By: Ryan Towey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President L. Rafael Reif released a letter to the MIT community on Feb. 15 announcing the university’s support for the student founders of a startup called Tidbit.
Metro, Column
COLUMN: In Defense of The Snow
By: Ryan Towey
Most would hurry to the Copley T stop and vanish into the warmth of the underground trains, but there exist few greater experiences in life than a walk in the snow.
Metro, Column
Examining One’s View of the World
By: Ryan Towey
No city is the center of the world, and nor should it be. Each urban setting brings a unique cultural contribution that is not less than that of another.
Metro
Kulhawik Strives to Revamp Career Through New Platforms
By: Ryan Towey
When her career on WBZ-TV came to a close, Kulhawik said that local arts coverage on television became essentially nonexistent, but she still strives to keep that coverage alive.
Metro
Nonprofit JazzBoston Promotes Key Urban Music Scene
By: Ryan Towey
JazzBoston hopes Jazz Week will extend the celebratory nature of the Marathon, and that tourists visiting for the famous race will increase the length of their stay to appreciate a key component of Boston’s culture.
Metro, Column
COLUMN: Sounds of the City
By: Ryan Towey
Walk down a city street and you hear three things-a mother telling her son to come back here right now, a businessman saying he will be there in five minutes, and music.
Metro
U.S. To Seek Death Penalty For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
By: Ryan Towey
U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. today authorized the pursuit of the death penalty in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev is accused of detonating two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon last April.
Metro
COLUMN: Mapping Out Boston’s History
By: Ryan Towey
When one looks at a map that depicts Boston’s expanding borders over time, one should not underestimate the sheer human ingenuity required to produce such a transformation.
Metro, Politics, Boston
Walsh Transition Team Focuses on Arts Community
By: Ryan Towey
The Rabb Lecture Hall of the Boston Public Library was packed on Saturday morning, where diverse members of the Boston arts community waited for a chance to speak at a microphone for a strict two minutes-their chance to indirectly tell Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, their opinions on the future of the city’s arts and culture scene.
Metro
Northeastern Entrepreneurs Club to Host InnoWeekend
By: Ryan Towey
Northeastern University’s Entrepreneurs Club will host InnoWeekend, a weekend-long event from Jan. 24 to Jan. 26. The event is designed to bring together students from across all of Northeastern’s colleges to design companies with the help of mentors.
