Tag: Allston-Brighton
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Campus & Community
How creative communities thrive in Allston-Brighton
Harvard Ed Portal’s Winter Market helps artists in its Allston-Brighton neighborhood grow and thrive through pandemic’s ever-changing landscape.
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Exploring from home
Harvard Ed Portal’s virtual field trips help students see the world.
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Harvard Allston Partnership Fund marks decade
The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund has provided more than $1 million in grants since its inception 10 years ago. The 10th anniversary was marked by a celebration at Allston’s Raymond V. Mellone Park when $100,000 in grants were recently announced.
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‘Principal for a Day’ offers lessons of a different grade
Being “Principal for a Day” teaches a Harvard executive lessons in partnership’s positive impact on local schools.
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Community Football Day perfect, Crimson too
More than 1,000 residents of Allston-Brighton and Cambridge enjoyed a tailgate before watching the Crimson football team continue their perfect streak, all compliments of Harvard University.
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Cultural Revolution comes to Allston
When Peter K. Bol was in college, a revolution halfway around the world changed his life. Bol, the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, explored the history of China at a HarvardX for Allston talk earlier this month at the Harvard Allston Education Portal.
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Opening a portal to summer
The Harvard Allston Education Portal has a summer mentoring program that pairs Harvard undergraduates with schoolchildren from Boston’s Allston-Brighton neighborhood to help find new ways to engage the youngsters in math, science, and writing.
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Campus & Community
Gardner reaps the rewards
A crowd of more than 100 teachers, school leaders, children, parents, Allston-Brighton residents, and Harvard University officials recently gathered at the Harvard Business School to encourage support for the Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) and honor Lisa Moellman, the recipient of the second annual Gardner Champion Award.
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A celebration of community
More than 1,000 Cambridge and Allston-Brighton residents turned out for the 23rd Community Football Day.
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$100K dedicated to community support
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Harvard Drew President Faust celebrate the fourth round of Harvard Allston Partnership Fund grants that have infused $400,000 into 19 nonprofits.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Allston Partnership Fund awards $100,000 to Allston-Brighton nonprofits
The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund (HAPF) today announced that nine local nonprofits will receive grants totaling $100,000 to support programs in the Allston-Brighton community. The HAPF recognizes and supports organizations that provide Allston-Brighton residents with youth enrichment, educational programs, and engaging activities for the elderly and people with disabilities.
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Campus & Community
Trot, trot through Allston
The 8th annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk took place Sept. 25, complete with Harvard cheerleaders to boost the runners along.
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Aiding a pilot school
Harvard-sponsored math night for elementary-school students and parents at Allston’s Gardner Pilot Academy was the latest collaboration in the University’s long partnership with the school.
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Ice time
The 22nd annual Allston-Brighton Family Skating Party drew Allston-Brighton residents of all ages to Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center on Wednesday (Feb. 23) for an evening of free ice skating.
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Campus & Community
Family Football Day scores
Every year Harvard invites Cambridge and Allston-Brighton residents to Community Football Days to cheer the Crimson and feast on free fare. These two events are among the many sponsored by the University.
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Earthwatch comes to Allston
Earthwatch Institute, a leading international nonprofit environmental group, announces plans to move its headquarters and staff to a Harvard-owned building in Allston. The group hopes to build partnerships with the community and the University.
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Allston-Brighton’s ice capades
Harvard extends temporary public ice rink through March, and opens Bright Center to community. University issues grants to Allston-Brighton neighborhood groups.
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$100,000 more for Allston-Brighton
Boston Mayor Menino and Harvard President Faust award $100,000 in second round of Harvard community partnership grants to nine local organizations.
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Allston-Brighton has its day
Harvard has hosted its Allston and Brighton neighbors to an early reception and a football game for the past 20 years. It is a bookend to Cambridge Football Day, which was held earlier this month.
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Harvard Allston Summer Corps supports local students
On the verge of making some of life’s biggest decisions, a group of Allston-Brighton high school students listened attentively to a few of the possibilities that lay before them.