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Activist Pashtana Durrani, scholar-in-residence at the Wellesley Centers for Women, runs underground schools in defiance of the Taliban’s education ban.

Implementing class-conscious admissions could protect racial diversity on college campuses, says Prof. Phillip Levine. But, unfortunately, this is easier said than done.

Clinical psychologist and psychology professor Sally Theran comments on the intersection between underage online content creation and the limits of consent.

The Bay State Banner calls the exhibit Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And “an absorbing survey of Lorraine O’Grady’s works in performance, installation, photography, writing, collage and video,” on view at the Davis Museum.

Prof. Selwyn Cudjoe examines the life—and death—of Leo Thompson, who died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex six days after he left his residence on the river bank where he lived most of his adult life.

In an interactive timeline and video interviews, Prof. Petra Rivera-Rideau and other reggaeton artists and experts examine how the genre has evolved.

T. Peaches Valdes, dean of admission and financial aid, discusses the critical role that college applicants’ support systems play in the application process, as well as the importance of students remaining true to themselves.

In a review of Prof. Helena de Bres’ new book, How to Be Multiple, Parul Sehgal examines our obsession with twins.

Philosophy professor Helena de Bres discusses her book, How To Be Multiple: The Philosophy Of Twins, and the complexities of twinhood, consciousness, love, and self.