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Group picture in front of school building in Finland.

Feb 5, 2019

Lessons from a week in Scandinavia

Lesley students explore celebrated educational systems abroad

photograph of the winter games at the Science Center Plaza

Feb 1, 2019

5 things to do! February 1-3

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

Feb 1, 2019

Disrupting the trauma to prison pipeline

Teacher education and community engagement are part of the solution

Jan 30, 2019

Education Summit kickstarts new season of innovation

President Emerita Margaret McKenna donates $70,000 to fund

Jan 28, 2019

Costa Rica program gives students mindful experience abroad

Professors encourage students to go deep, in unique holistic psychology and wellness program

Jeb Bush pictured on the Symphony Hall stage

Jan 24, 2019

Jeb Bush calls for a kinder, gentler nation

Former Florida governor and member of American political dynasty preached civic engagement and unity at Lesley’s Boston Speakers Series

Feb 1, 2019Authority Magazine

Stop working on your self-esteem

Self-compassion not self-esteem is "the quality that supports resilience much more effectively," says Dr. Barbara Vacarr ‘90.

Jan 30, 2019Daily Hampshire Gazette

'Impact on Innocence' explores incarceration

Alumna Deborah McDuff's new art exhibit, “Impact on Innocence: Mass Incarceration” at UMass Amherst, explores the emotional effect of mass imprisonment.

Photo of a man in an ice cream truck at sunset, looking out and holding an ice cream scoop.

Jan 28, 2019Viewfinders

Be Our Guest: That Face

Eileen Powers "has never met a camper, beach chair or a parade she didn't like." The MFA student shares her summery photos in this essay.

Illustration of the two presidents in Venezuela.

Jan 28, 2019The Nib

Venezuela’s Two Presidents

Illustration alumna Mike Centeno decodes Venezuela's complicated (and confusing) political landscape.

Jan 28, 2019The Boston Designcast

The Future of Design Education

Associate Professor Heather Shaw speaks on the AIGA Boston podcast about design education, where it's been and where it's going.

Jan 25, 2019The New Yorker

A Surprise Ending for Westsider Books

Alumna Jenny Kroik illustrates a New York bookstore on the verge of closing (that was saved at the last minute!)