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Prof. Lawrence Rosenwald reviews James Marcus’ new biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson in the context of the wider canon of work about the great Transcendentalist.

“Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And” marks the first major career survey of the conceptual artist whose work challenges common understandings around gender, race, and class.

Mathematics professor Ismar Volic examines the flaws inherent in the Oscars’ voting system —and what that shows us about our political elections.

Macy Lipkin ’23 is a finalist in NPR’s 10 best college podcasts in America. The podcast follows a 2023 vote that is challenging oil exploration in the Amazon—and also threatening local people's jobs.

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

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

The Bay State Banner reviews “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.