• A photo portrait of Meg Browne '79

    A Memorial at Long Last

    Summer 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    In 1911, a fire broke out on an upper floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in lower Manhattan, killing 146 workers, most of them immigrant women. It was one of the worst workplace disasters in United States history. More than 100 years later, Meg Browne ’79 helped establish a memorial to the victims.

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Summer 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • A photo of a black lab sitting on a sofa by a curtained window

    Picture Ahead

    Summer 2024

    Endnote

    At 24, it seems like a lot of overt “Picture Ahead!” signs are right behind me. Like a road trip, college has a beginning and a destination. After has a beginning, too. But then it’s a series of vaguely defined experiences that make me feel like a tourist taking a photo I could get a better version of on a postcard.

  • Letters to the Editor

    Summer 2024

    Letters to the Editor

    AI and Human Rights I was glad to read the recent article on AI (“ AI’s Unanswered Questions ,” winter 2024) and to know that students are gaining practical experience analyzing and building AI tools...

  • Photograph of a copy of Wellesley News from Sept. 27, 1995. Headlines read "Wellesley women discuss their experiences at Beijing" and "College community responds to proposed changes to curriculum."

    From the Editor

    Summer 2024

    From the Editor

    Since I graduated 25 years ago, some of the details of being a student have changed (cell phones instead of landlines, Sidechat instead of Public, Lulu instead of Schneider), but the intrinsic Wellesleyness of Wellesley has not changed.

  • Pages & Playlists

    Spring 2024

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • 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.