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A program that gained national attention in 1991 for offering to pay college tuition for 69 second-graders is closing its doors in Cambridge on Friday.

The local “Say Yes to Education” program is coming to an end because the last of the original 69 students just graduated with a doctoral degree in pharmacy.

The program, funded in part by millionaire philanthropist and Boston native George Weiss, tracked the students from second grade through graduation — and then paid for their college tuition. Participants were chosen for their multicultural and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

“I’d venture to say it’s my most successful program,” Weiss said in a phone interview Thursday.

Of the original 69 students, all but seven got their high school diplomas or GEDs, and more than half are now college graduates, said Anne Larkin, program director and a Lesley University professor. » Read the rest of the entry..

West Lafayette, Indiana: In a university where one out of five international students is from India, the country has never really been far from its management’s consciousness. But now Purdue University, one of America’s most respected institutions, is going all out to engage India, which many of its faculty members describe as ‘one of the two most exciting » Read the rest of the entry..

The Bradenton Herald welcomes information on health-related events open to the public. The deadline for submitting information is noon Friday, eight days ahead of Saturday publication. Information - including time, date and place - can be dropped off, mailed to the Bradenton Herald, P.O. Box 921, Bradenton, FL 34206, or faxed to 745-7097. Complete » Read the rest of the entry..

One of Scandinavia’s finest places to stay is Hotel Kämp Helsinki. The economic, social and cultural elite of Finland as well as illustrious guests from around the world gather at the hotel.

Established in the Finnish capital in 1887, Hotel Kämp was commissioned by the restaurateur Carl Kämp (1848-1889) and built by the architect Theodor Höijer (1843-1910). The hotel added a contemporary continental - for most local observers a Parisian - touch to Helsinki. Guests of the city’s leading hotels, the Seurahuone and the Kämp, arriving by train or boat, were fetched in an omnibus wagon at the train station and in the harbor. » Read the rest of the entry..