• Lisa Barnes ’89

    Alzheimer’s in the Black Community

    Fall 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    An interest in memory and the brain led Lisa Barnes ’89 to neuropsychology, and when she landed a faculty position at Rush University in Chicago, her hometown, she began working with a study focused on Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Polly Keller Vanasse ’73  with Gaining Ground farm manager Anna Kelchlin

    Ministrations

    Fall 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    Polly Keller Vanasse ’73 volunteers for Gaining Ground, a Concord, Mass., nonprofit that for more than 25 years has grown organic vegetables and fruit with the help of thousands of community volunteers. Gaining Ground donates 100% of its fresh food to meal programs and food pantries.

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Fall 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • Jeanne Olson Darlington M.A. ’72

    Jeanne Olson Darlington

    Fall 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Jeanne Olson Darlington M.A. ’72, former instructor in science laboratory in the chemistry department, died on July 27 at the age of 99.

  • A photo of an antique sedan.

    50 Years On

    Fall 2023

    Endnote

    At her 50th reunion, an alumna remembers what it was like to be part of the largest cohort of Black students ever admitted to Wellesley.

  • Cecilia Conrad

    From the Academy to Philanthropy

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    On her desk, Cecilia Conrad ’76 keeps two colorful monsters, Basma and Jad, and a baby goat, Ma’zooza. These furry friends are the Muppet stars of Ahlan Simsim, an Arabic-language version of Sesame Street that...

  • A photo portrait of Eve Zimmerman, professor of Japanese.

    Murakami’s Questions

    Summer 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    “Ever since I arrived at Wellesley in 2002, I have had students, time and time again, come to me and say, ‘I want to do a thesis on Haruki Murakami,’ or ‘I want to do an independent study on Murakami,’” says Eve Zimmerman, professor of Japanese.

  • A photo of James Battat in the Science Complex.

    On the Hunt for a Mysterious Particle

    Summer 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Most of us are familiar with the well-known subatomic particles that make up the universe: protons, neutrons, and electrons. But James Battat, associate professor of physics, is curious about a much lesser-known particle, the neutrino.

  • Workers reinstall the stuffed bison head in the new Science Complex.

    College Road

    Summer 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Reports From Around Campus