廿二日華埠擺攤表演迎春接夏

 胡清白鶴派舞獅。

華埠主街昨（廿二）日舉行華埠主街節，在夏利臣街，華埠公園內各擺出兩個舞台，演出功夫示範，民俗舞蹈，粵曲演唱等文娛節目。

下午兩點半多時，夏利臣街的舞台上，舞獅的鑼鼓喧天，吸引了許多人圍觀。乞臣街的波士頓象棋會攤位，也圍滿了看棋的人。華埠公園旁的粵曲舞台有不少人或坐，或站的欣賞。

波士頓象棋會的攤位最熱鬧。

今年和往年一樣，夏利臣街，必珠街，泰勒街，乞臣街都有木馬攔路封街，以便行人穿梭遊逛。不過街道上的攤位，明顯又再減少，整條乞臣街上只有波士頓象棋會擺出了三個攤位，夏利臣街，必珠街，泰勒街有一半以上街道是空的。必珠街上的慈濟基金會波士頓聯絡處，符克樂音會，夏利臣街上的波士頓亞裔電影節，塔芙茨醫學院牙醫系等攤位，因此顯得格外搶眼。

有悠閒走逛的民眾指出，昨日天氣太好，陽光普照，氣溫華氏七十度多，許多人出城了，還有團體在郊區辦燒烤聚會，連波士頓市市長馬丁華殊（Martin Walsh）也因為參加美國市長大會，飛去了達拉斯，更何況近在華埠旁邊的南端（South End），每週日都有農夫市場，食物卡車大會的搶遊客，以致華埠街頭昨日沒那麼多人。

    波士頓慈濟的蔡靜薇（左一）等人在必珠街上擺攤。

           

仙藝曲樂社在華埠公園的舞台上表演。

        

            

 從尼倫街看過去，木馬後面的整條乞臣街都是空的。

 從尼倫街看過去，木馬後面的整條泰勒街也幾乎都是空的。

            

從尼倫街看過去，警車後面的整條夏利臣街，要一直走到靠近必珠街時
，才有攤位

           

           

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龍鳳酒樓旁的停車場，也空蕩蕩的。

          

 必珠街的肥牛火鍋店前，今年沒攤位。

  必珠街與夏利臣接交界處，竟然也沒幾個攤位。

海南航空波士頓北京直飛6/20啟航 推出限時特價

          海南航空的波士頓，北京直航班機，昨（廿）日啟航。波士頓人今後到北京，最快十三個多小時就能抵達。

            海南航空網站上昨日貼有限時搶購優惠，在六月廿五日至七月十五日之間購票，九月十一日至十二月十日之間出發，可享有商務艙2356美元，經濟艙720美元的優惠。

另外的限時優惠包括在六月十八日至六月三十日之間購票，在十二月底前出發，三人同行，可享有2906美元的優惠價。若六十天前預定，可享有1106美美﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽xu和該公司的﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽元的優惠。

            海南航空的波士頓，北京直航班機，經過不下八年的只聞樓梯響，不見人下來之後，昨日終於落實，以座位可在210到330之間的波音787夢想號載客。今後將每週飛四個航班，到旅遊尖峰期的七月底至八月間，可增加至每天一班。

            全程10842哩的這北京，波士頓直飛路線，航班時間安排為每週一，三，五，六。北京發航班號HU481，下午一點五十分從北京首都國際機場起飛，波士頓當地時間下午三點十分抵達。返程航班號HU482，波士頓時間五點十分起飛，次日六點五十分抵達北京。

            根據海南航空的國際路線網站，從波士頓上網訂票，必須至少在出發前三日辦手續。為慶祝直飛航班啟用，該公司已在網上推出各項優惠，包括上官網購票，享有往返雙程票人民幣4780元優惠價格，適用航班日期在10月2日至12月23日之間；上官網團購網搶購大巴券，有機會享受從羅根機場至波士頓市區，以及各大學的免費接機服務；即日起至十二月三十一日，購買公務艙往返雙程機票，票價從人民幣16200元起。

            提前購票也有優惠，提前三十天，人民幣往返價4280元起，提前四十五天，往返價3820元起，提前六十天，3460元起。

            海南航空從1993年開始打造航線網，如今已開通可達九十個城市的的500多條航線。美國部分開通的直飛航班有北京到芝加哥，北京到西雅圖，北京到多倫多。北京到波士頓是該公司在美的第四個據點。

            位於波士頓的旅遊行銷公司“吸引中國（Attract China）“執行副總裁Mike DiCarlo相信到2020年時，將有不下六十萬名麻州遊客來自中國大陸。

            根據追蹤國際貿易資訊的智慧貿易網（WiserTrade.org）說法，從麻州出口到中國的貨物總值，在過去十年間已增加三倍以上，2013年時達到十九億七千萬元之數。中國因此成為麻州產品的第二大買家。同一時間，從中國來波士頓旅遊的人，爆增四倍，去年達到十五萬人之多。

來自中國，在大波士頓地區就讀的學生，約有一萬三千人。

            海南航空的北美執行主任Joel Chusid表示，該公司在推出這航班前，做過許多研究，乘客成長數量和該公司預期差不多。目前幾乎每一航班都有七、八成滿。

            麻州港務局執行長葛林（Thomas P. Glynn）表示，他們正和其他航空公司討論從上海，香港飛來波士頓羅根機場的可能。

            麻州港務局近年非常積極的推動直飛服務，最近才增加了直飛到伊斯坦堡，杜拜，東京等的航班服務。

            中國在波士頓的影響力，近年的確在逐漸增加，萬向集團在2012年時斥資二億五千六百萬元買下了MIT教授蔣業明所創辦的A123系統這汽車電池公司。萬達集團也在2012年時，以三十一億元，買下在麻州至少有三家戲院的AMC電影院集團。

            美國亞裔房地產協會波士頓分會會長，在劍橋市Keller Williams房地產公司做經紀的葉小慧對中國熱進麻州，也感受很強，接觸到許多中國買家灑現金的買房子，或者投資，或買給子女住。五年前，她一年頂多做一，兩單國際買家生意，去年她賣出去的七十棟房子中，竟有三分之一是賣給中國人或國際移民。

            也在北京清華大學執教的哈佛商學院教授麥法蘭（F. Warren McFarlan ）更是高興北京，波士頓直飛成真了。他說自己一年飛中國七，八趟，每次都要花上將近24小時，現在只要十幾小時，真的節省很多時間。

        由於麻州州長派區克（Deval Patrick)和海南航空董事長陳峰，早於今年四月就已一起慶祝過這一盛事，昨日的首航慶祝，兩人都未出席。

  

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            左起海南航空股份有限公司北美區總經理梁璞玢，副總裁侯偉，港務局航空部總監Ed Freni，海南航空總裁謝皓明，港務局執行長葛林（Tom Glynn），中國駐美國紐約總領館商務參贊劉怡，海南航空行政總裁賈西德（Joel M Chusid）；海南航空市場銷售部總經理兼海航銷售董事長胡逸。（圖由麻州港務局提供）

ACMES 龍舟節時辦義診

美中醫學交流學會（ACMES）自從成立以來，每年都組織義診隊伍，在波士頓龍舟節活動現場，為出席民眾提供診斷，咨詢服務。今年陣容格外強大，共有十幾，廿名醫師，義工出席。

美中醫學交流學會會長孔學君當天也親自到場，協調醫師，義工們的輪值班次。

當天到會服務者中，有不下六名高中生志工。羅澤堃，王睿萌、王博然，葉明麗, 陳思雨, Marina Flaherty等人，在會場派發自閉症終身夥伴項目，肝炎普查教育材料等宣傳文件。賓夕法尼亞大學神經科學大三學生方佳天負責量血壓，服務了不下五，六十人。

參加義診，服務的其他醫師，義工有侯春秋、何漢龍、黃依晨、康玉林、孔學君、李傑、林旭、劉刊、劉學會、劉昭、牛江河、田文、王青梅，楊薇、張益林、周捷等人。

他們在會中回答各種問題，還展示了中國科學院院士，也是中國疼痛醫學創辦者，韓濟生教授主創的韓式疼痛治療儀。節慶遊人，該學會成員都很感興趣，紛紛找出自己的某一兩處疼痛，親自嘗試。

由於當天全為義診，不收費，推拿，針灸服務，都有很多人光顧。有網球肘、脖子梗狀況的人，都坐下來試試，事後大讚該會成員熱心，態度又好。

當天光顧義診的人中，有不少人問大內科的事。其中一名男子探問，吃了三種高血壓藥，都不見有效，是怎麼回事。很有經驗的醫生問診後，告訴病人，是腎功能不好，該怎樣調整用藥，再配合飲食，加強效果，讓探問者滿意非常。

美中醫學交流學會會長孔學君表示，該會是非營利性組織，為社區服務，回饋社會是重要宗旨。將來他們會繼續在龍舟節時為社區義診。

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            美中醫學交流學會會長孔學君(左四) 與參加龍舟節義診的部分出席醫師及義工。（圖由美中醫學交流學會提供）

麻州大學將第二年凍結學費

麻州大學董事會十八日投票通過，凍結學費。此舉還待麻州議會通過。

麻州大學校董十八日在達特茅斯校區開會，投票通過凍結2014-2015學年度的學費，並規定大學部學生繳交州內學生費用（in-state fees）。這是該校有史以來第一次連續兩年凍結學費。

麻州大學校長卡瑞特（Robert L. Caret）表示，連續兩年凍結學費及學雜費，對學生及其家人來說，是真正的省錢，也代表了該校在實踐可負擔教育上的認真與嚴肅。

2011年七月時，卡瑞特和麻州議會達成協議，若該校在未來兩年獲得州政府增撥一億元經費，該校就在那段期間凍結學費及規費。

依照凍結學費提案，麻州大學五大分校中費用最貴的安赫斯特分校（Amherst），不包食宿費在內的州內學生學費，規費，將保持為$13,258。

麻州每年有1300名嬰兒出生時已染毒癮？

聯邦醫療護理研究和質量局（Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality）的一份研究報告指出，在2013年內，麻州約有1300名嬰兒，出生時就有毒癮。

該報告指出，根據2012年的數據，全美大約每1000名嬰兒中有5人出生就有毒癮，但麻州卻高達每1000名嬰兒有17.5人，是全美的三倍以上。

由於2013年的全美出生時染有毒癮嬰兒數目僅只128，讓許多人質疑麻州的計算方法有問題。

波士頓醫療中心的新生兒專家Elisha Wachman表示，麻州42個醫院正在合作，處理嬰兒受毒品影響的防治問題。

麻州的數據來自麻州兒童及家庭局所收到的個案報告。麻州法規定醫院職工向兒童保護局報告上癮嬰兒個案，但有些專家說，因為那些母親擔心失去子女，以及形象名聲問題，那些數目是少報了。研究人員表示，住院的統計數據，是嬰兒上癮的更可靠指標。

            波士頓醫療中心（BMC)每年約有150名嬰兒受父母有毒癮影響，在麻州各醫院中，這是數量最多的了。

麻州州長最近宣佈濫用鴉片是公共衛生的緊急問題後，麻州已成立一個新的工作小組，要改善麻州的數量統計問題。

麻州公共衛生局發言人表示，明年該部門將分析可拿到的數據，以衡量新生兒戒斷綜合症的影響。

喜露街50號土地發展 學生有構想

 亞美社區發展協會房地產主任劉安琪(右起)和Judy Park，哈佛大學學生
Jeenal Sawla等人到華埠社區聯盟報告喜露街50號發展計劃。（周菊子攝）

(Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導) 紐英崙中華公所擁有的喜露街50號，可以怎麼發展？一個主要由哈佛大學學生組成的設計團隊，日前在波士頓華埠社區聯盟會議，報告他們在那兒建綜合大樓，40%為可負擔住宅的計劃。

喜露街50號發展計劃用社區民眾做報告封面。（周菊子攝）

            紐英崙中華公所與中國超市在租約還有二年才到期時，就續簽五年生約，五年死約的事，在紐英崙中華公所內曾引起波瀾洶湧爭論，還牽動了麻州總檢察官辦公室發信給中華公所，催促研究發展可負擔住宅的可行性。當時主政的紐英崙中華公所職員，因此邀請了北美乞臣集團到中華公所的董事大會中，提交了一份顯然花了不少工夫做的發展方案構想。

喜露街50號發展計劃的設計圖很吸引人。（周菊子攝）

            哈佛大學設計系學生Jeenal Sawla，Judy Park兩人，日前到華埠社區聯盟中報告，她們獲選參加聯邦住宅貸款銀行可負擔住宅設計比賽，從銀行交給他們的幾個項目中，挑了“喜露街50號“下功夫，並找來亞美社區發展協會做社區發展夥伴，邀得教市區計劃的李燦輝教授作指導老師。

            該項目訂名為“XIN-50”，意指新的喜露街50號，訂出建220個出租單位，其中40%可負擔，有24,000平方尺商用面積，約130個停車位的大綱。

            基本設計為單位種類包括套房，一，二，三睡房單位，整體結構有高層樓，低層樓。地面層的商用面積部分，可繼續出租給中國超市。他們甚至還提出構想，要把鄰近的空置教堂，改建成綜合性豪華公寓，有圖書館，學習中心等空間的樓宇。

            由於整個土地發展比賽還包括融資部分，他們還談到該發展計劃可經由向市府機構申請補助款，向私人即銀行機構貸款融資，低收入宅宅抵稅優惠（LIHTC）等等方式，籌集發展所需經費。

            其中一名學生指出，他們的土地發展計劃做得頗為周詳，據以實施，應不是難事。亞美社區發展協會房地產主任劉安琪強調，喜露街50號是中華公所擁有的物業，只有中華公所才有權決定該一土地該如何發展，該會純粹是應學生邀請，做輔導單位而已。不過，她也認為，坊間民眾若有更多人參與設想喜露街50號該如何發展，或許是件好事。

波市獲聯邦撥款一百廿萬元，將安置六十名流浪漢

Mayor Walsh Announces New Federal Funding to Assist Boston’s Homeless
HUD Continuum of Care Program awards Boston second round of funding


BOSTON—Mayor Martin J. Walsh, along with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Regional Administrator Kristine Foye and Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development Director Sheila Dillon, announced that the City of Boston has received an additional $1.2 million to provide permanent and transitional housing for 60 formerly homeless individuals and families. The new award is part of HUD’s Continuum of Care program, which awarded $140 million in grants yesterday to nearly 900 homeless assistance programs across the country.



"My administration is committed to ending chronic homelessness in Boston, and this funding will enable us to provide critical, additional services to this population," Mayor Walsh said. "I want to thank the HUD for providing us with these sorely needed and very much appreciated resources."



This award announcement also includes funding for a new permanent supportive housing project, to be managed by the Pine Street Inn, which will provide housing for 11 chronically homeless individuals, and a planning grant that will help the City coordinate housing and services to homeless individuals and families.



Yesterday's grant announcement was the second part of a two-phased award process that has granted more than $23 million to homelessness programs in Boston to provide housing and services to homeless individuals and families. In April, HUD awarded the City of Boston more than $22.3 million in the first round of funding for 49 local homeless housing and service programs. This funding ensured that local projects would remain operational, providing critically needed housing and support services to more than 2,000 people and families experiencing homelessness.



"Today homeless assistance programs in Boston will join the thousands of local programs across the country that are on the front lines ending homelessness as we know it," said Kristine Foye, HUD New England Deputy Regional Administrator.



For more information about the awards can be found on HUD’s website.

MIRA, ENB 徵聘 30 名 AmeriCorps 職工

                                                
Apply today for the AmeriCorps "New American Integration Program"

The MIRA Coalition is happy to invite interested individuals to apply to participate in this initiative. The Massachusetts AmeriCorps "New American Integration Program" (NAIP) is an opportunity to serve immigrants and refugees while building and utilizing your professional skills. NAIP is accepting applications from individuals wanting to serve as fulltime AmeriCorps members for the 2014-2015 year. The Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI), the MIRA Coalition, and English for New Bostonians (ENB) are partnered to place 30 AmeriCorps members at immigrant and refugee serving organizations throughout Massachusetts. A NAIP AmeriCorps member commits to a full-time, eleven-month service position while receiving a modest living allowance, health benefits, and training.

Click here to apply. Please feel free to forward this opportunity to your networks.

As an AmeriCorps NAIP member you will assist immigrants and refugees in their efforts to gain economic stability and fully integrate by improving their English skills, becoming US citizens, and connecting with community resources. Additionally, you will become a member of a capable AmeriCorps NAIP volunteers Corps, many of whom are from the immigrant and refugee community.  Through high quality training and experience, NAIP AmeriCorps members will become skilled and passionate service providers, educators, interpreters and advocates. Lastly, by spearheading volunteer programs at each site, you will create a highly visible volunteer “brigade” to engage community volunteers on a large scale to address urgent educational and social needs.

Applications to become a NAIP AmeriCorps member will be reviewed on a rolling basis upon submission.

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美國醫療護理服務（Medicare, Medicaid）徵市場執行長，技術長

Secretary Burwell announces steps to bolster management and accountability ahead of the 2015 open enrollment period

Today Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced a series of management changes designed to strengthen the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  This new management structure comes in response to lessons learned from the rollout of HealthCare.gov and recommendations put forth to the Secretary.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will have a new operations-focused Principal Deputy Administrator for agency-wide policy and operational program coordination.  CMS will also have a single Marketplace Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  In addition to the Marketplace CEO, CMS is announcing and actively recruiting a Marketplace Chief Technology Officer (CTO). “These actions will bolster our team and further instill ongoing accountability for reaching milestones, measuring results and delivering results for the American people,” said Secretary Burwell.  “Under this new structure, we bring additional operational and technological fire power and have a clear single point of contact in the Marketplace CEO to streamline decision-making.” Andy Slavitt will join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as the agency’s Principal Deputy Administrator, bringing a wealth of private sector experience to oversee day-to-day agency program operations.  As Principal Deputy Administrator, Slavitt will be responsible for cross cutting policy and operational coordination for the agency’s Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and Marketplace initiatives; combatting health care fraud; reforming health care delivery; and improving health outcomes. Slavitt joins CMS after spending more than 20 years in the private sector.  Most recently he served as Group Executive Vice President for Optum where he oversaw the delivery of clinical, technology and operational solutions to health care clients and consumers.  Slavitt was the top day-to-day executive leading the systems integration work and tech surge to fix HealthCare.gov.  “Andy’s breadth of experience throughout the healthcare sector makes him the right person for this role, and I am excited for our partnership across all of the CMS programs.  He will focus on managing day-to-day operational issues across all of our programs and be a key part of our leadership team,” said CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. CMS is also recruiting two leaders to fill key roles: A new, permanent Marketplace CEO, who will be the Chief Executive with responsibility and accountability for leading the federal marketplace, managing relationships with state marketplaces, and running the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), which regulates health insurance at the federal level.  The Marketplace CEO will report to the CMS Administrator with a dotted line to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.   A new, permanent Marketplace CTO who will report to the new Marketplace CEO and work closely with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Office of Information Services within CMS in order to ensure proper alignment of project milestones and deliverables. These individuals, who will also work directly with Secretary Burwell, and Administrator Tavenner will be accountable for policy development and technical operations of the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, working closely with a variety of stakeholders and states on ongoing implementation efforts. Secretary Burwell and CMS Administrator Tavenner believe these steps will build on the implementation progress to date and best position CMS and HHS to carry out their mission of providing access to quality, affordable health coverage for millions of Americans in the months and years ahead. These CMS personnel actions come at the same time as Kurt DelBene, who is the Secretary’s Senior Advisor on HealthCare.gov, transitions away from day-to-day management of the technical work with a strong CMS team in place.  DelBene’s leadership played a pivotal role in making sure HealthCare.gov’s site performance supported the record-high consumer demand experienced through the close of the 2014 open enrollment period.  His work was instrumental in instituting a disciplined approach to ongoing software development and conducting a thorough prioritization of work needed for the future.  Designed as a temporary assignment since he began, DelBene will leave HHS at the end of the month as planned.  In the remaining weeks, he will assist the Secretary as part of the leadership transition. “I am grateful for Kurt’s expertise and commitment to our work.  His efforts helped enable millions of Americans to successfully access quality, affordable health care coverage in this historic time period and put us on a path for continued success,” said Secretary Burwell.  Added CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner: “Secretary Burwell and I are excited to welcome Andy to our team and work in partnership to improve access to health care and improve the quality of care for so many Americans.  He brings a wealth of experience to strengthen our team and is ready to hit the ground running.  We are also deeply grateful for Dr. Mandy Cohen’s continued leadership as our Acting Director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight as we recruit permanent leadership moving forward.”

John Hancock MLK暑期工項目將聘650波市青少年

Mayor Walsh Kicks Off the John Hancock’s MLK Summer Scholars Jobs Program

Former Celtic Chris Herren, and Corporate and Civic Leaders join Mayor Walsh in launching one of the Largest Corporate-Based Teen Summer Jobs Programs 

BOSTON—Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined John Hancock President Craig Bromley and former Celtics player and motivational speaker Chris Herren to kick off the seventh year of the company’s MLK Summer Jobs Program, a major component of the Mayor’s Summer Jobs Program and the City’s efforts to employ Boston youth. John Hancock’s MLK Summer Jobs Program employs 650 Boston teens. 

"John Hancock's MLK Summer Scholars’ Program understands the critical need for us, as business and community leaders, to take the lead in providing our City youth with meaningful opportunities,” said Mayor Walsh. “I am thankful for the collaborative efforts of all of our partners to shape the future of Boston in this way."

Mayor Walsh has made youth summer employment a priority, challenging businesses to partner with the City to increase employment opportunities for Boston's youth. John Hancock continues to be a top supporter in directly hiring youth and also placing youth in meaningful job opportunities throughout the community. In conjunction with the Mayor’s Summer Jobs Program, John Hancock works in close partnership with the Boston Globe, Boston University, and Partners HealthCare to offer the unique Summer Scholars program. 

Mayor Walsh addressed young scholars at a kick-off event today at John Hancock’s headquarters in South Boston. The event also included a motivational appearance by former Celtics player Chris Herren, who urged the participants to take full advantage of the opportunity. Following the speaking program, the teens participated in an interactive exercise, engaging one-on-one with the Mayor, Herren, other business and civic leaders, and each other. 

This summer, the million-dollar plus program will employ 650 Scholars who will work at  79 non-profit agencies in neighborhoods throughout the City.  Along with gaining valuable paid work experience, the Scholars also attend a series of life skills workshops. Today’s kick-off served as the first workshop of the summer.      

“As a company headquartered in Boston, it is important to our community and our business that young people get a chance to learn how to work and build skills at an early age, " said Hancock’s Bromley. “With school letting out and teen unemployment rates at historically high levels, John Hancock is proud to once again offer 650 teens meaningful employment this summer at non-profit organizations throughout our city."

“At Partners HealthCare and our hospitals, our work includes addressing the social factors that influence people’s health,” said Gary Gottlieb, M.D., President and CEO, Partners HealthCare. “John Hancock’s MLK Scholars program addresses two of these very important factors: education and jobs. This collaboration is an opportunity to nurture our young people and encourage them to explore pathways in both of these areas of their lives and we are honored to be a part of this experience.”

"The Boston Globe has sponsored the MLK Summer Scholars program since it started because it effectively addresses urban youth unemployment and job training," said Mike Sheehan, CEO of The Boston Globe.  "We wish all the young people who will be working for nonprofits this summer the best of experiences."

 

"The Martin Luther King Summer Scholars Program is a wonderful opportunity for young people to gain experience and develop skills they will use in both their careers and academic pursuits.  We are proud to continue our tradition of supporting this great program," said Dr. Robert A. Brown, President, Boston University.