President Obama Announces Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, as Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced the appointment of Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). A leading HIV/AIDS policy expert, Douglas most recently served as Senior Vice President for Community, Health, and Public Policy at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI). As the Director of ONAP, he will lead the Administration’s work to reduce new HIV infections, improve health outcomes for people living with HIV, and eliminate Continue reading >>>

Navigating a T station can be challenging enough — even without a visual impairment. A new technology designed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst might make subway orienteering easier for blind people — or more likely, for people who lack that innate Bostonian I-know-exactly-where-I’m-going sixth sense — by offering step-by-step instructions on how to get to their destination inside a T station. The electronic navigation system, called PERCEPT, uses a smartphone application to help people detect landmarks inside a station and provides verbal directions for moving from one Continue reading >>>

Do you run on Dunkin'? Do you know the true meaning of a "frappe?" When you hear someone refer to "Legal's" do you know they're talking about a group of seafood restaurants? You must be from Boston, or somewhere "outside of Boston," as everyone says. There are many things that only people who grew up in or around Boston will understand. We're not bad drivers -- you are. "The Globe" isn't the world -- it's our paper. There is only one sports rivalry, and if you're not a Sox fan, you're on the wrong side. When it comes to food, there are definitely certain truths Continue reading >>>

Do you run on Dunkin'? Do you know the true meaning of a "frappe?" When you hear someone refer to "Legal's" do you know they're talking about a group of seafood restaurants? You must be from Boston, or somewhere "outside of Boston," as everyone says. There are many things that only people who grew up in or around Boston will understand. We're not bad drivers -- you are. "The Globe" isn't the world -- it's our paper. There is only one sports rivalry, and if you're not a Sox fan, you're on the wrong side. When it comes to food, there are definitely certain truths Continue reading >>>

In 1805, a twenty-three year-old Bostonian named Frederic Tudor launched a new industry: the international frozen-water trade. Over the next fifty years, he and the men he worked with developed specialized ice-harvesting tools, a global network of thermally engineered ice houses, and a business model that cleverly leveraged ballast-less ships, off-season farmers, and overheated Englishmen abroad. By the turn of the century, the industry employed 90,000 people and was worth $220 million in today's terms. By 1930, it had disappeared, almost without trace, replaced by an artificial cryosphere of Continue reading >>>

S In 1805, a twenty-three year-old Bostonian named Frederic Tudor launched a new industry: the international frozen-water trade. Over the next fifty years, he and the men he worked with developed specialized ice-harvesting tools, a global network of thermally engineered ice houses, and a business model that cleverly leveraged ballast-less ships, off-season farmers, and overheated Englishmen abroad. By the turn of the century, the industry employed 90,000 people and was worth $220 million in today's terms. By 1930, it had disappeared, almost without trace, replaced by an artificial cryosphere of Continue reading >>>

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My nephew just got married in Boston. The celebration was beautiful, and I especially liked hearing all his relatives, old and new, saying how much they appreciated our coming from “so fah away.” You can hear a Bostonian a mile away.I am a New Yorker. Everywhere I have lived in the United States, people nod their heads when I say I’m from New York. I don’t say “New Yawk” or talk like Jerry Seinfeld and his friends, but I guess regional identities go much deeper than that.I’m Jewish. That puts me in a distinct minority nearly everywhere I go, except in synagogue and at some of my friends’ Continue reading >>>

The soon-to-be released NBC show stars Brent Morin (“Chelsea Lately”), Rick Glassman, Ron Funches (“New Girl,” “Portlandia”), and Chris D’Elia (“Whitney,” “Workaholics”).

The “Undateable” crew will be coming to Boston as a part of an eight-city comedy tour, which kicks off in New York City on March 2.

The March 3 show at Laugh Boston begins at 7 p.m. and tickets are $25.