Patricia Wen
Writer at The Boston Globe
Staff writer for the Boston Globe magazine and former editor of the Spotlight Team bio: https://t.co/qHSKQTxUre
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Patricia Wen
In less than three months, President Trump has upended the world of higher education. He’s launched reviews of billions of dollars in federal funding at elite schools, including $9 billion dollars for Harvard. He withdrew $400 million from Columbia University.
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Jan 21, 2025 |
bostonglobe.com | Patricia Wen
A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I sensed my editor wanted an inspiring feature about a local woman making it big, offering fresh counterprogramming to the grim world in which we live. Figueroa is a Needham native, a 2004 graduate of Northeastern University, and clearly a social media success story. But as I scrolled through her recent posts, full of kindness and joy and good deeds, I started feeling bad. About myself, to be clear.
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Dec 27, 2024 |
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera |Patricia Wen
The Boston Globe publishes thousands of stories each year, but only a select few capture the public’s attention for weeks on end. The Secret Lives of Shelby Hewitt: 32 year old high school imposter is one such story—a fascinating tale of a 32-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to re-enroll in high school. This deep dive, narrated and cinematically produced, reveals the ripple effects on the schools, the Department of Children and Families, and the lives of those deceived by her audacious con.
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Dec 10, 2024 |
bostonglobe.com | Niki Griswold |Shirley Leung |ivy scott |Lisa Weidenfeld |Patricia Wen
Like clockwork, every few years a Boston City councilor petitions the state for more liquor licenses. The last successful push was a decade ago, when then-City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and then-Mayor Martin J. Walsh worked together to net 70 new licenses for Boston. It was a big deal, but it soon became clear, as the city boomed with new restaurants, that Boston would need more.
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Dec 10, 2024 |
bostonglobe.com | Peter Abraham |Devra First |Shirley Leung |A.Z. Madonna |Alex Speier |Patricia Wen
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An update I wrote on the unusual story of high school imposter Shelby Hewitt
From @GlobeMagazine: Why did 32-year-old Shelby Hewitt pretend to be a troubled teen? For a start, she told friends, internal turmoil, a quest for healing, and psychics. https://t.co/PesdVs6mrC
My magazine editor suggested I check out this unconventional heiress at Harvard. Turned into a fascinating deep dive about the status of women in the 1940s - and crime-scene investigation. https://t.co/aP0871GIEk
A new twist in the unusual saga of a 32-year-old Boston high school imposter - this one about therapist Rebecca Bernat and what she may have already known about Shelby Hewitt's real age and name
What did therapist Rebecca Bernat know about the 32-year-old who impersonated a teen student in Boston schools? https://t.co/TycJsC5Yg0
