News | Lesley University

Jun 25, 2018

Taking action through hardcore punk

Insider Joe Mageary ’06 explores the intersection of 'loud music' and becoming a force for positive change

President Weiss and Provost Hansen at a gathering at University Hall.

Jun 19, 2018

President to resign for personal health reasons

Experienced educational administrator and current Interim Provost Richard S. Hansen will serve as interim president

President Jeff Weiss at the podium at Lesley University

Jun 19, 2018

Lesley University president will step down

The Boston Globe reports on President Jeff Weiss's decision to resign for personal health reasons.

A student works on a gray pickup truck made of cardboardin the bottom level of Lunder Arts Center.

Jun 13, 2018

Artistic traffic jam clogs Mass Ave.

Lesley Art + Design students debut stop-motion video

A sign on the cemetery's iron gate reads: Revolutionary Soldiers. Black soldiers of the Continental Army Cato Stedman and Neptune Frost are buried in this ground 1775.

Jun 5, 2018

Historian seeks to honor forgotten black soldiers

Student Jonathan Hill searches for graves of former slaves who fought in Revolutionary War

Two headshots: Left, Olive Senior. Right, Mira T. Lee

Jun 4, 2018

Olive Senior, Mira T. Lee headline reading series

Hear acclaimed poets, authors, playwrights and YA writers from June 22 to 27

A large white house with a castle-like tower, surrounded by flowering azalea bushes and trees.

Jun 24, 2018Seacoastonline

Vandy Leigh founds Creative Community Space

Alumna Vandy Leigh's thesis on how to found an arts school is now becoming a reality as she establishes a creative center in her town.

university president Jeff Weiss speaking at a podium

Jun 19, 2018Wicked Local Cambridge

Lesley president to step down for health reasons

President Jeff Weiss announces that he will step down from his post as the university's sixth president for health reasons.

student playing on computer to move around a robot

Jun 18, 2018Biogen

Grantees to Receive $10M Investment for STEM

Lesley is one of six organizations granted $10 million to develop STEM education in Cambridge and Somerville

Jun 16, 2018Inside Edition

Summer Reading List Causes Controversy

Some parents and law enforcement say "All American Boys" co-written by faculty Jason Reynolds, is anti-police. Needless to say, others strongly disagree.

Jun 14, 2018EdSurge

Maker Culture's ‘Unsettling’ Gender Problem

Sue Cusack, director of Lesley's STEAM Learning Lab, emphasizes the need for equity after a report finds gender bias in many makerspaces.

A large sculpture with multiple pieces created to look like larvae - wide at the base and then extending up in a narrow column - mostly tan with reddish pink tips.

Jun 13, 2018WBUR

Crocheting Plastic Into Sculpture

Horrified by the magnitude of trash in the ocean, faculty Michelle Lougee responded by crocheting plastic bags into the shapes of the wildlife threatened by them.