I confess I was born and raised in Boston and though I graduated from 2 of the areas major universities I did not have to go through the madness that is the September move in.  …

President Obama recently honored certain colleges and universities for their community service work.  Simmons College is one of 4 Massachusetts Colleges that received the Honor Roll with Distinction Award.
Through this LearnandServe program Obama hopes to …

The opportunity to attend smaller classes where students aren’t just numbers in an arena is one of the most appealing aspects of attending a college, rather than a major university. But as the recession continues, …

Boston is no doubt a college town.  And WFNX, the alternative college-centric station, and the Boston Phoenix, the alternative college-centric weekly paper (both owned by the same company) welcomes back the student population every year …

In a world where the odds are clearly stacked against entrepreneurs, the journey of a female entrepreneur proves to be a lesson in fighting one’s way to the top. Simmons College alumna Gretchen Fox exemplifies …

Boston University’s much awaited annual event kicked off the new academic year with a Splash! The Splash event is the quasi-official start of the BU school year where new students, registered student organizations and representatives …

Nothing is safe from the economic fallout of the current recession. That point was made vociferously today with the announcement by Harvard University that the school’s endowment plunged 27.3 percent this past year, a …

Governor Michael Dukakis is Massachusetts’ longest serving Governor. Dukakis held the Democratic nomination against George H. W. Bush during the 1988 Presidential Election. Listen to him discuss the possibility of becoming Senator Kennedy’s replacement this fall.

On days like today, when the streets and sidewalks subways and all other mediums which could, to the inexperienced mind of an out-of-towner, possibly be mistaken as reasonable means of transportation (“An amphibious truck shaped …

Moving into an apartment in Boston is a lot like forcing your forearm through a bread slicer: there’s a lot of physical pain, pain which, oddly enough, is secondary to the agonizing knowledge that you’re …