• Eve Zimmerman, Haruki Murakami, and Koichi Hagimoto, associate professor of Spanish, on stage in Alumnae Hall.

    A Storyteller Among Us

    Summer 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall auditorium was packed as acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami gave the annual Cornille Lecture. Murakami was the Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities for the spring semester. His presence on campus generated great excitement: The first night tickets were available, 430 Wellesley students registered for his lecture.

  • Paula Johnson

    A Women’s College and an Inclusive Community

    Summer 2023

    From the President

    At Wellesley, our mission as a women’s college is more important than ever. Women’s rights are being curtailed in the United States and around the globe, and women remain generally underpaid and underrepresented in positions...

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • Kemi poses in her kitchen with her younger daughter and the Ukrainian couple her family sponsored.

    A Culture of Welcome

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    Last fall, Karen “Kemi” Kemirembe ’12. Kemi, her husband, Troy Carl, and their toddler daughter welcomed a Ukrainian family of three into their home through a U.S. government program, Uniting for Ukraine.

  • A photo portrait of Emily Y. Yu

    Emily On Air

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    Emily Y. Wu ’06 always knew she wanted to be a journalist. Now she’s the CEO of Ghost Island Media, an award-winning podcast network in Taiwan, where she produces audio stories.

  • An official portrait of Kayle Stevens '99 shows her in uniform and has an American flag in the background.

    A Force in the Military

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    Should the U.S. Senate confirm the nomination of Kayle Stevens ’99 later this year, she would not only become the first Wellesley woman to be a Brigadier General in the Air Force, but she and her father would be the first Black father-daughter duo to hold that ranking.

  • A photo portrait of Nicole Sasson '84

    Revolutionizing Prosthetics

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    As chief of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Veteran Affairs-New York Harbor Healthcare System, physiatrist Nicole Sasson ’84 was instrumental in helping test and fine-tune a next-generation robotic arm.

  • An illustration shows a figure running across a field through the rain toward a warmly lit cottage.

    A Second Life

    Summer 2023

    Feature Story

    In September 2022, Monica Byrne ’03 gave most of her possessions away and put the rest in storage. “The pandemic had erased my life,” she writes, “and I had to start over.”

  • A collage illustration depicts protest signs saying "Women, Life, Freedom," and showing Masha Amini. The images evoke the red, green, and black of the Iranian flag.

    Iran and the Era of Global Feminist Uprisings

    Summer 2023

    Feature Story

    The “woman, life, freedom” movement shares the language and struggle of other uprisings worldwide, writes anthropologist Narges Bajoghli ’04.