Colleges and Universities

September 14, 2020

College Kids Are Freaking Out About Their Infected Campuses

For Daniel Gardner, 19, a junior at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., the dread and dejection set in before classes even started. Before resuming in-person […]
August 28, 2020

College Is Everywhere Now

As the fall semester begins, many college students will be attending classes from the relative safety of their family homes. Others have arrived to live on […]
August 15, 2020

Dealing With the Freshman Down the Hall

Every day, it seems, another college abandons in-person plans in favor of starting the fall semester online. Along with the crushing disappointment, first-year students now have […]
August 8, 2020

Black at U.T., and Beyond

The Look 2020 Black at U.T., and Beyond A student set out to document the experiences of his Black classmates on their predominantly white campus. These […]
July 17, 2020

Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation

This article is part of a series exploring how the Americans With Disabilities Act has shaped modern life for people with disabilities. Listen to This Article […]
July 6, 2020

What We Learned in 100 Days of Life Interrupted

Young people in the United States are living through interesting times, as the coronavirus pandemic uproots the country’s economy and changes what college will look like. […]
June 30, 2020

What is the TikTok subculture Dark Academia?

School, as most of us know it, came to a halt this spring. There were no graduation gatherings and no proms. No study abroad or in-person […]
May 16, 2020

The Best Graduation Gifts in 2020

The class of 2020 is graduating into an off-kilter world. Ceremonies are canceled and it’s not safe to throw an in-person party. But graduates are still […]
May 15, 2020

No Pomp and Circumstance? No Problem

The day the governor of Rhode Island announced that schools would remain closed for the rest of the school year, Dan Freedman rallied his high school […]
May 15, 2020

Miss Your Friends? Try Being a Teenager in Love

Gabby Rodriguez and Kai Laidhold ask to see each other every day. The answer from their parents is always the same: No. It has been more […]