The Shorts Protest of 1930 brought more than 600 students to the steps of Robinson Hall at Dartmouth College.
Courtesy of Rauner Library, Dartmouth College
As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
Claudine Gay will become Harvard’s second female president and first Black president in July 2023.
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Despite what’s happening on the most prestigious campuses, fewer than a third of presidents at American colleges and universities are women.
In a new land, the ancient past held special meaning.
'Temple of Aphaea, Aegina' by John Rollin Tilton. Courtesy of Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Americans of all stripes have long embraced the culture of the ancient Mediterranean, using ancient ideals to navigate a new world.