News | Lesley University

Mar 21, 2019

Foreign-affairs analyst exhibits optimism amid global challenges

Chelsea, Mass., native Ian Bremmer comes ‘home’ to regale Symphony Hall crowd with tales of world machinations and American power moves

black and white photo of field with cross marking someone's grave

Mar 21, 2019

5 things to do! March 22-24

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

view of the audience from the back at the Boston Speaker Series in Boston Symphony Hall.

Mar 21, 2019

Lesley University unveils next season for Boston Speakers Series

2019-20 lineup features Jason Alexander, Bob Woodward, Susan Rice and John Kerry

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

Mar 20, 2019The Daily News

Teachers discuss trauma's effect on learning

Seventeen Newburyport teachers are better able to help students dealing with trauma following training with the Lesley Institute for Trauma Sensitivity.

Mar 19, 2019

Storefronts go from empty to artistic

Freshman Malia Edney's "Windows of Cambridge" is one of five winners of the Cambridge Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest.

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.

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.

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.

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.