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  • A photo of bitter melon.

    A Natural Love

    Spring 2022

    Endnote

    In a New York City neighborhood, Chinese, Greek, Korean, and Salvadoran families grow plants to get a little closer to the flavors of home. Even when surrounded by asphalt, concrete, and steel, the families continue to garden; they nurture local soil, and they build local culture—as does writer Esther Kim ’12, dreaming of Taiwan.

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • A photo portrait of Mary Ellen Crawford Ames ’40

    Mary Ellen Crawford Ames ’40

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Mary Ellen Crawford Ames ’40 passed away on Aug. 17, 2021, following a lifetime of achievement and adventure that spanned 102 years. For 70 of those years, she was an engaging presence at Wellesley as a student, class president, alumna volunteer, personnel director, and as the College’s venerable director of admission from 1969 to 1985.

  • A photo portrait of Miriam Butt ’87

    Parsing the Power of Language

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: Profile

    Miriam Butt ’87, a professor of general and computational linguistics at the University of Konstanz in Germany, chose to attend Wellesley in part because it was one of the only American colleges at the time where she could study both Latin and computer science.

  • A photo portrait of Anne Shen Chao '74

    Centering Houston’s Asian Immigrant History

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: Profile

    In 2010, Anne Shen Chao ’74 founded the Houston Asian American Archive at Rice University, an oral history collection about the lives of Asian Americans living in the Houston area. “We want to make sure that Asian American contributions are included in the narrative of Texas history,” Anne says.

  • A photo of Peggy Cullen Nicholson '54 beside a racing scull.

    Still Rowing After All These Years

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: Profile

    Peggy Cullen Nicholson ’54 has accomplished a lot in her life: She taught French for years. She served on her town’s board of education. She’s the mother of three. She’s been a lifelong volunteer. And last fall, she rowed in her first race, at the Head of the Charles.

  • A photo portrait of Lisa Scanlon Mogolov '99, the new editor of Wellesley magazine

    A New Editor Takes the Helm

    Winter 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    After concluding a national search, the Wellesley College Alumnae Association chose a familiar face to become editor of Wellesley magazine. On Nov. 15, 2021, Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99 assumed her new role after 16 years on the magazine staff.

  • The title "The Rock Eaters " is surrounded by stylized tropical island and a drawing of a large insect,

    The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

    Winter 2022

    New Works

    The Rock Eaters is a compulsively readable short story collection full of extraordinary happenings. Brenda Peynado ’06 makes the most of every single word in this debut collection, writing with confidence and musing thoughtfully on inclusivity.

  • The cover of State of Terror depicts a graphic red and white American flag against a black background.

    An Insider’s Political Thriller

    Winter 2022

    New Works

    State of Terror is a political thriller with all the fast-paced thrills and chills you’d expect from Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69 and award-winning mystery author Louise Penny. It’s also a celebration of a woman’s love for her country and her battle to protect it.