• Pages & Playlists

    Winter 2024

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • The cover of Holiday Country is an illustration depicting a Greek island with the figure of a woman swimming. toward it

    In Brief

    Winter 2024

    New Works

    Thumbnail reviews of new publications from the Wellesley community

  • The cover of The Claims of Life: A Memoir features a photo of Diana Chapman Walsh '66 in alumnae parade whites

    A Life in Leadership

    Winter 2024

    New Works

    At age 12, Wellesley College President Emerita Diana Chapman Walsh ’66 knew she would write a book someday, a beautiful book. That sense of clarity inspired her to write this thoughtful and honest look at her personal history—from childhood, her Wellesley education, marriage and motherhood, through her work as president of the College.

  • Candidate for Alumnae Trustee, 2024–30

    Winter 2024

    WCAA

    Susan Harmon ’67, of Seattle, has been nominated to serve a six-year term as alumnae trustee, from 2024 to 2030, succeeding Grace Toh ’83.

  • Photograph of Galen Stone Tower

    A Plan for the Future

    Winter 2024

    WCAA

    In pursuit of Wellesley College’s mission to provide an excellent liberal arts education to women who will make a difference in the world, the WCAA desires to integrate the organization into Wellesley College, effective as of June 30.

  • An illustration  depcits a hauntiong image of a figue wading in a lake.

    The Matter of Things

    Winter 2024

    Feature Story

    A novelist contemplates the beauty and impermanence of this world as she works to absorb the loss her of father.

  • An Artist Comes Home

    Winter 2024

    Feature Story

    Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And —the first retrospective of the acclaimed conceptual artist, cultural critic, and Wellesley ’55 alumna—is the debut exhibition at the newly reopened Davis Museum.

  • Andrea Sequeira, Gordon P. Lang and Althea P. Lang ’26 Professor of Biological Sciences, and Martina Königer, adjunct assistant professor of biological sciences, near some

    Reed All About It

    Winter 2024

    Window on Wellesley

    “The big, ambitious question is to try to understand the fundamental traits related to invasion success. But our more specific, tangible goal was to understand what varieties of phragmites are present on campus.”

  • Photo of Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69

    College Road

    Winter 2024

    Window on Wellesley

    Democracy summit to be held in April; Wellesley to stay test optional for up to five years; free laundry; the College welcomes robot overlords; Todd Nordgren is the new director of LGBTQ+ programs and service