Older Workers More Likely to Be Employed Than Teens The biggest changes in family life sometimes happen gradually. New employment data suggest one such seismic change is upon us: Job-holding patterns between the generations have turned upside down.
Mass High Tech Clean energy grants worth $160K awarded by MassCEC, MTTC A quartet of researchers from colleges around the Bay State will split $160,000 in grants from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center. The grants fall under the MassCEC Catalyst Program for commercialization clean energy technologies being developed at Massachusetts colleges.
Forbes From Here to Retirement: Great Career Resources for Boomers The Forbes 2011 Retirement Guide is here, and I’m pleased to have contributed a story to the mix that is near and dear to my heart-following your passion through your work – the subject of my book What’s Next?
Starbucks and Makeup: The Daily Ritual of the At-Home Worker If I asked you if you work “mother’s hours,” what would come to mind?
Dog found alive in rubble, month after fire Terisa Acevedo was crying tears of joy. Nearly a month after her dog Lola disappeared in a fire that destroyed her home, she found the pet alive Monday among the ashes of her burned-out and boarded-up house in Hyde Park.
East Bay RI Half-court kid wins free books Zack Sampson walked onto the basketball court with one thought streaming through his mind: “Don’t look like an idiot.”
Snowstorms credited with drop in major crimes The brutal winter snowstorms did more than frustrate commuters and destroy roofs. They also played a large role in keeping Boston crime down, according to police and specialists.
Rutgers Today Leading Authority on Sports Justice to Discuss Major Sports Law Controversies at Rutgers Law School-Newark on April 4 Sports law controversies involving such issues as the rights of the disabled, amateurism and college sports, transgendered athletes, and the responsibility of leagues for the safety and lifelong health of players reflect not only the evolving nature of sports but of society itself.
Star Global Tribune Key To Better Cancer Treatment Discovered Measuring the mechanical strength of cancer cell mucus layers provides clues about better ways to treat cancer, and also suggests why some cancer cells are more resistant to drugs than others, according to Kai-tak Wan, associate professor of engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.
The Associated Press Mass. diversifies its ranks with female cadets Being a case manager at a Social Security disability law firm didn’t cut it for 25-year-old Jacquelyn Richards.
The Patriot Ledger Local police vary in efforts to notify residents of sex offenders Twice a year, Police Sgt. Kevin Force traverses Abington, stopping at every preschool, public and private school to hand out information on the Level 3 sex offenders living and working in town.
The Anniston Star Seeking ‘peace on this earth’: Detailing the need for Alabama to offer a formal state apology Two local governments in southeast Alabama are expected to issue an apology for a 1944 rape of a black woman by several white men, none of whom were ever prosecuted.