Picturing America

How artists reported the news—or tried to—in the years before photography

Summer 2009

Focus groups

A passion for research is not born. It is nurtured. Stories from the summer of 2008

Fall 2008

For art’s sake

An exhibition of paintings said to be by Jackson Pollock will place the McMullen Museum at the center of an international conversation about authenticity—and the role of an academic museum

Summer 2007

Charitable intent

Ken Hackett ’68 guides one of the country’s largest relief agencies through a world of need

Spring 2007

Public defender

Dr. Philip Landrigan ’63 has taken on lead, pesticides, and Twin Towers dust. Now he takes aim at all the avoidable illnesses of childhood

Winter 2007

Forevermore

Reclaiming a wayward son of Boston

Winter 2009

Under construction

Crafting a solution to advising’s persistent troubles

Spring 2008

Gentlemen’s quarrel

The British came

Fall 2007

From life

A resident quartet performs with brushes and bows

Spring 2007

Drama lessons

The not-so-odd couple

Fall 2006

Star search

Faculty recruitment in competitive times

Fall 2006

Those golden years?

Study finds Americans 34 to 60 are blundering toward retirement

Summer 2006

Liftoff

Senior Liz O’Day plans for the future

Spring 2006

Act One

For freshmen, a show of their own

Winter 2006

Fresh eggs

Caviar connoisseur Richard Brauman ’98

Winter 2009