• Letters to the Editor

    Winter 2024

    Letters to the Editor

    Cover Lovers We were thrilled with the outburst of enthusiasm on social media for our fall cover story featuring Jasmine Guillory ’97 . Below are just a few of the many comments that appeared on...

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    From the Editor

    Winter 2024

    From the Editor

    In December 2001, I was an editorial assistant at MIT Technology Review. I edited class notes, processed invoices, and listened to The Strokes’ album Is This It on repeat.

  • Tragedy in a Big Small Town

    Winter 2024

    Endnote

    I was cooking pasta in my Portland, Maine, apartment late on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 25, after a few hours trying to make progress on a dataset for a story on pharmacies. At 8:29...

  • 2023 Alumnae Achievement Awards

    Fall 2023

    Feature Story

    This year’s recipients of Wellesley’s highest honor are Vanessa Ruiz ’72, Faith Vilas ’73, and Cecilia Conrad ’76.

  • Kristin Butcher ’86, Marshall I. Goldman Professor of Economics in the classroom

    How to Make an Economist

    Fall 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    “Women who enroll at Wellesley are about 7 percentage points more likely to major in economics, and that’s [almost] double the chances of majoring in economics at other institutions where non-enrollees went,” says Patrick McEwan, Professor of Economics and Luella LaMer Slaner professor in Latin American Studies. The question is why.

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    College Road

    Fall 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Reports From Around Campus

  • A photo portrait of Provost Andy Shennan

    Shennan to Step Down as Provost in 2024

    Fall 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    In a letter to the Wellesley community, Provost and Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Dean of the College Andrew Shennan announced that he will step down from the position he has held for 20 years. In that capacity, he has overseen all academic programs as well as library and technology services and budgetary and strategic planning. His term will conclude on June 30, 2024.

  • A photo portrait of T. Peaches Valdez, dean of admission and financial aid

    Focused on Diversity

    Fall 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    In June, the Supreme Court issued its ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, significantly limiting how colleges can consider race during the selection process. T. Peaches Valdes, dean of admission and financial aid, discusses how the College is adapting to the new landscape the ruling created while maintaining its commitment to diversity.

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    Climbing Together

    Fall 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    As part of the College’s new three-day immersive Civic Action Lab in August, 30 sophomores traveled to Thompson Island in Boston Harbor and participated in team building exercises.