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Two women standing on a stage wearing graduation gowns

Aug 8, 2022

A professor’s legacy helps students take flight

A gift from late Professor Emerita Marjorie Wechsler will fund student travel and humanities scholarships

Aug 5, 2022

Event raises $33,000 for Ethiopian schools

Longstanding partnership between Lesley and Ethiopian nonprofit distributes graduate student-created, culturally relevant science books

Aug 1, 2022

Tackling society’s most serious challenges

Lesley’s first Master of Social Work graduates are equipped to fight for change

Daniel Dubinsky and Jim Wilbur in academic regalia at Threshold graduation

Jul 22, 2022

Going ‘all-in’ to realize dreams

With support and hard work, a graduate overcomes obstacles to earn degrees from Threshold, Urban College and Lesley

Jul 19, 2022

Lecturer wins Best Short Story of the Year in worldwide competition

Scott Loring Sanders’s short story honored at International Thriller Writers annual award ceremony

A still from the film "Pre-pandemic Field Trip" that Ariel Grubb '20 created in collaboration with poet Stacy Lawrence

Jul 14, 2022

Animated conversation

Animation alum Ariel Grubb '20 uses film to tell stories and share poetry

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.

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 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.

Sep 6, 2019The Brooklyn Rail

Leland Cheuk's No Good Very Bad Asian

“No Good Very Bad Asian" by Leland Cheuk ’11 achieves "a true synthesis of heart and humor highlighted by the fluidity of his first-person voice and a steady diet of sharp turns of prose.”