Under political pressure, colleges try to recruit more rural students
Facing calls to diversify viewpoints and cap international enrollment, elite schools are turning to a group often overlooked in admissions: students from small-town America.
Boston's 'No Kings' signs, costumes send a message to Washington, D.C.
The demonstration on Boston Common Saturday remained peaceful, and Mayor Michelle Wu was among the speakers.
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Racing, then brunch: How the Head of the Charles’ rowers in their 80s compete
Competing on the Charles is “cutthroat,” said Barbara Hogan, who’s in her early 80s and nearly two decades into her rowing career. -
Galvin intervenes in Lawrence elections
The secretary of the Commonwealth says the absentee ballot process is a mess. -
The Genius Next Door: Lauren K. Williams’ work uncovers connections between math and nature
Theoretical mathematician Lauren K. Williams is the second woman in Harvard’s history to get tenure in the math department and one of four local 2025 MacArthur “Genius” Fellows. -
With $900K, what causes would teens support? This nonprofit put that to the test.
“The youth in our pilot were really looking for ... in-person authentic connections. They were really looking for programs that blended real-world learning with community impact,” said CEO Julie Lammers.
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Scratch & Win
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College Uncovered
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What Is Owed?
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
The Big Dig Podcast
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’
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