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“We’re talking about someone who was on a meteoric rise and then was accused and found guilty of assault, and his career basically ground to a halt,” said dean of academic affairs Michael Jeffries.

“Her Portmanteau” by Mfoniso Udofia ’06 explores the idea of birthright through a fraught reunion of a mother and her two daughters after years of separation. “What is each woman owed?” asks Udofia.

Three new shows at the Davis Museum highlight the college’s holdings. The largest, ‘Better on Paper,’ indicates what its contents — books, prints, drawings, photographs — have in common.

Professor Kellie Carter Jackson on how DEI attacks thicken glass ceilings: “Rolling back diversity, equity and inclusivity measures could drastically delay the next generation of boundary breakers.”

Opinion piece by economist Phillip Levine: “Increasing the college endowment tax would hurt New England. Such a move would weaken leading higher education institutions and damage the broader economy.”

Professor Adam van Arsdale reflects on researchers precisely dating Lapedo child, Neanderthal-Human hybrid, and how the process of replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens may have played out.

Professor emeritus of Africana studies Selwyn Cudjoe reflects on the People's National Movement (PNM) in Trinidad and Tobago and their “obtuse rationalizations.”

During her 12 years at Salesforce, Amy Weaver ’89 made the rare jump from chief legal officer to CFO of the $37 billion tech company. Now, she is making another leap—to become CEO of Direct Relief.

Art professor emerita Bunny Harvey’s paintings have a “level of intensity that invites the viewer to engage, connect and discover a unity with the natural world beyond the scope of spoken narrative.”