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  Spring 2020
  
  In the Writers’ Room
  In this era of “peak TV,” as critics have dubbed it, Wellesley writers have been drawn to the industry, and a growing number of them are penning the episodes of your favorite shows.More
  
  Dawn Chorus Diminuendo
  Last year, Science magazine published a study revealing that the North American continent has lost nearly 3 billion birds over the last 50 years. This means there are 29 percent fewer birds in the United States and Canada today than in 1970. Wellesley alumnae, faculty, and students are among those responding to the crisis with reseach and action.More
  
  The Heart of Paris
  For me, the best of what these “ancients” left us keeps building on a shared sense of wonder, meaning, and identity. They elicit a sense of reverence, enriching us generation after generation.More
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Kathryn Harvey Mackintosh ’03

Getting to Know You

In fall 2020, Wellesley will launch a survey that will help us learn more about our alumnae. With a strong response rate, it should move us in a direction that will help us better know and serve our alumnae population.More

Jahanara “Jana” Freedman ’20 and Samantha Hand Fratus ’89 stand at a construction site for a 1,000-room hotel project in the Boston seaport district.

On-Site Insights

In January, Wellesley Career Education matched 145 students with 96 alumnae and parent volunteers in 18 states and four countries to shadow professionals on the job. They explored industries ranging from architecture and design to medicine, media, and state government.More

An audience gathered in the College Club for an Authors on Stage event.

Forty Years of Literary Lessons

Since the Authors on Stage program began in 1981, 249 presenting authors—biographers, memoirists, cookbook gurus, essayists, journalists, novelists, and poets—have discussed the genesis of their work while engaging in repartee with audience members.More

Elyse Cherry ’75

Alumnae Trustee, Wellesley College Board of Trustees 2020–2026

Elyse Cherry ’75, of Brookline, Mass., has been nominated to serve a six-year term as alumnae trustee, from 2020 to 2026, succeeding Lawry Jones Meister ’83.More

Candidates for Office in the Alumnae Association

To be elected in the annual meeting of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, which will be held digitally on Saturday, June 6, at 11 a.m. Watch for an email with more information.More

Zoom Your Way to Reconnection

In what turned out to be a very prescient move for the months ahead, the class of ’88 sponsored a virtual Valentine’s Day tea on Zoom, proving that the online platform is great for class,…More

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