News & Events

RL Earns Silver at Regional Middle School Science Bowl

On Saturday, 24 February, eight RL boys traveled to MIT’s campus to compete in the Northeast Regional Middle School Science Bowl, joining 30 of the region’s top teams. RL’s Class V team—made up of Vishnu Emani, Teddy Glaeser, David Sullivan, and Alex Yin—went undefeated (6-0) in their preliminaries and moved on to the qualifying rounds. In […]

Poet Amaud Johnson on violence and the minstrel show

“We’re always fighting to come to terms with the things we see…[and] to develop a vocabulary for that.” For the poet Amaud Johnson, one of those fights is to create a framework to manage what has always been in front of him.   The author of two books of poetry, Amaud Jamaul Johnson discussed his […]

Derek Ho ’92 and David Friedman P’21 on the Supreme Court

Decisions of the Supreme Court can be indicators of our nation’s values, culture, and changing demographics. They can illuminate, or even move, our country’s compass. In an increasingly polarized and politicized climate, the reliability of this venerable institution is ever more important.   On 13 February, Derek Ho ’92 and David Friedman, father of Class […]

RL Earns Second Place Finish in the Graves-Kelsey Tournament

On 10 February, members of the varsity wrestling team competed in the prestigious Graves-Kelsey Tournament (the ISL championship tournament), earning a competitive second place finish overall. The team achieved this accomplishment through a collective effort, with 11 of 14 wrestlers placing. Doevy Estimphile (II) earned second place in his weight class. Earning third place finishes […]

Public Speaking Success: First Place Finish and the Googins Cup

On Super Bowl Sunday, Mr. Stewart Thomsen—chair of the history department—took the four-man team of Andrew Steinberg, Marc de Fontnouvelle, Eoghan Downey, and John Philippides (all Class I) to the Kingswood Oxford School for the Forensics Union Public Speaking Tournament in West Hartford, Connecticut.  The competition included four events in all—Persuasive Speaking, After-Dinner Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, […]

Riverside Drive, directed by Marc de Fontnouvelle

This year’s student production, Woody Allen’s Riverside Drive, drew a crowd to the Smith Theater stage on Saturday, 27 January.   Directed by Class I’s Marc de Fontnouvelle, the one-act comedy pits the two halves of a writer’s psyche against each other. Jim, a successful but bland young writer, is waiting for his mistress when […]

Dr. Richard Prum on Aesthetic Evolution

Yale University ornithologist Dr. Richard Prum experiences his field as an interdisciplinary program. His research on the development and evolution of feathers, the physics and evolution of structural coloration, and the phylogenetic ethology of polygynous birds breaches the seemingly unrelated fields of physics, evolution, culture, game theory. Dr. Prum asks bold questions, challenges conventional thinking, […]

Best Rock Album Grammy for Adam Granduciel ’97 and The War on Drugs

Adam Granduciel ’97 and his band, The War on Drugs, joined an elite group of rockers over the weekend, when the 2018 Grammy Award winners were announced. The War on Drugs’ album A Deeper Understanding was named Best Rock Album of the Year, an honor held in past years by music legends such as The […]

Home Team Success, and Dedication of the Hennessy Rink

On Friday, 26 January, the mats, courts and rink of Roxbury Latin were abuzz with healthy competition and RL spirit. On an historic evening, three varsity contests were complemented by the dedication of the Hennessy Rink, named in honor of Jack Hennessy ’54 and his wife, Margarita.   Cheered on by fans of all ages […]

Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering: Prof. Moon Duchin

Earlier this month, a panel of federal judges—for the first time—blocked a congressional redistricting map because they believed North Carolina lawmakers had drawn the map seeking political advantage. On 25 January, the school heard from Professor Moon Duchin on the subject of gerrymandering (the practice of manipulating the shape of electoral districts to benefit a […]

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