP&E majors to record and produce the winners.”

The competition is entirely student-run. Organizers began auditioning singers in early October, looking for singing ability and stage presence, said concert manager Kayleigh Mill; they chose five producers, who then matched songs and songwriters to singers. A “house band,” also made up of students, will accompany all participants on the night of the final show.

In the past, Perfect Pitch winners have been determined via text voting, but this time, organizers decided to bring in judges: Shapiro Bernstein A&R vice president Eric Beall, Soul World Entertainment CEO Cliff Jones, producer/engineer Paul Kolderie, and artist and producer/engineer Prince Charles Alexander. They’ll be looking for “the whole package,” Mill said — “an artist instead of just a singer.”

And while the chance to record their hard work would be nice, many of the students involved said that the real prize has been seeing the event come together.

“We love to get together with friends and play great music….The competition is secondary,” said band leader Spencer Stewart, who is participating in Perfect Pitch for the third time. “There’s so much work that goes into one night, but it’s totally worth it….Having everyone up there on stage is like heaven.”

Amrheins in South Boston: Happy to shuttle guests to and from Hampton Inn at Crosstown

Suzanne — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:34:36 +0000

The cold Boston weather is settling in, and that makes us all the more thrilled to announce that Amrheins in South Boston, a cozy restaurant featuring great American food combined with wonderful Old World charm, is happy to pick up Hampton guests and ferry them back to the hotel when they make Amrheins their dining destination. No more navigating the streets of Boston by car, and no more waiting in the cold for a cab. Does anyone know of any other Boston restaurants offering this service? We would love to know about it, and our guests would too!

Northeastern U. gets a food truck.

Suzanne — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:23:59 +0000

Ok, we are not saying this is important news. We are saying this is entertaining news. Northeastern University is joining the mobile food craze and getting a food truck. Have a suggestion for a name? We like “Husky Bites”. Watch, and let us know your pick. Watch video.

Whether you are here for parents weekend, or visiting Northeastern as a future student, stay with us, and take a shuttle to and from Northeastern daily. No cab fees! You might be lucky enough to score a lift from Donald…see why our guest love him!

And since we’re just entertaining here, here’s a pretty fun take on Northeastern if you have not already seen it.Northeastern Rap.

Happy Birthday MIT.

Suzanne — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:12:04 +0000

Source: boston.com

MIT, our neighbor across the river, turns 150 this year.

Founded in 1861, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is celebrating its 150th anniversary. The Boston Globe has published a special magazine recognizing 150 valuable contributions MIT has made in the worlds of technology, science, health care, culture, transportation, economics, and more. Read more!

Boston Film Festival

Suzanne — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:01:58 +0000

Source: http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org/

Staying with us at The Hampton between September 16 through the 22?

Boston Film Festival will kick off September 16!

There will be a week of diverse poignant features, documentaries and shorts. Multiple celebrities, directors, and producers will trek to Beantown to partake in the Q&A’s following every film screening. Boston Native Mike O’Malley will hit the red carpet on Opening Night for the World Premiere of the film he penned “Certainty,” starring Giancarlo Esposito, Tom Lapinski, Bobby Moynihan and Kristen Connelly (who will all attend) Adelaide Clemens, Tammy Blanchard and Valerie Harper. Returning to the BFF, director/actor/writer Eric Schaeffer’s “After Fall, Winter” will be the second World Premiere on Opening Night. Check out the panel discussion on Saturday with actor/writer/director Sam Jaeger (Take Me Home, Parenthood); Keith Dorrington, Oscar® nominated writer producer of “The Fighter;” and Eric Schaeffer. Look for Brittany Snow and Christian Serratos who star in “96 Minutes” on Saturday along with Sam Jaeger’s movie “Take Me Home,” co-starring Amber Jaeger and Victor Garber. Sam and Amber will be on hand for Smith & Wollensky’s Celebration to honor filmmakers and talent at the Back Bay Castle. Check out their special prix-fixe festival dinner offered on the menu in September. Sunday’s Showcase includes former BU student actor Noah Bean in “The Pill” and Director Shira Piven’s “Fully Loaded,” produced by Adam McKay and brother Jeremy Piven. Academy Award® winning Director Alex Gibney is screening “Catching Hell” about sports scapegoats…yup Bill Buckner is featured.

Maria Menounos will host a sneak peak of the film she produced “Serial Buddies,” with director Keven Undergaro. Boston Filmmakers Night begins with the World Premiere of “Give Me A Shot of Anything: House Calls To the Homeless” which follows Boston street doctor Jim O’Connell as well as a documentary by local director Bess Kargman “First Position.” HBO and Susan B. Komen host a special screening of “The Education of Dee Dee Ricks.” A moving documentary that shines a light on the great disparity in health care between the rich and poor in America, where millions who are uninsured don’t have the means or access to fight this terrible disease. A few World Premiere Documentaries not to be missed “Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White,” narrated by Martin Sheen; “How to Start a Revolution” about Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp who is the world’s leading expert on non-violent revolution. Equally fascinating is “The Rescuers” chronicling heroes who defied the Nazis and their own governments to save countless Jews by Emmy winning director Michael King.

Here’s a shout out to all Students and young art enthusiast’s, Wednesday Night is College Night. A Special Screening of “Fort McCoy” based on a true story starring Eric Stoltz, Andy Hirsch, Cameryn Manheim, Lyndsy Fonseca and Johnny Pacar along with director Kate Connor. She will conduct an engaging Q&A with Hirsch. The evening will also have the World Premiere of “Trouble with the Truth,” starring Lea Thompson and John Shea who will both attend and participate in a Q&A. Fans of “Glee” will want to check out “Thespians” which follows high school thespian troupes. Closing Night Films and parties will be announced in the next week.

SoWa First Fridays

Suzanne — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:38:46 +0000

Staying the Hampton Inn and Suites in Boston you are very close the restaurants, shops and art galleries in Boston’s South End (not to be confused with South Boston which is the next neighborhood south!). If you are lucky enough to be here on the first Friday of every month, you’ll be able to participate in SoWa First Fridays for some good ‘ol grass roots art culture. This is a perfect way to spend a Friday evening before heading out to dinner on a summer night. Meander around the open studios at 450 Harrison Avenue and see the artists and work. After dinner, come back and cool off in our indoor leisure pool!

Time Out Boston Makes Things to Do Suggestions

Suzanne — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:27:34 +0000

Great lists by Time Out Boston of things to do when you are in town visiting.

Graduation dinner in Boston

Suzanne — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:22:08 +0000

Trying to figure out where to go for dinner graduation week? If your college kid has no idea other than Subway, we’ve been there. But you can never go wrong with BOSTON MAGAZINE’s list of best restaurants. They have a few for every mood and every budget and the recommendations are rock solid and not advertisements, they are real. So don’t sweat it. There will be no graduation meal at Mickey D’s!

And congratulations!!