Tag: Jamaica Plain

  • Arts & Culture

    Girls who rock out

    A film and a discussion at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library highlight Girls Rock Camp, which teaches girls and young women during summer sessions to find their inner musicians, shed some inhibitions, and celebrate themselves.

    3–5 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Summer in the cities

    Planning and executing an outdoor festival for 1,000 people isn’t your typical teenage summer job, but 100 Boston-area teenagers employed as junior counselors in the Phillips Brooks House Association’s summer camps pulled it off without a hitch.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Splendid acres

    A thousand or so visitors wandered the colorful collections of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum on Lilac Sunday.

    2–4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    In the Arboretum, another world

    The Arboretum is so serene and languid it can seem almost imaginary. On a warm summer day, dogs and runners and bicyclists all share the nearly silent space under the shade of giant and rare trees of odd shapes and sizes.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Planting a research center in the arboretum

    With the opening of the Weld Hill facility at Arnold Arboretum, staff members and lab equipment are filling the long-awaited space dedicated to botanical research.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    New Arboretum director hosts meet and greet

    In his first month as the Arnold Arboretum’s new director, William Friedman is hosting two meet and greets and has established a Director’s Lecture Series.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Minds in the making

    The Harvard Achievement Support Initiative is arming teachers, parents, and community partners with techniques and resources that boost student achievement.

    5–8 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Bringing plants, technology together

    Donna Tremonte of the Harvard Herbaria loves plants so much that she travels to far-flung locales like Africa and Venezuela to study them. But that’s just part of her job.

    2–3 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Over the river, through the woods

    For close to 30 Hyde Park preschool children, a recent trip to the Arnold Arboretum, the majestic 265-acre botanical garden run by Harvard University in Jamaica Plain, meant a journey to a world alive with natural wonders and surprises.

    4–5 minutes