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I have a confession to make. On Sunday morning, I was working my way through The New York Times, coffee […]

Today marks 14 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I remember the horror of 9/11 very […]

A few weeks ago I came across this article, A College Curriculum on Your Bookshelf, and it’s really stuck in […]

Although there’s plenty in the news this week, including the Deflategate verdict and Beyoncé’s birthday, the biggest event in my […]

This week I realized that I’ve only ever lived in college towns and cities. I grew up in Fitchburg, MA—home […]

I’m jumping on the back-to-school blog post bandwagon we have going on here at TVP Communications. But while Erin and […]

In her post earlier this month about new (academic) year’s resolutions, Erin Hennessy inspired me—as she often does—to come up […]

Earlier this week I read an op-ed from two academics and I loved it so much I’m thinking of getting […]

Remember all of the posts I made about the horrible winter in Massachusetts? For the record, the last bit of […]

Have you ever heard of e-toxing? No? Until recently, neither had I. The other day I had one of the […]