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Mar 14, 2019

Stories from the U.S.-Mexico border prompt professor to advocacy and action

Dr. Sylvia Cowan urges understanding of immigrants and refugees, rather than labeling.

Students sitting on a rocky surface outside in tie dye t-shirts on Alternative Spring Break

Mar 7, 2019

5 things to do! March 8-10

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

Four volunteers in yellow T-shirts flank actress Amanda Seales, dressed in all black

Mar 4, 2019

Lesley welcomes HBO’s Amanda Seales and Daily Show’s Jaboukie Young-White

Inaugural Bridge The Gap Conference focused on diversity, activism and advocacy through the arts

photograph of Russell House Tavern in Harvard Square

Mar 1, 2019

5 things to do! March 1-3

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

Feb 28, 2019

Fighting for 'Just Mercy' in a broken system

Criminal justice reformer Bryan Stevenson combats institutional cruelty and works to raise the most vulnerable to ‘higher ground’

Yellow leaves on a tree against a blue sky.

Feb 21, 2019

5 things to do! February 22-24

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

Mar 15, 2019Broadway World

INTERWOVEN features art from husband, wife duo

The Harlem School of the Arts is the site of INTERWOVEN, an exhibit of artwork from husband and wife artists Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby ’01.

Mar 14, 2019Wicked Local Truro

The secret to writing is statistics

Creative writing faculty A.J. Verdelle's employed her master's in statistics when she needed help with her novel, reading 150 books and crafting a strategy for how to revise her work.

photograph of crumpled paper illuminated under red and white light.

Mar 14, 2019Boston Globe

Questions of identity — public, personal, and beyond

Mark Feeney reviews two Lesley photography exhibits: Olivia Parker's "Vanishing in Plain Sight" and "Sightlines" featuring Bonnell Robinson and Dean Richard Zauft.

Vintage shot of Joan Velsmid in front of Stebbins Hall.

Mar 13, 2019Fayette Woman

You gotta love your family

Entrepreneur and former fashion merchandiser Joan Velsmid ’92 turned a big move into an opportunity to help her new community.

Mar 12, 2019Time

'We're as sick as our secrets'

Actress and Lesley student Eliza Dushku talks about taking back her power after her own #MeToo story and her new film, Mapplethorpe.

Mar 11, 2019The Moonlighters' Club

Entrepreneurs living as employees

Devin Ferreira ’13 is the guest on The Moonlighters' Club podcast where he talks about going full-time with his musical pursuits.