With faculty coming from closing Becker College, Lesley University moves into video game design
Lesley University is adding an interactive media program to its College of Art and Design starting in the fall, to be led by six faculty from the closing Becker College, Lesley announced Tuesday.
Attend meetings on legalized magic mushrooms, delivery-driven street name change, green roofs (updated)
Public meetings this week look at legalizing magic mushrooms, a delivery-driven street name change, trust and transparency around kids’ social-emotional health; town-gown reports from four institutions; ‘Green Roofs’ zoning petition; and Landmarking St. Augustine’s.
Sandra St Fleur joins Lesley University as inaugural vice president for equity initiatives
Lesley University has named Sandra St Fleur as its inaugural vice president of equity, inclusion and justice, part of a Lesley agenda of “inclusive excellence” that aims to transform systems and policies to create an inclusive and antiracist campus culture.
Holidays arrive with $356,500 in funding for arts, other giving, including a secret Santa for seniors
Though some Cambridge arts organizations enter the holidays with $15 billion in Save Our Stages disaster recovery upended by the White House as part of a larger political war, there are still presents being delivered in a year defined by doors locked against the spread of coronavirus.
Lesley University receives $3M gift to endow Fund for Reading Recovery and Literacy
Lesley University has received a $3 million gift from Gay Su Pinnell through her charitable fund to endow a Fund for Reading Recovery and Literacy at Lesley and support its existing Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative.
Harvard Art Museums release makes it official: Its doors stay closed at least through December
The Harvard Art Museums will remain closed to the public until at least Dec. 31 in alignment with the university’s safety planning, according to a Wednesday press release, and continues to point people to its online offerings.
Seeing slight increase in coronavirus cases, officials consider tightening up rules again
Cambridge health officials are keeping an eye on a slight increase in cases of coronavirus, particularly in residents in their 20s and 30s, and could tighten restrictions if necessary, they told city councillors Monday.
MIT Museum is closed through December; Other Cambridge galleries are slower to say
There’s no recent word on reopenings from Harvard’s various museums of science and art, but the MIT Museum put a stake in the ground Friday: It’s closed until at least 2021.
‘What They Don’t See,’ intimate peek at growing, nears end on Photographic Resource Center site
These are the final days to see the Photographic Resource Center free exhibition “What They Don’t See,” up through Friday on the center’s website.
Attend meetings on Airbnb crackdowns, hearing what universities have planned
Public meetings this week look at getting tougher on Airbnb violations, ensuring the Cambridge Carnival takes place, giving the arts their own council committee, hearing what universities have planned for the year, school district budgeting, and much more.
