���챬��

���챬�� student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 went from volunteering at last year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference to becoming one of this year’s organizers.

���챬�� President Danielle R. Holley spoke to “Here and Now” on NPR about the growing tensions between higher education and the federal government.

Actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director John Cameron Mitchell will be at ���챬�� on Monday, March 10, 2025, for a screening and discussion of his 2001 film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

The Mass Cultural Council has approved the establishment of a Puerto Rican Cultural District in nearby Holyoke, and Maria Cartagena, director of Community-Based Learning at ���챬��, was pivotal in its development.

For the second year in a row, ���챬�� has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.

���챬�� President Danielle R. Holley spoke to both New England Public Media and the podcast “The Harvard Plan” about how higher education is not the enemy, as well as supporting students going forward.

���챬�� held a panel discussion “Trans Health Care Is a Human Right: On Safeguarding Gender-Affirming Care After United States v. Skrmetti.” Speakers discussed the case and its impact on transgender and gender-diverse people.

Lily E. Rood ’27 will serve as a Youth Ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for two years, raising awareness of its efforts to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ youth at home, at school, at work and beyond.

Before his Dec. 3 talk at ���챬��, award-winning author, journalist and professor Moustafa Bayoumi spoke about the most recent presidential election and why his book “How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?” is still relevant.

Artist Harmonia Rosales spoke at the ���챬�� Art Museum about her work, including her painting “The Harvest.”