• A 17th century painting on the cover of The Faithful Virgins depicts a woman holding a mask.

    In Brief

    Spring 2024

    New Works

    Thumbnail reviews of new publications from the Wellesley community

  • An illustration on the cover of RACE RULES depicts a Black person whispering behind her hand.

    Race Matters

    Spring 2024

    New Works

    Fatimah Gilliam, an Ivy-educated attorney who is CEO of her own diversity consulting group, aims her new book, Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won’t Tell You, at people she thinks can change the way race is viewed and treated in this country.

  • Alum and student members of the Wellesley Widows perform during their 75th anniversary celebration.

    Widows Reunite

    Spring 2024

    WCAA

    The Wellesley Widows, the College’s oldest a cappella group (and one of the oldest in the country), celebrated its 75th anniversary with an on-​campus reunion weekend in March.

  • A photo of Founders Hall and a white rhodendron.

    Candidates for Office in the Alumnae Association

    Spring 2024

    WCAA

    Presenting the slate of candidtes to be elected at the annual meeting of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association on Saturday, May 25, in Diana Chapman Walsh ’66 Alumnae Hall.

  • A photo of Laura Wood Cantopher ’84

    Looking Back and Looking Forward

    Spring 2024

    WCAA

    Laura Wood Cantopher ’84 reflects on her three years as president of the WCAA during a time of transition and excitment about the future.

  • Understanding the Clean Energy Transition

    Spring 2024

    Feature Story

    A t the end of 2023, a new electric power system quietly came online in Hawai‘i. Unlike its predecessors, this system doesn’t run on coal, natural gas, or fossil fuels of any kind. The Kapolei...

  • An illustration depicts a student reclining on a pile of symbols of education, incuding a book, a beaker, a pencil, and a triangle.

    What’s Your Major?

    Spring 2024

    Feature Story

    Sometimes, making a decision about what to major in at Wellesley is the art of the unexpected. Take Erika Liu ’15, who double majored in peace and justice studies and French cultural studies. She...

  • Photo of Pam Melroy speaking at a podium

    Charting a New Course for NASA

    Spring 2024

    Feature Story

    A hunk of metal—technically, part of a hold-down stud frangible nut—from mission STS-120 is affixed to a plaque in the office of retired U.S. Air Force Col. Pam Melroy ’83 at NASA headquarters. During the...

  • Rethinking the Renaissance

    Spring 2024

    Window on Wellesley

    The popular course ENG/HIST 221: The Renaissance interrogates the idea of the thing that historians and literary scholars have called the Renaissance.