The City of Boston
On May 11, Mayor Kim Janey announced the upcoming expansion of in-person City services at Boston City Hall, the Boston Public Library system (BPL), and the Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF):

Starting Monday, June 7, 2021, Boston City Hall will be open to the public by appointment only for a fourth day each week. In addition to Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, residents will be able to make in-person appointments on Monday as well. Check the latest status of City departments.

The Boston Public Library will reopen for limited in-person services in June. The Library will prioritize bringing back critical services that help residents with economic and educational recovery. They will also be scheduling robust summer programs for both adults and youth.

BCYF will increase its youth programming to align with Phase Four, Step One of the Reopening Massachusetts plan. This will allow for the expansion of programs for children and youth, including arts and crafts, fitness classes, and game nights. BCYF will also offer summer day programs at several centers.
 

FACE COVERINGS UPDATE

On Friday, April 30, Boston aligned with the state’s updated Face Coverings Order:

• Face coverings are required at all times at indoor and outdoor venues and events, except when eating or drinking.
• Face coverings are recommended to be worn both inside and outside during small gatherings at private homes.
• Face coverings are not required outside in public spaces when individuals are able to remain at a safe distance from others.

• Also effective April 30, public gatherings in Boston increased to 100 people indoors and 150 people outdoors.
• In Boston, all private gatherings and events in private residences will remain subject to current capacity limits of 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
• Both public and private gathering limits will increase to 200 people indoors and 250 people outdoors on June 19.

The City plans to allow the following industries to reopen or resume:

• road races and other large, outdoor organized amateur or professional group athletic events
• youth and adult amateur sports tournaments for moderate- and high-risk sports, and
• singing indoors at performance venues, restaurants, event venues, and other businesses, subject to the state’s Theater and Performance Venue guidance.

For more about the City's reopening plans for the summer, check the update link below:

SUMMER REOPENING UPDATE

Vaccination Schedule:

Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu at a gathering at Columbia University in 1958.

Chien-Shiung Wu is a pioneer and pivotal figure in the history of physics. An immigrant to the United States from China, she did important work for the Manhattan Project and in experimental physics. Her crucial contribution to particle physics was, however, ignored by the Nobel Prize committee when it awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more about her HERE