• 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.

  • A photo shows an open combination lock.

    Women’s Rights in the Major Leagues

    Fall 2024

    Endnote

    At our 1973 commencement, 426 seniors listened as Shirley Chisholm wove her hard-fought “firsts” into a message for us about activism, laced with bold truths. That day, her powerful words propelled me into our generation’s revolutionary times. How would I live up to her charge?

  • LEADING WITH KINDNESS

    Summer 2024

    WCAA

    When Amy Weaver ’89 was offered the role of chief financial officer and president of Salesforce in 2020, her first reaction was shock. “I immediately thought it was ridiculous,” she says. She knew there would...

  • Pages & Playlists

    Summer 2024

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • In Brief

    Summer 2024

    New Works

    Thumbnail reviews of new publications from the Wellesley community

  • An image of the red. white, and blue all-type cover of Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and In Our Lives

    Civics as Self-Care

    Summer 2024

    New Works

    Democracy in Retrograde by Emily Amick ’07 and Sami Sage is an unusually practical book based on a simple premise: Civics isn’t a theoretical idea. It pervades every aspect of our lives and can offer hope as well as frustration.

  • New Alumnae Association Board Members

    Summer 2024

    WCAA

    Introducing six new Wellesley College Alumnae Association Board Members.

  • Sed Ministrare Volunteer Awards 2024

    Summer 2024

    WCAA

    The 2024 Sed Ministrare Volunteer Awards recipients are Sam Tackeff ’08, Gretchen Rous Besser ’49, and Jessica Urban ’06.