• Jocelyn Benson

    Jocelyn Benson ’99

    SUMMER 2025

    Alumnae Achievement Awards

    At Wellesley, Jocelyn Benson ’99 says, she learned the importance of women having each other’s backs. It’s the kind of support she has given and received in the past several years as Michigan’s secretary of state.

  • Photo of Sue Wagner

    Sue Wagner ’82

    SUMMER 2025

    Alumnae Achievement Awards

    Sue Wagner ’82 was just 26 when she took a life-changing risk: She left a stable Wall Street job as a vice president at major investment bank Lehman Brothers to co-found BlackRock.

  • Photograph of Karen Grigsby Bates ’73

    Karen Grigsby Bates ’73

    SUMMER 2025

    Alumnae Achievement Awards

    In 2011, Karen Grigsby Bates ’73 traveled to Orlando, Fla., microphone in hand, and did what she does best: She listened carefully, then masterfully shared a story.

  • Illustration of a lightning bolt hitting Galen Stone Tower in Green Hall while two students looking on from Severance Hill wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas are awed.

    The Stuff of Legend

    SUMMER 2025

    Feature Story

    As the College enters its sesquicentennial year, E.B. Bartels ’10 got to the bottom of some of Wellesley's most famous lore.

  • Photo of Eunice Zhang ’27 in one of the Gothic stairways outside Founders Hall

    More Than Words

    SUMMER 2025

    Feature Story

    In the College’s new Narrative Lab, students look deeply into how narratives are constructed and the ways they create meaning.

  • Illustration of a small house divided into four panels; in the first, it is intact on a sunny day; in the next section, it is in flames; in the third, it is a charred skeletal remains; in the fourth it is under construction.

    When your home burns down

    SUMMER 2025

    Feature Story

    After losing her Altadena home to wildfire, Lynn Sternberger ’07 reflects on loss, accountability, and what it means to rebuild a community.

  • Photo of a Wellesley lamppost with Lake Waban

    Alumnae Memorials

    SUMMER 2025

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to members of the Wellesley community

  • Photo of the Vivian A. Kao ’04 Health and Counseling Center, a modern two-story building

    Under One Roof

    SUMMER 2025

    Window on Wellesley

    In April, the new Vivian A. Kao ’04 Health and Counseling Center opened its doors to the College community.

  • A Journey in Poetry

    SUMMER 2025

    New Works

    Novice, the debut poetry collection by Nida Sophasarun ’99, uses direct but haunting language to confront life’s most persistent mysteries.