Beginning as a way to pass time in their Village C West dorm room two years ago, Julia Greenzaid (COL ’17) and Laura Fawzi (MSB ’17) recently launched their own business in the spring of their freshman year to sell customized school apparel across the country. Lo+Jo Bands capitalizes onRead More

After studying education with her African studies certificate, alumna Rebecca Gross (COL ’14) designed and founded an education initiative in Malawi that aims to teach young girls leadership skills by helping them propose viable solutions to community problems. The initiative, called Student Driven Solutions, was created in December, and studentsRead More

The Modern Language Association released a report that surveyed 2,435 two- and four-year institutions’ foreign language course enrollment, revealing a 6.7 percent decline in foreign language course enrollments in universities around the country. According to French Department Chair Andrew Sobanet, who also serves as the convener for the Faculty ofRead More

Washington, D.C.’s pervasive inequality manifests itself primarily in income and educational gaps, according to a series of reports released over the past few weeks. A report analyzing the financial recovery since the recession released by the Fiscal Policy Institute Jan. 29 found that the wage gap in D.C. is atRead More

Graduating students entering the job market have a significantly higher impression of their readiness for employment than their employers, according to a report released last week by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. While the result reflects the growing demand for skill requirements in a sluggish post-recession job market,Read More