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Beyond Motherhood: Powerful Women in Science
In this installment of the women’s empowerment series, we introduce three phenomenal Armenian women who, through their strong work ethic and intelligence, changed the world of science and left their...
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ARS of Eastern USA awards 46 students with scholarships
WATERTOWN, Mass. —The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA has announced the recipients of this year’s ARS Undergraduate Scholarship and ARS George and Beatrice Lazarian Graduate Scholarship....
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announces Western Armenian Universal...
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is delighted to announce the release of the Western Armenian Universal Dependencies Treebank, which is now available on the...
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Armenian American Museum celebrates historic groundbreaking
Armenian American Museum Board of Trustees and Board of Governors at shovel ceremony GLENDALE, Calif. – The Armenian American Museum held a festive celebration to mark its historic groundbreaking...
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Former Boston TV reporter Jeff Derderian to host “Boston & Beyond”
Jeff Derderian BOSTON, Mass.—Salem Media Group Boston’s WROL 950AM and 100.3 FM, The Spirit of Boston, has announced a new live talk show called “Boston & Beyond with Jeff Derderian.” The show...
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Weekly contributor, Burlington native competing for title of Miss Massachusetts
Miss Boston Kristina Ayanian WORCESTER, Mass.—Kristina Ayanian is vying to become the first Armenian to ever hold the title of Miss Massachusetts. The 24 year-old Weekly contributor will be taking the...
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Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program to welcome fall 2021 fellows to...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program (CGP) will resume its in-person Washington, DC-based fellowship this September following...
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ANCA seeking close scrutiny of Jeff Flake’s nomination to serve as US...
“We can and must do better – giving substance to our Armenian Genocide policy by sending Turkey an Ambassador, in the spirit of Henry Morgenthau or John Evans, with a strong public record of forcefully...
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“Verabrogh” (Survivor)
Nerses Manougian, Shemlan orphanage, Lebanon, circa 1920 The stories herein are all based on the real-life account of the late Nerses Manougian (1912-1974). On a dark night some years after 1923, young...
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Project SAVE welcomes new Executive Director
Dr. Arto Vaun, Executive Director, Project SAVE WATERTOWN, Mass.—Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives is pleased to announce that Dr. Arto Vaun will serve as its new Executive Director. He will be...
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Remembering Vahe Doudaklian
Vahe Doudaklian (1958-2021) Yeghpayr Vahe no more… Kind, brilliant, discreet, faithful, generous, genuine, inventive, creative, outgoing and warmhearted are some keywords that could describe Yeghpayr...
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In Memory of Anna Araxy Yeshilian
Anna Araxy Yeshilian Anna Araxy Yeshilian passed away on July 11 at age 97. She was born in Chelsea, MA to the late Siranoush Helene Mecanisian and Hovsep Yeshilian. Anna was predeceased by her...
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Der Mugrdechian donates computer lab to Artsakh State University in Stepanakert
Artsakh State University Rector Dr. Armen Sargsyan, left, with Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian FRESNO, Calif.—Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian has donated a computer lab to Artsakh State University (ArSU) in...
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Gallery Z exhibit featuring “Armenian Artists from Around the World”
Click to view slideshow. WARWICK, RI — Gallery Z is pleased to announce its very first exhibit in its new location at the Pawtuxet Industrial Park, 100 Bellows Street, Unit #8, Warwick, RI. The long...
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In Memoriam: Van M. Aroian
Van M. Aroian (1927-2021) On July 14, NAASR announced with sadness the passing of Van M. Aroian of Worcester, MA, the senior member of its Board of Directors. He was 94 years old. Aroian was a Charter...
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Michael “Manoog” Kaprielian, a story finally told
Michael “Manoog” Kaprielian never told his parents—Vartkes and Elizabeth (Dolbashian) Kaprielian—about any of it while they were alive. “It would have devastated them,” he said about his experiences in...
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Diasporan-led NGO oqni helping solve increased need for leg prosthetics in...
oqni’s R&D partner Motorica, an upper limbs prosthetics company, fitted five prosthetics to amputees in Armenia free of charge. oqni and Motorica are jointly advancing AI-driven signal analysis...
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Cicilline and Bilirakis lead Congressional drive to block transfer of US...
WASHINGTON, DC –US representatives David Cicilline (D-RI) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) are leading a bi-partisan call on the State Department to suspend export licenses for US drone technology to Turkey,...
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Over 3500 Diasporans in Europe take part in the Armenian Diaspora Survey
The fieldwork for the Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS), a research project studying public opinion in diaspora communities, concluded successfully in over two dozen cities in Belgium, Britain,...
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Armenian community of Detroit celebrates Khanasor
Click to view slideshow. DETROIT, Mich. — On Sunday, July 25 the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Azadamard Gomideh had requiem services for the fedayees and heroes of the Lisbon 5 and Khanasor...
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