Under the pen name K.D. Alden, Moser has written the novels A Mother’s Promise, inspired by true events surrounding the Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, and 2024’s Lady Codebreaker, based on the real-life woman who helped thwart gangsters and World War II–era Nazis. For this CrimeReads special, she chats with fellow author Kate Thompson about muses, podcasts, rescue dogs, and more.

Since March 27, dozens of students have occupied Smith's administrative building. The sit-in follows the college's decision not to divest from military and weapons industry investments. President Sarah Willie-LeBreton has called for a peaceful exit from College Hall.

From April 4 to 7, the New York Antiquarian Book Fair will display over two dozen items from the late poet. “We’re excited to give people the chance to see these items in person for the first time,” said Rebecca Romney, co-founder of the firm providing the books, in a statement.

The first Black woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics, Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes 1914 was in a Pi Day feature noting how she paved the way for women of color in STEM. Smith recently renamed Wilder House to Haynes House in honor of the mathematician.

The Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre, Hairston was one of nine authors featured in a spring book guide from WBUR, Boston’s NPR station. Her science fiction novel Archangels of Funk is set in a post-apocalyptic, near-future Massachusetts ravaged by floods.

Following a coaching stint at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Kane is the new Lady Statesmen’s coach. “I am optimistic regarding the leadership Kane can bring to our women’s soccer program,” said Mike Kinnison, the Mississippi school’s director of athletics, in a statement.

Featuring ceramics, illustrations, textiles, and more, this exhibit (closing July 7) focuses on items created during the 13th to 19th centuries. SCMA representatives told the Daily Hampshire Gazette that this is the first comprehensive project at the museum to examine Iranian and Indian art from the perspective of multiple mediums.

Next Thursday at 4 p.m. EST, filmmaker, novelist, and Zen Buddhist priest Ozeki will be speaking at the University of Rhode Island as part of its “Innovations in Storytelling” lecture series. Ozeki is the author of My Year of Meats, A Tale for the Time Being, and The Book of Form and Emptiness.

Explained by The New York Times as “a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle,” bigorexia is affecting children and adults alike. In a recent article, Brehm-Curtis emphasizes the importance of balance in maintaining physical and mental well-being.

In partnership with the University of New Hampshire, Gersony is researching the drought tolerance of several tree species to evaluate the success of carbon sequestration with global warming. She told the Daily Hampshire Gazette that, while in the early stages, her research is seeing resiliency in certain New England trees.

Director of content at Poster House, a New York City museum dedicated exclusively to exhibiting posters, Lippert talked with the newspaper about the work and legacy of artist Dawn Baillie. Now on display at Poster House, The Anatomy of a Movie Poster showcases some of Baillie’s more iconic film posters.

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