… Boston Marathon, she will be adding the world’s oldest marathon to the four other 26.2-mile courses she’s run around the world while fulfilling a personal goal. A competitive runner in high school and college who continues to log mileage … Boston Marathon, she will be adding the world’s oldest marathon to the four other 26.2-mile courses she’s run around the world while fulfilling a personal goal. A …

… occurs each May. Q: Why is stroke awareness so important? Almost 800,000 people a year, just in the United States, have a stroke. That’s one every 40 seconds. It’s … attack, also known as a TIA that’s sometimes called a mini-stroke or brain attack even though it’s not technically a stroke. With a TIA, the blood flow to the brain is … is much higher so we want people to understand that if you do have these symptoms, even if they go away on their own, it's critical that you seek medical attention so …

… like Ritaj, the attention given to her and more than 250 other students in a summer program run by the MGH Institute comes from speech-language pathology … to support the “whole child”. Instruction on mindfulness, health, and safety is even provided by IHP nursing graduate students in addition to the regular activities … “summer slump,” is a major concern for elementary students, making this program even more important. This phenomenon has been known to widen achievement gaps and …

… CSD Alum Looks to Turn Around a Struggling School District … CSD Alum Looks to Turn Around a Struggling School District Cynthia Paris, CSD ’96, hadn’t even settled into her role as superintendent of schools in Lawrence, Mass., last fall … and fires rocked the city and towns in the surrounding Merrimack Valley. Even though two school buildings were converted to temporary public shelters to …