Meet the Cambridge Math Circle’s Nataliya Yufa, who folds in her experiences from Kyiv and MIT
Nataliya Yufa’s experiences growing up in an oppressed Ukraine and dazzling but economically out of reach New York shaped her work as a founder and leader of the nonprofit Cambridge Math Circle, which aims to widen access to the sciences.
State policy limits East Cambridge shelter hours, putting residents in the cold for partial solutions
City officials and legislators have been trying unsuccessfully for weeks to persuade the state to keep Cambridge’s overflow temporary shelter for migrant families open around the clock instead of closing during daytime hours.
Attend civic events in Somerville from March 1-7 such as citizenship test prep, fundraising dance (updated)
Public meetings and gatherings this week look at preparing people for U.S. citizenship, fundraising for the Community Action Agency of Somerville by dancing, finding kids’ summer activities and more.
High school is addressing post-Covid fight surge; Capuano report shows the joyful educating of tots
Fights break out at Somerville High School roughly once every two weeks, School Committee members heard, but a look at the Capuano Early Childhood Education Center showed a more delightful side of education.
Attend meetings Feb. 23 to March 1 in Cambridge about adding more housing faster and Porter labs
Public meetings this week look at making more housing and making it more affordable, a decision on a plan to reclaim the fenced-off Jerry’s Pond, room for small tech at Porter Square and planning for the Massachusetts Avenue of 2040.
Attend meetings Feb. 23 to March 1 in Somerville about an Armory plan and resident displacement
Public meetings this week look an Armory master plan, alternatives to rat-trap poison, resident displacement and aid to the unhoused, a students’ health survey trivia event delated from Feb. 1 and talk about a wage theft ordinance.
Somerville Foundation, fresh from name change, expands mission without leaving youth behind
With a name change in December, the Somerville Education Foundation is now The Somerville Foundation and looking toward next steps.
Detention of a sort returns as ‘accountability,’ part of undoing chronic student absenteeism
After a spike in chronic absenteeism two years ago, numbers are starting to come down for Cambridge Public Schools – to 21 percent from 25 percent last year – but preschool and high school years both remain big.
Cambridge has seen a cultural shift for the worse about volunteerism; on Thursday we can undo it
Covid’s social distancing accelerated trends toward remote everything. Many corporate employees are rarely at the office. Health risks pushed a stable group of regular volunteers – retirees – to quit, en masse. Other people lost touch with nonprofits when programming paused.
Attend Somerville meetings from Jan. 26-Feb. 2 about Davis Square changes and student health
Public meetings this week look at plans to remake Davis Square, electing a leader for a task force that sets payments for institutions such as Tufts and a students’ health survey.
