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Tag: Brigid O’Rourke
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Nation & World
RISE sets its sights on helping some of Cambridge’s neediest
Harvard and local philanthropic partners are helping fund the city of Cambridge’s new guaranteed-income pilot initiative to support community in need.
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TGIO (thank God it’s over)
With 2020 behind us, it is apparent that this January won’t be one for resolutions but rather anti-resolutions: the things we’d rather not see or do ever again, thank you.
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Nation & World
Standing on their shoulders
The Harvard Visitor Center debuts a tour that’s all about women.
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Nation & World
An Asylum in Allston
Somerville nonprofit Artisan’s Asylum will move to Harvard property in Allston, where it will make medical gowns used as personal protective equipment.
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Nation & World
Reopen for business and pleasure
Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the reopening of Smith Field in Allston after extensive renovations.
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Nation & World
Harvard recommits $20M to create local affordable housing
Greater Boston is facing a housing crisis that is hitting lower-income and working-class residents particularly hard. To combat the crisis, Harvard University is recommitting $20 million toward local affordable housing.
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Nation & World
Local teachers get an education in addressing hard questions
To help give local educators the capacity to bring thoughtful ideas back to their communities, two students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education recently offered a program on race and equity in education.
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Nation & World
Eighth-grade ingenuity
Eighth-graders from upper schools across Cambridge brought their science projects to campus as part of the seventh annual Science and Engineering Showcase.
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Nation & World
Youngsters find learning never slows down at the Ed Portal
As part of the first-ever Summer Explorations program at the Harvard Ed Portal, students enriched their learning experience. The program helps halt summer learning loss, which many experts say is a key step in closing the achievement gap.
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Nation & World
A pathway to success
The Allston Brighton Adult Education Collaborative brings together social services and organizations to help local residents improve their lives and prospects.
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Nation & World
Spiders to the rescue
During an instructive session at the Harvard Ed Portal, elementary school students learned the benefits of helpful spiders.
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Nation & World
Football, food, and friends
Guests from Allston-Brighton and Cambridge attended a Harvard football game and festivities as part of Community Football Day.
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Nation & World
Growing up, giving back
In summer, the Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House, provides campers with a focus.
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Nation & World
It’s all about that bass
Local students learn how the body talks to the brain — by making bugs dance — at the Harvard Ed Portal.
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Nation & World
Classrooms without walls
Summer camps run by the Phillips Brooks House Association are making a difference for youths across Boston and Cambridge.
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Nation & World
More than just a job
For more than 15 years, Harvard’s Summer Youth Employment Program has been helping local teens develop positive work habits, establish networks, and gain motivation and real-world experience, as well as earn a paycheck.