Emma Green A staff writer covering education and academia.

Consumer AI is having its breakout moment — and few startups have captured the spotlight this year quite like Phia. The AI-powered shopping assistant has become one of 2025’s buzziest launches, not ...

It’s rare to come across founders as visionary and values-led as Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni. I first met Sophia at Stanford and was struck by her tenacity and entrepreneurial spirit. That same ...

A 20th-century teenager who takes "Jane Eyre" as her bible for living is bound to have some adventures. Happily, for readers of Jane Hamilton's new novel, "The Phoebe Variations" (Zibby Publishing), ...

The Phoebe Philo fandom (or should we say, “phandom”?) has added another fashionable star to its ranks. Jennifer Lawrence touched down in Spain, where she’s attending the 2025 San Sebastian Film ...

Phoebe Philo Collection D Spring 2026 ready-to-wear runway, fashion show & collection photos.

There is something about the fall season that makes certain music resonate so much more than it would during any other season. The trees changing color, the cool breeze and the lively apple orchards ...

Jane Hamilton’s first two novels, “The Book of Ruth” (1988) and “A Map of the World” (1994), placed her brightly on the literary radar and secured her an adoring fan base. Those fans will surely also ...

There’s a new buzzy fashion startup in town. Meet Phia, the shopping app founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates and her Stanford roommate-slash-co-founder, Sophia Kianni. Phia searches the web ...

After an 11-year absence from releasing new material, Sarah McLachlan returns with an album that feels perfectly timed. Better Broken finds the three-time Grammy winner confronting personal upheaval ...

I’m tempted to call “The Phoebe Variations” a came-of-age book. Wisconsin writer Jane Hamilton’s eighth novel — the “A Map of the World” writer’s first since “The Excellent Lombards” in 2016 — is of a ...

"I’m so proud of the ways you’re going after your dreams," mom Melinda French Gates wrote on Instagram Jenn Gates Nassar/Instagram Phoebe Gates celebrated her 23rd birthday with her family “23 looks ...