• 2025.04.07 Katharine H.S. Moon cold war effects on South Korea Project Syndicate

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    Professor emerita Katharine H.S. Moon traces South Korea’s recent turmoil to the lasting impact of the Cold War and decades of military rule.

  • 2025.04.05 Rosa Lafer-Sousa '09 research in Neuro at N.I.H The New York Times

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    Rosa Lafer-Sousa '09 and Matt Brown are fellows at the National Institutes of Health, doing cutting-edge research in neuroscience. They’re also both officers in the fledgling union of N.I.H. fellows.

  • 2025.04.03 Jay Turner tariffs causing uncertainty MIT Technology Review

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    Professor Jay Turner says tariffs cause uncertainty which will deter companies from making large investments in climate tech. “Uncertainty is a real deterrent to making big bets,” says Turner.

  • Students from the class of 2024 toss their mortar boards in the air.
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    The class of 2024 has taken off

  • 2025.03.31 Mfoniso Udofia ‘06, “Her Portmanteau" installation The Boston Globe

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    The fourth installment of the series by Mfoniso Udofia ‘06, “Her Portmanteau,” is a work of fiery intensity about the tense reunion and fraught reconnection of a mother and her two adult daughters.

  • Claflin House Council pose with Kulima, a plastic skeleton that serves as Claflin’s unofficial mascot.
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    Students find fun and friendship through House Council

  • 2025.03.28 Phillip Levine Pell Grant recipients increased by 5 points Higher Ed Dive

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    Pell Grant recipients at colleges with large endowments increased nearly 5% points since 2007, per a Brookings Institution analysis by professor and Brookings senior economics fellow Phillip Levine.

  • 2025.03.26 Liseli Fitzpatrick Val Gray Ward brings true perspective on Black life The Black Wall Street Times

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    Val Gray Ward “was born to lift the words from the page and out of Black life to put Black life into its true perspective,” says professor Liseli Fitzpatrick, one of Ward’s closest collaborators.