On November 16, documentary filmmaker and anti-sexist activist Byron Hurt took to the Smith Theater stage, to continue this year’s Health and Wellness series focused on masculinity: what it means, how we experience it, and how it manifests itself within us and in society at large. Mr Hurt began with an interactive exercise depicting the […]
On November 11, Headmaster Brennan welcomed students, faculty, staff, and two dozen guests—alumni, parents, veterans—to Roxbury Latin’s annual Veterans Day Hall, which honors, as Mr. Brennan began, “those veterans who are with us, and also all those others who have served our country in peacetime and wartime over the past 250 years. Their commitment, loyalty, […]
“Today we continue a time-honored RL tradition of recognizing, and celebrating, the particular faith lives of members of our community,” began Headmaster Brennan in Hall on November 9. “We are a school that gathers all kinds of boys committed to understanding and celebrating differences, including differences of faith, that contribute to our whole. Knowing about […]
On November 4, Roxbury Latin celebrated its annual Founder’s Day, honoring the very beginning of the school, founded in 1645 under King Charles I by “the good apostle” John Eliot. In its 377th year, the school celebrated a long tradition of service, a commitment at the heart of Roxbury Latin’s mission since its founding. The […]
On October 26, Andrew Sullivan—prolific journalist, blogger, public intellectual, and media commentator for more than three decades—spoke with students in Hall about his work in the public sphere and his own personal story. A Catholic, conservative, out gay man, Mr. Sullivan has been a vocal advocate for gay rights, specifically gay marriage, for decades. A […]
Alumnus Adam Granduciel ’97—frontman of the Grammy Award-winning rock band The War on Drugs—discusses fatherhood, his band’s new album “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” and their upcoming show at Madison Square Garden in a recent New York Times article titled “The War on Drugs Can’t Stop Searching for Answers in the Music.” “For all his […]
On October 14, Stephen Hoge, president of Moderna Therapeutics, spoke with students in Hall about his company’s development of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19; his professional trajectory from a physician in New York to leading Moderna’s research and development; and the lessons he has learned along the way. “Whenever I hear the story of the […]
On October 12, Dr. Javier Corrales—Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College—visited campus as this year’s Jarvis International Fund Lecturer. This year marks the eighteenth annual Jarvis Lecture, named for the Reverend Tony Jarvis, who for thirty years led Roxbury Latin as its 10th Headmaster. “A person who knows only one […]
On October 7, Qais Akbar Omar—author of the highly praised coming-of-age memoir A Fort of Nine Towers—shared his story with students in the Smith Theater. With photograph slides illustrating his account, Mr. Omar walked the audience through his experiences of living in Kabul, Afghanistan, during its decade-long civil war, under the rule of the Taliban, […]
On Saturday, September 25, hundreds of Roxbury Latin fans—students, alumni, faculty, families, and friends—gathered on campus for a long-awaited Homecoming/Fall Family Day and Reunion, the first athletic and social event of its kind on campus since October 2019. The day brought athletic competitions across campus, including varsity matches in cross country, soccer, and football. Cross […]