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For many hiring managers, the toughest part of their job isn't reviewing resumes - it's telling qualified applicants they didn't move on in the selection process. After 14 years of working with the talent acquisition team as the Human Resources Director at Davis Elen Advertising, Melissa Ojeda knows this should be easy by now. But the reality is, meeting the required qualifications often doesn't compare to having connections.
Despite the belief that hard work and dedication pays off, st...

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Creating Antarctic Ambassadors
Only a tiny fraction of the world’s population will ever set foot on Antarctica, but preserving and protecting it is crucial to all of our survival – a fact lost on many. While it’s true that out of sight is often out of mind when it comes to action on climate change, it’s easy to see this argument as a convenient excuse for carrying on operating in an industry that’s worth over $800 million. How we can go about b...

Although the Roxbury YMCA is open all year, it plays a special role during the winter months when exercising and socializing outside are more difficult. This winter, one of the coldest winters Boston has seen since 2018, it’s especially needed.  
At 8 a.m., Associate Community Engagement Director Angela Allen and her staff walk through the doors for the first community event of the day: a coffee hour for seniors who want a kick start to their mornings. Allen runs around assisting with check-in a...

It’s a busy winter for Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH), a non-profit which has provided affordable housing for tenants of diverse backgrounds, organized youth programs and advocated for its community members for over 50 years. The center sits on the border of two very diverse neighborhoods – Roxbury and Mission Hill, and seeks to serve people of all identities. This year, they celebrated the full 15 days of Chinese New Year. 
“We live in a diverse world, and you should know something about ever...

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A wilderness that belongs to no one
Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest, most uninhabitable place on earth, with 98% of its 5.5 million-square-mile surface area covered in ice, earning it the nickname “The White Continent.” Winter there lasts from March to October, when daylight disappears and temperatures plunge to minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s precisely the remote and inhospitable nature of this climate that has long sheltered it from tourism, until now...

By Danielle Campos and Hikari Terasawa

Tucked away between Boston Common and Downtown Crossing “lives” book proprietor Kenneth Gloss. While he doesn’t actually live in Brattle Bookshop, “I spend half the day here,” he said. 

Having been passed down through generations of his family, the bookshop is marked as one of the nations oldest (and trendiest) used bookstores. Being raised in the shop means Gloss has been dominating his business from a young age. What was once a dream, became a reali...

It’s not often you get to meet an international student at St. John’s, but if you do, it is worth the time to get to know them better and learn about how they arrived on the Queens, NY, campus. Take Matthew Gibbs for example. Matthew, who is from Trinidad, is pursuing a Master of Science degree in International Communication in The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies.Before arriving in New York City, Matthew was not sure what to expect. He had heard about St. John’s...