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At @Suffolk_U and the Sawyer Business School, we’re fired up for our partners the Boston @celtics as they begin their quest for an 18th NBA Championship. Go Green!
ALT Image of fire fountains at TD Garden under the Celtics scoreboard with the headline "Let's go Celtics!"
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March Madness came early for the Suffolk men’s & women’s basketball teams: both advanced to the semifinal round of the 2024 CCC post-season tournament, with the men’s team making it all the way to the CCC finals, a Suffolk basketball first: suffolk.edu/news-features/ne… @gosuffolkrams
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Yikes! From the 1950s until the early 1970s, Suffolk University freshmen were required to wear beanies --and bow down to upperclassmen -- during their first weeks of school.
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Read more about Prof. Allison's tour along the Freedom Trail to the site of the Boston Tea Party ahead of Saturday's 250th anniversary reenactment: suffolk.edu/news-features/ne…
TRAIL TO THE TEA PARTY: In today’s #BostonTeaParty lesson from Suffolk professor Robert Allison, we learn about what happens when a sarcastic side comment about mixing tea with salty sea water sparks a revolution.
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TRAIL TO THE TEA PARTY: Today’s Boston Tea Party lesson is all about plausible deniability: As protestors in disguise made their way to the waterfront to dump tea in the harbor, political leaders remained at the Old South Meeting House so they could claim they were not involved.
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Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Suffolk professor and noted Boston historian Bob Allison takes us for walk along the Freedom Trail. Today, we learn that one of our Founding Fathers was never referred to as “Sam” – and he certainly did not make beer.
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Join us Wednesday for a screening of "Roxbury," a documentary film by Suffolk communications professor Daniel Weidknecht that explores a community’s struggle to rise above discriminatory housing policies. Register here: lnkd.in/eupQEPfG
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Tremont House opened on the corner of Tremont and Beacon Street as the first modern luxury hotel in the United States 194 years ago today, featuring bellboys, free soap, indoor plumbing, locked guest rooms, and a reception area at a hotel rate of $2 a night.
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Squeal! This is the site where our very own 73 Tremont now sits. The Tremont House's claim to luxury? It was the first hotel in Boston with indoor running water...
Yesterday's #mysteryphoto shows the Tremont House Hotel in 1895. Thanks for playing, folks! Here's a link to a high quality version of the photo: cityofboston.access.preservi… @universalhub @HUBhistory
ALT Stone building covered with advertisements for the Castle Square Theater. Pedestrians and horse drawn carts in front of the building
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complement-something that completes, or makes better or perfect
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'Complement' with an 'e' completes something.
'I' like receiving compliments.
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William L. Uanna earned his Bachelor of Laws from @Suffolk_Law in 1942, a year before before joining the Manhattan Project as a security officer. He went on to head the Atomic Energy Commission. #Oppenheimer #ManhattanProject
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Born in 1938, Suffolk alum Paul Benedict played the Mad Painter on Sesame Street -- and yes, that's Stockard Channing beside him! @sesamestreet
A compilation: youtube.com/watch?v=ETIytzrm…
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Happy Disability Pride month! The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed July 26, 1990. Each July, Disability Pride Month commemorates this event and celebrates the disabled community. Image Description in a comment.
ALT On a blue background, a man chats in sign language on a phone and a woman with a crutch holds a sign that says "Equality!" The title says Happy Disability Pride Month!
ALT On a grey background, a title reads "Voting with a disability". Beneath it is a list with 4 bullet points. Check the image description in the comments to read the bullets.
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July 7th is World Chocolate Day!
Did you know that Massachusetts' state cookie is the chocolate chip cookie? The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1938 by Ruth Graves Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts.
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"People across the spectrum of gender and sexual identity have always contributed to American history" - This #LibGuide from @nypl introduces us to historical figures who contributed to LGBTQIA+ history at the time of the American Revolution. #PrideMonth libguides.nypl.org/c.php?g=1…
ALT LibGuide about Life During the American Revolution: Queer People in Colonial History from the New York Public Library
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With the incorporation of @Suffolk_U in 1937, Founder Gleason Archer sought a signature melody for the new school. He asked several confidants deemed to have musical talent. 6 options for the official “University song” resulted. Here's 'Ave, Suffolk!' by F. Morse Wemple in 1938.
