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.
A week of events in Cambridge, Somerville: Bread & Puppet is back, Art Outlet and more
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Bread & Puppet Theater is back and there’s Indonesian Shadow Theater as well, Lindy West is in town to read, the Kendall Square Orchestra performs and the affordable Art Outlet pops up.
A week of events in Cambridge, Somerville: ‘Grace of Mary Traverse,’ dance fests, more
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are a couple of dance festivals, musical events, readings of poetry and other works, a free summer solstice event and much more.
Pressley pops in to honor chief of staff Groh during Lesley awards ceremony for alums
Alumni of Lesley University, including members of the Class of 1969 on campus for a 50th reunion, got a surprise during the weekend’s awards ceremony: U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley made a surprise visit and speech in honor of her chief of staff, alum Sarah Groh.
Steinmayer named Lesley’s seventh president, seeing its path to be a ‘driving force of change’
Following a nationwide search, Lesley University has selected Janet L. Steinmayer as the university’s seventh president. Steinmayer, a Lesley board member, is now president of Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut.
