| Carol R. Johnson announces at a press conference in June that she will become the superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, leaving the same position in Memphis, Tenn. (L. Parker-McWhorter photo) |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor James Sherley fasted for 12 days to protest the university’s decision to deny him tenure. The award-winning scientist stopped the hunger strike “in celebration of the attention brought to bear on issues of equity, diversity and justice.” (AP photo/Chitose Suzuki) |
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| Shirley Austin (right) helps Sudanese refugee Zuruf Basher, 16, to write an essay on pyramids in November. Shirley — herself a refugee from Nigeria and now a third-year student at Boston University’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine — began visiting the Bashers in 2006 and has continued to help refugee families adapt to American life. (Daniela Caride photo) |
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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu laughs with Wheelock College President Jackie Jenkins-Scott during a youth symposium hosted by the college in October. Over 700 students came to “Bridges to Hope and Understanding: Exploring Truth and Reconciliation” to learn Tutu’s reconciliation tactics, which have been used with youth in South Africa. (Don West photo)
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| Fifth-grader Sadie Peterson (left) listens to music teacher Nina Wilkinson as they work at the Penn Alexander School in west Philadelphia, in October. The school was created seven years ago as a partnership between the Philadelphia school district and the University of Pennsylvania. (AP photo/Philadelphia Daily News, David Maialetti) |
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| Dr. J. Keith Motley (right) and his wife Angela, celebrate his inauguration as the eighth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Motley is the first chancellor of color in the university’s 43-year history. Previously, Motley was the vice president for business, marketing and public affairs in the President’s Office. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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