星期三, 4月 15, 2015

清華醫學院副院長魯白訪波士頓

中國大專院校近年流行派員抵波士頓招才攬智，最近這一週，尤其熱絡，四月十二日有清華醫學院高層與相關專業人才小規模晤談，昨（十四）晚有南開大學物理學院書記孫騫在哈佛校園開招才宣講會。
追蹤各大學院校通訊的社區人士都能發現，最近這幾天，有如中國招聘熱，除前述兩機構分別於十二日，十四日，到波士頓招聘，今（十五）日還有華中科技大學，南京中醫藥大學，康緣藥業到波士頓打燈籠，尋覓適合人選。
十二日的招才，以講座形式傳遞。哈佛大學醫學院中國學生學者聯合會（HMS-CSSA）會長張進等人，為清華醫學院常務副院長魯白在達納法伯（Dana-Farber）癌症機構大樓安排了一場講座，請他談“中國生物醫藥科學與教育改革”，和三十多名醫學專業人士見面。
魯白在會中報告了清華醫學院在臨床研究方面，如何快速崛起的概要，包括在清華長庚醫院內，建立林傳研究中心，培養研究型醫師，培訓住院、專科等醫師，以及醫院管理人才。以國際化標準，進行現代化管理，還從事實驗醫學，根據遺傳和流行病學來選擇病人，在藥物及器械治療上，爭取國際認可的PoC。
魯白還提及，為提升教授級人員質量，該校不但提出發表論文有一定數量，在專業領域內獲國際認可等各方面要求，還訂定一般至少六年經驗，才考慮給予終身教授認證的規定。
今（十五）日下午五點，華中科技大學副書記馬健輝將率華中科技和同濟醫學院訪問團抵波士頓，在哈佛大學醫學院達納法伯癌症機構，舉辦招聘會。
南京中醫藥大學的招聘，早已接受履歷表遞交，今日在波士頓舉行面試，約聘適合者九月上任。
大波士頓地區華人社區，最近這一兩個月，不僅有招聘熱，還有創業活動熱。未名紫荊創業聯盟，哈佛大學創業俱樂部等都一連辦過好幾場活動，波士頓大學CSSA的首屆中國留學生白鴿創業比賽也才於十二日落幕，昨（十四）晚就又有一場“中國留學生創業之夜”波士頓專場的活動，再往後，麻省理工學院的“中國創新創業論壇（MIT-CHIEF）也陸續有活動推出。

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清華醫學院常務副院長魯白在達納法伯（Dana-Farber）癌症機構大樓發表講談。（菊子攝）
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WGBH Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration 5/20


WGBH
Images from Winning Girl, 9-Man, Winning Girl, and Cambodian Son
 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 6-9PM, WGBH STUDIOS, BRIGHTON, MA
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration
Excerpt Screenings of 9-Man, Winning Girl, and Cambodian Son

RSVP now for free tickets
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with WGBH as we present excerpts from three unique films: 9-Man, Winning Girl, and Cambodian Son.

General Manager of WGBH Television and World Channel Liz Cheng and a distinguished panel of representatives from the Greater Boston Asian Pacific American community, including Sridhar Tayur, Ford Distinguished Research Chair and Professor of Operations Management at Carnegie Mellon University, will discuss important issues raised in these films and expand the conversation to focus on successfully breaking through the so-called "bamboo ceiling." Register for this free event now.
 
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星期二, 4月 14, 2015

2015 Boston Marathon® Will Mean $181.9 Million for Greater Boston Economy

2015 Boston Marathon® Will Mean $181.9 Million for Greater Boston Economy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contacts:
GBCVB: David O’Donnell (617) 867-8214 mediarelations@bostonusa.com
Boston Marathon® / Boston Athletic Association: media@baa.org

BOSTON, April 14, 2015 - The 119th Boston Marathon® on Monday, April 20, 2015, and surrounding Marathon-related events including the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo and the B.A.A. 5K, will bring an estimated $181.9 million (USD) in spending impact to the Greater Boston region, according to Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) President and CEO, Patrick Moscaritolo. Held annually on Patriots’ Day, the Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest consecutively run marathon and ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious road racing events. The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has managed and organized the Boston Marathon since the event’s inception in 1897.

This year, there will be more than 30,000 official participants in the Boston Marathon, including more than 5,400 participants from 86 countries outside the United States. In addition, more than 1,200 members of the media from more than 200 outlets are expected to cover the Boston Marathon, providing the Greater Boston region with unparalleled international exposure. 

“After a very difficult winter for Boston’s visitor economy we are all looking forward to this year’s Boston Marathon and the remarkable spending impacts this historic event brings to our community,” said Moscaritolo.

“The B.A.A. and Boston Marathon welcomes participants, spectators, and media members from around the world each April, nearly all of whom will patronize Greater Boston’s shops, restaurants, hotels , and local businesses,” said B.A.A. Executive Director Tom Grilk. “This year we look to build off of the great success that was the 2014 Boston Marathon, celebrating the spirit of Boston and unity of our community.”

The 2014 Boston Marathon generated $176.8 million (USD) and had a starting field of 32,458 athletes, second only to the Centennial Boston Marathon in 1996 (38,708).

The estimated $181.9 million (USD) in spending impact will be generated from the following categories:
Total spending by 30,000 participants and their guests                                    $101.8 million (USD)
Charity fundraising by Marathon participants                                                      $25.0 million (USD)
Total spending by spectators & visitors                                                                  $30.0 million (USD)
Total sponsor and media-related spending                                                          $15.0 million (USD)
Total spending by the Boston Athletic Association                                            $10.1 million (USD)

TOTAL $181.9 million (USD)

For the 30th consecutive year, the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon will be John Hancock Financial Services. John Hancock provided the first-ever prize purse for the Boston Marathon in 1986 and has provided over $17.3 million (USD) in prize money for the event. This year’s prize purse totals $830,500 (USD), plus bonuses.

The John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo will be located at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center at 900 Boylston Street from Friday, April 17, through Sunday, April 19. This Expo is widely regarded as the running industry’s premier expo for new products and services and will feature more than 200 exhibitors and attract more than 100,000 attendees in 2015. Boston Marathon participants must claim their bib numbers for this year’s race at the Expo.

Also among 2015 Marathon-related events is the B.A.A. 5K on Saturday, April 18, two days prior to the Boston Marathon. This year’s B.A.A. 5K has an event record field size limit of 10,000 entrants. The 3.1-mile course starts and finishes at historic Boston Common and takes participants across the Boston Marathon finish line. More than 600 participants from outside of the United States will participate in the event.
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波士頓清華校友會 4/18 辦年會

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MAYOR WALSH FEATURES HIS COLLABORATION WITH BUSINESS ON EQUAL PAY DAY

MAYOR WALSH FEATURES HIS COLLABORATION WITH BUSINESS ON EQUAL PAY DAY

BOSTON – Tuesday, April 14 - This morning, Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined nearly 200 business leaders at the Omni Parker House for an event discussing the disparities in wage equity that remain in Boston and around the country.

The first annual Best Practices Conference for the signatories of Mayor Walsh's 100% Talent Compact, a commitment to wage equity in the workplace, was sponsored by the Boston Women's Workforce Council, Simmons College, and the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement. It included a panel discussion of upcoming gender wage gap reporting by area businesses and presentations from business leaders on action steps being taken at their companies to close the wage gap.

“Closing the wage gap requires a multifaceted approach,” Mayor Walsh said. “We have to create more pipelines for female employees, we have to create more family-friendly policies that help us attract and retain female employees, and we have to ensure the culture of our work environments is welcoming and inclusive of all employees.”

“The Boston Women’s Workforce Council is proud of the work Mayor Walsh’s office is doing to promote wage equity awareness," said Cathy Minehan, Chair of the Boston Women’s Workforce Council. “Conversations like these need to be happening from the board room down in every company in America, and we are starting that trend in Boston.”

State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg moderated a panel discussion with Jeff Leiden, CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Bob Reynolds, CEO of Putnam Investments. It was followed by a panel moderated by Megan Costello, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement, joined by Lynn Albright, Vice President of Stores, East Territory, Gap Inc.; Regis Mulot, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Staples; Betsy Larson, Vice President, Compensation, MassMutual; and Kathy Horgan, Executive Vice President, Global HR/Chief Operating Officer, State Street.

“State Street is proud to be leading the way on closing the wage gap in Boston,” Horgan said. “At State Street, we have been very intentional about creating opportunities and pipelines for women and tracking metrics that will measure our success throughout this process.”

Leading up to today’s conference, signatories were asked to participate in a survey to share best practices with the work they are doing toward reaching pay equity. In addition, three data partners - State Street, Putnam Investments, and MassMutual Financial Group - tested the wage data collection process to smooth out reporting details and to report to other signatories about their experiences with the initial process.

The event included a data training led by Azer Bestavros from the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering of Boston University, who is leading the aggregation component, in anticipation that all signatories will provide an anonymous snapshot of their employee wages to understand any gaps that currently exist.

The Boston Women’s Workforce Council expects those snapshots in the spring and will release key findings from all signatories this summer.
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波士頓大學白鴿創業比賽 Wellapets奪冠

  比賽結束後，獲獎者及嘉賓合影。（圖由BU CSSA提供）
波士頓大學中國學生學者聯合會舉辦的第一屆“白鷗創業比賽”，四月十二日選出Wellapets，Kynote，Ｍy US Doctor等三隊脫穎而出，依序獲冠亞季軍，得獎金一萬元，五千元，二千元。
波士頓大學白鴿創業賽評審，左起，陸偉，黃武慶，馮立富，以及嘉賓，
劍橋市議員張禮能。（菊子攝）
            大波士頓地區這一兩年創業風氣鼎盛，繼波士頓北大、清華校友會成立未名紫荊創業聯盟之後，哈佛大學華裔學生成立了創業俱樂部，麻省理工學院成立了“MIT-CHIEF(麻省理工學院中國創新創業論壇)“，去年起，東北大學的CSSA也也了創業小組，現在華裔國際學生人數之多在美東高居第二位的波士頓大學CSSA也在共同主席索琪，張景真，副主席葉姿，宣傳部李蔚華等十幾，廿人攜手合作下，推出了創業比賽- 第一屆中國留學生白鴿創業賽。
 會議主持李韋歧宣佈白鴿創業賽決賽開幕。（菊子攝）
            在海外學人創業大會，中國醫藥集團，天津物產集團，華創資本，Sequoia 資本，IDG資本，金沙江創投，真格基金等機構贊助下，這場比賽從三月七日開始收件，到四月十二日決賽，共有三十八隊參賽，選出六隊入決賽，在十二日這天向六名評審，一決勝負。
            由Sean Chung, Nikita Virani, Dylan Agis等三人設立，為患有哮喘病兒童製作虛擬寵物遊戲的“WellaPets“團隊，贏得冠軍。
            亞軍隊Kynote是高端平臺，從全世界各地找最有資格的輔導者，提供線上的微型輔導。
            季軍隊My US Doctors是為一般華人搭起橋樑，取得美國的付費醫療服務。
 黃武慶談何謂創業家。（菊子攝）
            天津濱海創投管理公司執行長黃武慶，遠見（FarSight）創投管理總經理馮立富，Gragon 們投資夥伴公司管理總經理Lijie Zhu，魔法創業學院創辦人陸偉，環球創投執行長Norbert Mehl等人，當天不但當評審，還各自發表了一段講話，從不同角度為有心創業者提供他山之石可以攻錯的經驗分享。
            劍橋市市議員張禮能當天出席，頗為全面的談政治及領導力，指出美國政壇亞裔，無論是聯邦或州，市層級，迄今仍屈指可數。亞裔如果希望在政治上有影響力，被人考慮為領導者之一，必須從參與開始，無論是出席投票或參選，都是途徑之一。
波士頓大學中國學生學者聯合會主席索琪（左），張景真（右，男）。（菊子攝）

            黃武慶拋出何謂創業者的說法，以Bob Chinn歷經十三次失敗經驗，高齡六十再出發，創辦成年度毛收入達二千四百萬元，成為全美最大餐館蟹屋（Crab House），以及晨星公司從出售互惠基金資料，轉型成為投資研究及管理公司的過程，強調創業就要堅持，起步永不嫌遲，有想法固然好，執行力更重要，好團隊是關鍵等創業要素。
        馮立富以美國創投和中國關係為主題，談創投發展要素，中美創投現狀，科技環境和策略等。他指出，中國的整體創投環境，無論科技，文化，公共政策優惠，經濟發展活動，政治穩定，金融市場等，都還在發展階段。



           

            
           
         

            
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MONB FY’16 Mini-Grants Program

MONB FY’16 Mini-Grants Program
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
On  April 13th, 2015, the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) will begin accepting applications for the MONB FY’16 Mini-Grants Program. This is a competitive grant funding opportunity for Boston-based, immigrant-led & immigrant-serving non-profit organizations that support and participate in immigrant integration and empowerment efforts within Boston. This pilot program is made possible by proceeds from the We Are Boston 2014 Gala. Applications are due by Monday, May 11, 2015 at 5:00 PM.
Link to funding announcement   - http://goo.gl/hQw9jJ
Link to mini-grant application - http://goo.gl/forms/fguXBGOw5W



Thank you!
Alejandra St. Guillen 

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