Claire Jiang
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Doors Set to Shut on Family-Owned University Stationery Co.
In January, University Stationery Co’s owner Gail Seidman passed away. Despite the hard work of her employees and close friends, the store’s finances have been susceptible to ever-fluctuating appetite for physical stationery.
Finding Home in Dudley House
Over dinner — chickpeas, sweet potato fries, hummus, and green goddess salad — students come in and out of the building. Most stop by with a greeting, and the experience feels as much as being at a family dinner table. They offer me a seat and ask if I’d like a plate of food. Any College student, they explain, is welcome to join the Co-op’s dinners each night.
Fifteen Questions: Doris Sommer on Optimism, the Role of the Humanities, and the Montessori Education
Doris Sommer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about her work with “Pre-Texts,” an arts-based training program for teaching literacy and citizenship, what brings her joy, and the role of optimism in higher learning.
Biggest Risk Taker: Mia DiLorenzo
“I might as well take the risk because the time is going to pass anyways,” Mia says.
Fifteen Questions: Mathias Risse on Indigenous Thought, Climate Change, and Being a Citizen of the World
The Kennedy School professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss AI, writing op-eds, and serendipity.
Love and the Law: A Look at Polyamorous Camberville
In 2020, 11 Somerville city councilors drafted an ordinance for domestic partnerships, previously nonexistent in the municipal code. As they were finalizing the legislation that would define domestic partnerships between two people, city councilor J.T. Scott asked a modest but far-reaching question: why only two?
New 2nd STREET Location in Harvard Square Gives a Second Chance to Vintage Clothes
2nd STREET, a Japanese secondhand apparel retailer, opened its newest location in Harvard Square on June 20, selling everything from vintage sports jerseys to Diesel denim and Michael Kors handbags.
Alborz Bejnood Brings Big Ideas to Second School Committee Run
Alborz Bejnood, a young biotechnology researcher, is running in his second attempt to get on the Cambridge School Committee. But this time around, he is competing in an even more crowded group of candidates, as 18 individuals vie for six School Committee seats.
The Battle Over the Du Bois Institute
The Du Bois Institute, Harvard’s premier research center for African American studies, was born amid a protracted struggle over the structure of the Afro-American studies department.
Sameera Fazili ’00 Brings Humor and Perception to Economic Policy
Sameera Fazili ’00 entered college as a pre-med. But after taking a detour into human rights work and law, she became an economic adviser for the Obama and Biden administrations.