Acclaimed photographer Olivia Hood Parker ’63 draws inspiration from plunging into unknown territory. Her photographs speak of strange and wonderful juxtapositions, invented worlds, and moments of transition. More
Wellesley computer scientists are studying how we can be less susceptible to misinformation online and how to keep falsehoods from spreading. More
Lynn Sherr ’63, Cokie Roberts ’64, Linda Wertheimer ’65, Diane Sawyer ’67. Today, they are news legends who have blazed a path for generations of women, but when they started out, they encountered fierce discrimination. More
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I realized that in my mind’s ear, I can hear the voice of each one of them: Lynn Sherr ’63, Cokie Boggs Roberts ’64, Linda Cozby Wertheimer ’65, and Diane Sawyer ’67. For decades, I have seen or heard them covering space shuttle launches, analyzing election returns, interviewing world leaders, and anchoring the nightly news.More
Window on Wellesley
Diana Lam ’20, College Government president, started as a political science major, but switched to peace and justice studies. Last fall, she did an independent study focusing on applying peace and justice theories to her work with CG.More
With help from the MFA’s conservation lab, Special Collections undertook an investigation to figure out whether parts of one of the College’s Book of Hours was forged.More
Pulling from a range of sources—from the personal to pop-cultural to academic—is not only a feature of Genevieve Clutario’s teaching style, but of her academic research and education path as well.More
Shelf Life
A quick visit to Tokyo leaves an impression of speed, density, and efficiency. But years of wandering down its endless streets complicate this vision, offering a more heterogeneous version of place.More
Dune Song , the debut novel by Anissa Bouziane ’87, shares the spiritual and physical journey of Jeehan Nathaar, a Moroccan-American Muslim woman who seeks healing and affirmation after witnessing the 9/11 attacks.More
In “The Feeding Gene,” an essay by Karen Grigsby Bates ’73 in the collection Apple, Tree describes her memories of her family’s powerful need to feed others, including strangers.More
WCAA
As I listened to the 2019 Alumnae Achievement Award recipients in Alumnae Hall last October, I was struck by how many generations of students had come before, and how timeless the advice was.More
Dolores Arredondo ’95 talks about what she does in her role as a WCAA board member, what she gets out of the experience, and what makes the board different from others she’s served on.More
End Note
When I was a kid, I wanted pets as substitute friends. I loved my dogs and turtles, fish and birds, because they loved me, kept me company, were always there for me. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that animals helped me find my people.More