Clara Ryan '28

News Writer

Students Fight Food Insecurity One Step at a Time

On Sunday, May 3, eighteen Milton students, faculty, and family members participated in Project Bread’s 58th Walk for Hunger to raise awareness of food insecurity in Massachusetts. At the annual event, 3,500 people walked three miles around Boston Common, raising one million dollars for Project Bread, an organization that aims to provide Massachusetts communities with reliable food sources.

Nelson Delivers “Unconventional” Heyburn Lecture on the Complexity of Historical Research

On November 4, the Milton community welcomed this year’s Heyburn Speaker, University of Georgia professor Scott Reynolds Nelson. The event continued the 34-year long tradition that brings established thinkers to campus every year. In the Athletic Convocation Center, speaking to a crowd that included all U.S. History students, Nelson engaged students with his research on author Richard Scarry and folk hero John Henry. He also visited students in Straus Library before and after his speech.