• A close-up of a green leaf in the Global Flors conservatory.

    Gardens Without Borders

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    The Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, celebrating 100 years, foster both scientific and humanistic engagement with plants.

  • An illustration shows a professional woman standing at the head of a table. Her reflection depicts her in a cap and gown.

    Claiming a Place at the Table

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    A new report affirms that Wellesley graduates rise to the top of their fields and drive meaningful change across society.

  • An illustration shows a keyring with charms of a Texas cowboy boot and Berlin's Brandenberg Gate

    Turnabout Is Fair Play

    FALL 2025

    New Works

    Otto von Bosse is an unhappy foot surgeon in Berlin. Jack Holt is a math whiz who is expelled from his private Dallas high school the day before graduation. These two characters are fundamental to the latest novel by Amy Mitchell Poeppel ’88, Far and Away..

  • View of Lake Waban at dusk in winter

    Woods and Waters

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    The award-winning Wellesley landscape is a laboratory, a source of inspiration, a place to build community, and a jumping-off point for students who go on to support sustainable practices around the world.

  • Photograph of Wellesley students dressed as lightning bolts at Tree Day in 1932

    Test Your Knowledge of Wellesley Traditions

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    How well do you know Wellesley’s traditions, current and defuct? Take our quiz!

  • Photo of path to College Club at fall, with lamppost in distance

    Miscellany and Lore

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    Pets, legends, accidents, and campus treasures—basically, cool facts that didn't really fit in any other section!

  • Photo of the Faroll Focus in the Science Center with a colorful Tanner "T" banner hanging

    Conferences, Centers, and Institutes

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    Wellesley College has long been home to interdisciplinary centers, conferences, and institutes that extend learning beyond the classroom and connect students with global ideas and leadership opportunities—and bring Wellesley into the world, leading to progress and change.

  • Photograph of the Browning room in College Hall in the late 1880s, full of ornate furniture and sculptures

    Objects of Interest

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    After 150 years, a college is bound to have accumulated some things. Here is a small sampling of some of our favorite treasures from around campus.

  • Two students eat in Schneider Center

    Student Life

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    Residential and deeply community-based, student life at Wellesley may have changed a great deal over 150 years (parietals? what are those?) but a constant is the blend of academic rigor with a supportive, close-knit environment.