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Hilary Burns

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Higher ed reporter @BostonGlobe

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Last Front PageMAY 31, 2026Latest appearance

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From a would-be mentor to a stifling force

Ex-Cape college leader pressured student with letters, gifts, attention, report says

View Front PageBoston Globe • APR 16, 2026

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Merging colleges weigh past and future

Smaller schools seek to keep identity, solvency

Boston Globe•MAY 31, 2026

An analysis of the financial pressures forcing smaller New England colleges to consider mergers to ensure survival.

From Harvard, MIT windfall, group offers students hope

Slowly, Axim brings ideas, seed money to education

Boston Globe•MAY 18, 2026

Details how financial proceeds from an educational technology sale are being reinvested into a non-profit to improve higher education access.

Tensions bubbling at UMass Amherst

Faculty, Reyes at odds as campus marks milestones

Boston Globe•APR 19, 2026

Reports on friction between university faculty and administration, contextualising current disputes within recent campus protests.

College shaken by ex-leader’s behavior

Officials accused of keeping Cape students and faculty in the dark

Boston Globe•APR 17, 2026

Focuses on institutional accountability and the reaction of the campus community to allegations kept quiet by officials.

From a would-be mentor to a stifling force

Ex-Cape college leader pressured student with letters, gifts, attention, report says

Boston Globe•APR 16, 2026•Lead Story

The paper focuses on the localized economic impact of an environmental mystery, framing the issue as a practical challenge for regional agriculture rather than an immediate ecological crisis.

On campus, a muted student protest scene

Restrictions, threats spur other outlets for anger

Boston Globe•APR 5, 2026

Observes a shift in university activism, attributing a quieter campus environment to administrative restrictions rather than a lack of underlying political anger.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Hilary Burns in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.