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  • How will Tim Murray’s resignation as Lt. Gov. impact Massachusetts?

    NECN, May 23 2013

    Associate Professor of Political Science Maurice Cunningham talks to NECN about the motives—political and otherwise—behind Lt. Gov. Tim Murray’s decision to leave Beacon Hill for a job leading the Worcester Chamber of Commerce.
  • Boston mayoral race narrows, nomination signature deadline passes

    NECN, May 23 2013

    Political Science Department Chairman Paul Watanabe says organization and get-out-the-vote efforts may trump money and advertising in the crowded field of Boston mayoral candidates.
  • Sandini named interim executive assistant in Hudson

    May 22 2013

    Outlet: MetroWest Daily News - Online, The

    By Jeff Malachowski/Daily News staff With the search to replace soon-to-be retired Executive Assistant Paul Blazar expected to take three or four months, selectmen Monday night appointed Christopher Sandini as the interim executive assistant. S
  • New Maynard development would likely bring traffic congestion, says report

    May 22 2013

    Outlet: Wicked Local

    The proposed 129 Parker St. development would bring traffic congestion, a third-party peer review found -- a problem which will not be resolved before the May 19 special Town Meeting. Southborough-based developers Capital Group Properties will ask
  • UMass Boston to house a handful of classrooms in Corcoran Jennison’s Mount Vernon Street building

    May 21 2013

    Outlet: Boston.com

    Corcoran Jennison, the owner of the office building at 150 Mount Vernon St. in Dorchester, was recently approved by the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals to lease some of its space to the University of Massachusetts Boston. The university will use th
  • More money sought for UMass to prevent tuition, fee hike

    WWLP-TV, May 20 2013

    The five students who sit on the UMass Board of Trustees, including UMass Boston student Alexis Marvel, have issued a statement calling on the Massachusetts Senate to provide enough money in its fiscal 2014 budget to allow the university system to freeze fees and tuition for next year.
  • Gridlock likely, says report

    The Beacon-Villager, May 20 2013

    The town of Maynard commissioned the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management to conduct a study on the impact of a proposed large-scale shopping and residential complex. The Collins Center determined the development would greatly increase traffic congestion in town.
  • Walkers in stride to beat cancer

    Toronto Telegraph, May 19 2013

    A two-day, 39.3-mile walk to raise money for breast cancer research kicked off Saturday with the UMass Boston campus as a starting point.
  • Cultural settlement

    Boston Globe, May 18 2013

    The Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston reports a 76 percent increase in the number of Indian heritage residents in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2010. The jump is especially noticeable in communities such as Shrewsbury, where nearly 9 percent of residents have Indian roots.
  • Wachusett students fare well at state science fair

    May 18 2013

    Outlet: Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Online

    HOLDEN — Students from Wachusett Regional High School excellently represented themselves and their school at the Mass. State Science and Engineering Fair, with nine students claiming a prize and two winning college scholarships. Eleven students qu
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