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Buildings on a busy city street with blue sky and clouds

Dec 5, 2019

Re-examining the distribution of resources

Expert panelists, audience members wrestle with question of whether capitalism can stem or reverse climate change

Students in the renovated dining hall sitting in chairs and getting food in a buffet line

Dec 3, 2019

Lesley wins New England Food Vision Prize

Lesley is part of collaborative to receive $250,000 award to increase local and regional food on campus

A dancer leaps in a Lesley dance studio.

Dec 2, 2019

Lesley dance/movement therapists win national recognition for contributions to the field

Faculty, students and alumni hailed at American Dance Therapy Association conference

Woman with glasses and a blue sweater seated and speaking to a crowd of students

Nov 26, 2019

Heeding the earth’s wisdom

Environmentalist author Robin Wall Kimmerer shares her veneration of nature at Marran Theater lecture

two men sitting on a stage in conversation for an interview

Nov 22, 2019

Famed journalist Bob Woodward shares insights, tales with Lesley audience

Pulitzer Prize-winner speaks about Watergate, Trump impeachment, Deep Throat and more at Lesley’s Boston Speakers Series

From left: Dr. Hilary L. Kreisberg, director of Lesley University’s Center for Mathematics Achievement; Tina Cardone, the center’s assistant director; Cristina Heffernan, co-founder of ASSISTments; and Cindy Starks, director of user experience, training and visibility. They stand by a sign that reads ASSISTments: Always Free Always Flexible Always About Feedback

Nov 20, 2019

Making middle-school math easier

Lesley University Center for Mathematics Achievement working with WPI on online learning project funded by $8M U.S. Department of Education grant

Artists for Humanity founder Susan Rodgerson said the life of the artist is a wonderful one.

Sep 18, 2019Wicked Local Needham

Nonprofit gives urban teen artists exposure

Alumna and Artists for Humanity Executive/Artistic Director Susan Rodgerson's work with teens has transformed lives and a community.

Sep 10, 2019WFPL

Picking The Right Thing

"Ghost," a play based on the novel of the same name by creative writing faculty Jason Reynolds will open the Stage One Family Theatre's season in Louisville, Kentucky.

Photos of Hilary Kreisberg standing on Mellen Walk on Doble Campus

Sep 10, 2019WBUR

Parents Can Be Part Of The Equation

Hilary Kreisberg talks about her book "Adding Parents to the Equation: Understanding Your Child's Elementary School Math."

Sep 10, 2019Billboard

Lauren Pratt Works Through Loss With New Album

Billboard premiers expressive therapies student and singer-songwriter Lauren Pratt's new album "Young American Sycamore."

Sep 9, 2019CBS Boston

Teachers Fight For Play-Based Learning

“When teachers dictate too much what children are doing .... after a while it deadens their school experience,” says Professor Lisa Fiore.

Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi wears waders and stands waist deep in a green pond.

Sep 6, 2019WBUR

The Art of Being Alert

Julie Wittes Schlack ’13 remembers to take in her surroundings while on vacation and writes about the challenge of keeping that mindset back in her everyday life.