By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
WORCESTER, Mass. — Taner Akçam, a Turkish historian, author, sociologist and activist has been appointed to the Kaloosdian-Mugar chair at Clark University’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide studies. Currently, a visiting associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota, he will assume his new position in September.
Akçam is well known [...]

Leaves Legislative
Post May 30
By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
BOSTON — On May 21, MassachusettsGov. Deval Patrick announced that he has appointed state Rep. Rachel Kaprielian (D-Watertown) Registrar of Motor Vehicles (RMV).
Kaprielian leaves her State House office for her new position, Friday, May 30.
She succeeds Anne Collins, who has accepted a senior staff position in the [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Business Wire) — Noubar B. Afeyan, PhD, managing partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, was among this year’s recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor given by the National Ethnic Coalition (NECO) on May 10 in New York City. [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
HOUSTON, Texas — “We started this program because of our belief that teachers prepare tomorrow’s leaders. That is the source of our inspiration and our mission,” said Maro Bedrosian, speaking of the Tekeyan Cultural Association’s (TCA) program “Sponsor a Teacher” in Armenia. Bedrosian, chair of TCA’s Board of Administrators and treasurer of [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The misty, wet weather outside the windows of the Grand Hyatt Regency penthouse did nothing to dampen the spirits of Armenian Assembly members and supporters who gathered, on Friday, May 9, to honor the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and its executive director, Nancy Kaufman, for continued leadership in [...]

NEW YORK — A monumental 12th-century khachkar— a 2,000-pound, nearly eight-foot-tall block of basalt, carved on its surface with symbols of the four evangelists, a massive cross, small birds at fountains and surrounding patterns of interlacing — is now on display in the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine art at the Metropolitan Museum [...]

WASHINGTON — In commemoration of the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (DCA) reaffirmed her commitment to this critical human rights issue.
“It is long past time for the president and Congress to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Pelosi told the crowd gathered at an observance event on Capitol Hill. “If we [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
WASHINGTON — Once more, April 24, the day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide has come and gone, marked by ceremonies and observances throughout the US, in Armenia and abroad. Once more, President George Bush issued a statement that avoided the word “genocide,” calling the events “one of the greatest tragedies of [...]