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“I was wrong” is one of the most difficult things for a human being to say. Imagine saying it when you have been a conservative public intellectual and expert on public education for decades. Yet that is exactly what Diane Silvers Ravitch ’60 does in her engaging new memoir, An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else.
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Books and media by the Wellesley community
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When Janina Shivdasani ’26, Julia Kuang ’26, Lily Deutscher ’27, and Ella Kim ’26 entered the Wellesley College Business Case Competition last fall, they didn’t expect it would lead to presenting in a room packed with alumnae business leaders.
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The College commemorated its milestone anniversary with “Wellesley at 150,” held in October 2025 in conjunction with Friends and Family Weekend.
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Richard W. Wallace, professor emeritus of art, a specialist in the history of Italian Baroque art, passed away in July 2025.
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Reports from Around Campus
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“When art opens our hearts and our minds up to metaphor, it also allows us to see possibilities in our current reality.”
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As I write this column, 2025 is coming to a close, and by the time this goes to print, I’ll be completing my first year as assistant vice president. It’s been a whirlwind learning more about the WCAA, working with our incredible volunteers, and getting a real grasp of the magnitude of the most powerful women’s network in the world: the more than 40,000 Wellesley alumnae making a difference in our communities, in ways big and small.
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Paul A. Cohen, Edith Stix Wasserman Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and professor emeritus of history, died on Sept. 15, 2025.