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Feb 25, 2020

New Impact Literacy speaker series, focused on closing the achievement gap, launches March 18

Program offered by our Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative

Buildings on a busy city street with blue sky and clouds

Feb 21, 2020

State ed leader to keynote Institute on Arts Leadership in Education

March 13-14 gathering’s arts-integration sessions help teachers implement the state’s new frameworks; Professional Development Points offered

A display of Sarah Hulsey's "Asterisms" series

Feb 18, 2020

Mass Cultural Council awards Art and Design faculty $15,000 fellowship

Artist Sarah Hulsey explores ‘hidden, structural beauty of language’

Feb 13, 2020

Hester Kaplan receives $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship

MFA in Creative Writing faculty to write biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning father

Feb 12, 2020

Examining the identity of adult learners

‘I Am What I Become’ series explores intersection of culture and identity on lifelong learning

Cream building at night. Appears to be in Morocco.

Feb 5, 2020

Study abroad trip brings students face to face with international immigration crisis

Journey to Spain, Morocco prompts action at home, and examination of cultural norms

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.

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 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.

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.