Community Volunteers Program
Community Volunteers Program is a brand new service opportunity that engages volunteers in weekly service with community-based organizations in neighborhoods surrounding the Boston campus. It offers various volunteer placements that will allow you to connect your skills, passions, and interests with weekly service!
826 Boston
It is a nonprofit kids writing and publishing organization empowering traditionally under-served students (age 2 to 13)to find their voices, tell their stories, and gain communication skills to succeed in school and in future life.
·Primary Focus: After-school enrichment/tutoring.
·Opportunity Type: Remote.
Family Gym Program
Family Gym's goal is to provide families with young children (age 0 to 10) with a safe, accessible space to engage in fun, and age-appropriate physical activity.
·Primary Focus: Nutrition and Meal Assistance, Nutrition and Physical Education.
·Opportunity Type: Virtual/Remote.
Community Servings
Community Servings actively engages the community to provide medically tailored, nutritious, scratch-made meals to critically ill kids (age 6 to 10) and their families.
·Primary Focus: Food Security, Nutrition and Meal Assistance.
·Opportunity Type: In person.
Hernández After School Program
HASP involves youth from the Rafael Hernández Two-Way Bilingual School to provide the highest quality of specialized services to meet the educational, social, emotional, cultural, and recreational needs of its students (age 5 to 12) in the surrounding communities.
·Primary Focus: After-school enrichment/tutoring for multilingual students.
·Opportunity Type: Remote.
After you finish your fries，eat the ketchup packet.When you add your pasta to boiling water，put the bag into the pot，too.If these instructions sound confusing to you，it's only because you haven't yet heard of Notpla，a London-based startup company that is designing a seaweed-based replacement for single-use plastic packaging.Notpla design director Karlijn Sibbel says they look on nature as inspiration for the ideal packaging like the skin on a fruit. " A peel will eventually be used as nutrients by nature，and disappear and become a part of the cycle. " she said.
According to the UN，9.15 billion tons of plastic has been produced since the early 1950s，and about 60% has been land-filled or abandoned outdoors.Micro-plastics, which are often the result of larger plastics breaking down，pollute the ocean，the air and our bodies.Over the past few years, there has been a growing movement against single-use plastics as many experts have argued the products are unnecessary and harmful.In the US, some places have taken action：New York banned most plastic shopping bags，and in Miami Beach，plastic straws have been outlawed. " Overseas，the European Union put a broad ban on single-use plastics into effect this summer. " the government announced in August.
"Notpla's founders, Rodrigo Garoia González and Pierre Paslie，initially looked to seaweed as the solution to the world's plastic problem because it is abundant，grows quickly，doesn't compete with land crops. " Sibbel explained.There are also many different seaweed species，and it can be harvested or farmed.Seaweed doesn't use land；it doesn't use pesticides.It can grow into the ocean and the sea, where it actually has a lot of positive benefits so it can create new ecosystems for other organisms to thrive in.
"As they scale up, Notpla's team hopes seaweed could replace single-use plastic in the supply chain more broadly. " Sibbel said.But with the volume of plastics used around the world，she understands the enormity （巨大） of such a task. "I don't think one material or one solution is going to solve everything，but we think that seaweed really ticks the right boxes. " she said.
The world's first robotic self-portraits （自画像），painted by an robot called Ai-Da，have been displayed at a new art exhibit in London.The surprisingly accurate images question the role of artificial intelligence （AI） in human society and challenge the idea that art is totally a human trait （特征），according to her creators.
Ai-Da is a life-size android artist powered by AI that can paint，sculpt，and talk. Ai-Da is designed to look and act like a human woman with a female voice.She is named after Ada Lovelace，the pioneering English mathematician who is considered one of the first computer programmers.
In the past，Ai-Da's work was made up of abstract paintings based on complex mathematical models，and her first exhibition raised over ＄ 1 million in art sales.Now Ai-Da has created what are believed to be the first self-portraits made by a machine.
Three of these robot selfies went on display at the Design Museum on May 18 in an exhibition titled "Ai-Di：Portrait of the Robot，" which is free to the public and will remain on display until Aug.29.
"These images are meant to unsettle，" said Aidan Meller，the gallery owner behind the creation of Ai-Da. "They are meant to raise questions about where we are going.What is our role as humans if so much can be copied through technology？"
Ai-Da's new self-portraits are a combination of constantly updated AI，inbuilt programming and advanced robotics.Her eyes are actually cameras that allow her to "look" at what she is painting or sculpting，in this case，herself，and copy it.Ai-Da did not decide to create the self-portraits；rather，her creators gave her those instructions.Ai-Da's creators hope that her existence will make us think more about the role of technology，in particular，AI，in our everyday lives.
The human brain is the command centre for the nervous system and enables thoughts，memory，movement，and emotions.
As the population ages，the challenges for the preservation of brain health increase.It is therefore vital for seniors to understand how to protect it.
Exercise regularly.Regular physical exercise tends to help fight against the natural reduction in brain connections that occur during aging.Multiple studies show that physically active people are less likely to experience a decline in their mental function and have a lower risk of developing brain disease.
Have a "right" nap.Having a nap after lunch can be good for your brain and many seniors have developed such a good habit for long. While a 30-min to 90-min nap has brain benefits, anything longer than an hour and a half may create problems with cognition, the ability to think and form memories.
Your brain is similar to a muscle - you need to use it or lose it.There are many things that you can do to keep your brain in shape, such as doing crossword puzzles，reading，or playing cards.You can also learn something new such as musical instruments, drawing, or even digital devices.Combine different types of activities to increase the effectiveness.
Eat a Mediterranean diet.Studies show people who closely follow a Mediterranean diet are less likely to have brain disease than people who don't follow the diet. However, we at least know that omega fatty acids found in olive oil and other healthy fats are vital for your cells to function correctly.
A.Stay mentally active.
B.Explore new interests if possible.
C.But keep in mind that the length matters.
D.Your diet plays a large role in your brain health.
E.The benefits result from increased blood circulation.
F.Maintaining a healthy brain is the primary goal in pursuing health.
G.Further research is needed to decide which parts of the diet help brain the most.
