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Three alumnae—specializing in modern, American, and Asian art—are part of transformative curatorial initiatives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

On the Philosophy in Public Life podcast, philosophy professor Eric Hatala Matthes explores which of our possessions and commitments deserve our attention and what the best ways to protect them might be.

Stacie Goddard, political science professor, says Trump takes a neo-royalist approach to foreign affairs, shifting policies at whim and using his enormous power as leverage.

American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau told La Tercera that while Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show doesn’t change societal inequalities, it brought the situation in Puerto Rico to the forefront.

Economics professor Phillip Levine tells the Boston Globe that only four New England schools’ endowment performance beat the S&P 500, which grew more than 16% in 2025.

Wellesley Centers for Women senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman talks to PBS about a three-year study that found social media use did not predict teens’ anxiety or depression.

Heather Bryant, associate teaching professor in writing, on meeting her biological father: “After a lifetime of feeling a secret was being kept from me, I met the man who could tell me the truth.”

Petra Rivera-Rideau co-writes an essay for the New York Times about Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl: “[H]is performance was unapologetically political. And you know what? It was a party, too.”

American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau and Loyola Marymount University professor Vanessa Díaz write in Rolling Stone about the symbols and meanings in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show.