• Portrait of President Paula Johnson

    An Antidote to Polarization

    Fall 2024

    From the President

    It’s incumbent upon college campuses to provide what I see as a powerful antidote to polarization: pluralism, and the dialogue and diversity of ideas that come with it.

  • Letters to the Editor

    Fall 2024

    Letters to the Editor

    Bringing the World to Wellesley I was excited to read about April’s summit, Renewing Democracy: Women Leading the Way ( “Citizenship in Action,” summer 2024), because I was reminded of Miss Ball’s Symposium on Africa...

  • Photo of dogwood petals

    Letter from the Editor

    Fall 2024

    From the Editor

    When I was in sixth grade, my family moved from Harvard, Mass., to Colorado Springs, Colo. Our new house was on a ridge with a view of Pikes Peak, which famously inspired Katharine Lee Bates,...

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Fall 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • A photo portrait of Nelson J. Darling, Jr.

    Nelson Darling

    Fall 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    The “Boston gentlemen” have played a key role throughout Wellesley’s history. Henry Durant, the Hunnewells, the Kidders, the Stones, and others were the movers and shakers downtown who brought their time and talent to Wellesley to build and strengthen the world’s exceptional college for the education of women. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., was one of those gentlemen.

  • A photo portrait of Sara Simon '13

    Data Driven

    Fall 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    For almost a decade, Sara Simon ’13 built a career as a data journalist, with positions at the New York Times , Vermont Public Radio, and Spotlight PA, an investigate newsroom covering Pennsylvania. But this fall, she began a Ph.D. in history at Northwestern University.

  • A photo portrait of Charlotee  Ashamu ’01

    Cultural Leader

    Fall 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    Charlotte Ashamu ’01 began her career working in global economic development before moving into the cultural heritage realm. She is now the director of international programs at the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at Yale University. Her big push in this new role has been to launch the Yale Directors Forum, a global fellowship that provides training for leaders at African cultural heritage institutions.

  • A photo portrait of Deborah Chung '74

    Concrete Achievements

    Fall 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    A distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Deborah Chung ’74 developed a building product called “smart concrete.”

  • A photo of Jennie Gerard '66 working in the landscape around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif.

    Maintaining an Urban Oasis

    Fall 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    On the last Saturday of each month, Jennie Gerard ’66 joins the Lake Merritt Weed Warriors, an all-volunteer band of gardeners she co-founded, to supplement public works staff by tackling much-needed weeding, planting, and mulching in the urban oasis in Oakland, Calif.