The 10 richest schools, including Harvard and MIT, hold more than a third of the total wealth in all of higher education.
Alice Bonner, known nationally and in Mass. for her work with older Americans, will start her new position June 1.
Olympic support inches upward, poll showsForty percent of Boston-area residents now support the bid, up from 36 percent last month, according to the survey.
It?s only her second trip to the Granite State since her 2008 presidential campaign.
Despite winter?s onslaught, Baker found his footingThe GOP governor, coming up on his 100th day in office, used the weather crises to cement relationships with local officials.
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Proposals for the site of the closed garage vary from mixed-use skyscrapers to a new $25 million public school.
With guilty verdict, what?s next?Hernandez also faces murder charges in a 2012 double homicide that took place after an alleged dispute at a Boston nightclub.
Converse bringing free 5-night music festival to BostonPassion Pit, thrash-metal titans Slayer, and punk-rock progenitors Descendents are among the acts scheduled to perform.
WEEI?s John Dennis taking leave of absence to enter rehabThe longtime co-host of the ?Dennis and Callahan Show? plans to receive treatment for alcohol abuse.
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Spring Staycations
Staying close to home after this gloomy winter? Where to go for biking, swimming, rock climbing, and other ways to break that cabin fever.
The emporium is a mix of food stores and produce stands and would take over the Prudential food court while adding rooftop dining.
Kidney donation to a stranger triggers a three-way chainHeather Cox Smith downplays the enormity of her donation to a perfect stranger, but the good turn carried forward.
The group is asking Pope Francis to remove the San Franciso archbishop due to an ?an atmosphere of division and intolerance.?
The Patriots will continue the custom of visiting the president following their Super Bowl championship.
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Lars-Erik Fisk designed spheres echoing the MBTA and Fenway?s Green Monster, which lights up and has a working scoreboard.
The pregnancy was confirmed when Kiki took a pregnancy test of the same kind that humans use, the zoo said.
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Contemporary designs are soaking the competition, and top designers also find that when it comes to color, homeowners still favor white.
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Uzo Aduba grew up in Medfield a fan of the Marathon. Now, she?s running the race and raising money for Dana-Farber.
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Trouble brews in the world of sci-fi writingThe 62-year-old Hugo Awards, the genre?s most prestigious trophies, are having a bipolar seizure.
Episode 18: Tsarnaev found guilty on all countsThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
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Don?t let Aaron Hernandez?s fame overshadow Odin Lloyd?s lifeLloyd?s mother deserves the last word: ?Odin was my first, best gift I ever received.?
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From Japan to Washington, D.C., people gather to relish the beauty of the blooming cherry tree.
The running back can return to team activities with the Vikings beginning Friday.
?Estranged? is how Shayanna Jenkins described their relationship when she took the stand in the murder trial of her fiancé.
The Senate took a tentative step toward dismantling the Legislature?s centuries-old system of joint House-Senate committees.
The man behind the flight identified himself publicly as a supporter of campaign finance reform.
Listen and watch as Meb Keflezighi explains the strategy behind his historic victory at the 2014 Boston Marathon.
Commissioned to create a sculpture for the Harvard Art Museums, Mexican artist Carlos Amorales chose to make a visual representation of sound.
De la Garza is refashioning her image from a morning TV anchor to host of ?Bianca Unanchored.?
Ideas | hindsight
What the man behind the ?American Dream? really meantJames Truslow Adams was careful to separate the dream from mere prosperity.
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