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Outdoor festival with young girl playing a coin toss game.

Sep 20, 2018

5 things to do! September 21-23

A weekly roundup of weekend events on campus and around town.

An overhead shot of Brattle campus and the City of Cambridge with buildings and fall foliage.

Sep 20, 2018

Lesley named among top universities in Massachusetts

U.S. News & World Report released its annual “Best Colleges” list for America’s colleges and universities

Sep 19, 2018

Lesley names Lilu Barbosa new Chief Diversity Officer

Barbosa will lead our newly-established Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Voter registration table in the student center with signs and tshirts

Sep 19, 2018

Lesley’s Campus Activities Board gets loud to rock the vote

Student club sets up creative options to make voting accessible on campus

Neon sign that reads: "radio and television station" with an arrow pointing to the bottom left corner of the rectangular sign.

Sep 13, 2018

Neon signs light up Lunder Arts Center

Partnership with The Greenway Conservancy brings historic installation to Lesley

Yellow fluorescent tubes on Harvard campus in the middle of the yard.

Sep 12, 2018

5 things to do! September 14-16

A weekly roundup of weekend events on campus and around town.

Self portrait of the artist holding a camera and sitting in a chair on a lawn (looks like Harvard) with a camera held up to her face.

Sep 18, 2018BostonVoyager

Meet Kirsten Powell

Alumna Kristen Powell's narrative photography is "inspired by the camera's ability to trick the viewer's eye."

Sep 16, 2018Education Week

How should teachers approach racism?

Avoiding topics of race and racism in the classroom does more harm than good, says 2017 Teacher of the Year Sydney Chaffee ’07.

Sep 14, 2018Kirkus Review

Sara Farizan's newest novel is 'Here to Stay'

Alumna Sara Farizan's latest novel tackles Islamophobia, bullying and a boy who just wants to play basketball.

The mural on a brick wall - the image is a landscape with a herd of animals.

Sep 12, 2018BizWest

Wellington adds mural artwork to downtown

During the summer, fine arts student Joe Hamman created a mural that is now on display in his hometown of Wellington, Colorado.

kyle cooper photographs himself in broken glass

Sep 5, 2018Artscope

Cooper at Lesley: Credit Where Credit is Due

Artscope calls Kyle Cooper's "The Art of the Title" exhibit at the Lunder Arts Center a "vibrant" showing of the artist's career in movie and film title sequences.

Aug 30, 2018Newsy

Lesley alum gives Marvel's Dust a makeover

Calling the Muslim superhero Dust "uninspired," Sara Alfageeh ’18 illustrated a makeover, trading spandex for a realistic and fashionable outfit. The image went viral.