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A news features reporter for the Metro section, Irons covers a range of issues in Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. She earned her master’s in journalism from Northeastern University, and has worked for several newspapers, including the Journal-Gazette in Indiana and The Baltimore Sun.
Latest stories
New chief selected to lead Roxbury Community College
By Meghan E. Irons , Globe Staff
Hoping to turn an academic and economic corner, Roxbury Community College has tapped a career college administrator from Illinois to move the school beyond the scandals and investigations that have roiled the campus.The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education announced Thursday that it has approved the college trustees’ unanimous selection of Valerie R. Roberson as the school’s 15th president.RCC officials singled out her ability to raise funds and her emphasis on putting students first as evidence she has the skills to correct and improve critical lapses at RCC.“I’m certainly aware of the challenges, and I’m aware of the potential that is there,’’ Roberson said, noting her long career. “I am confident that I will get the institution past those challenges.”
Sole survivor describes Brockton triple shooting
By Meghan E. Irons , Globe Staff
A woman who was allegedly raped and shot five times testified in the trial of Keith Luke.
Supremacist confessed to investigators a plan to kill
By Meghan E. Irons , Globe Staff
The self-described white supremacist accused of killing two Cape Verdean nationals and raping one victim’s sister in 2009 told police that he targeted nonwhites.
Harvard students erupt at scholar Jason Richwine’s claim in thesis
By Meghan E. Irons , Globe Staff
Students are outraged over a 2009 doctoral dissertation arguing that Hispanic immigrants lack “raw cognitive ability or intelligence.”