• The cover of Good Grief depicts portraits of a pet bird, gerbil, cat, tortoise, fish and dog, each in a gold frame.

    A Poignant View of Lost Pets

    Fall 2022

    New Works

    Anyone who has ever loved and lost a pet will find comfort in Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels ’10.

  • The cover of the summer 2022 issue of Wellesley magazine shows a photo portrait of Madeleine Korbel Albright '59

    Letters to the Editor

    Fall 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    Remembering Madeleine Meaningful read (“ The Negotiator ,” summer 2022). Secretary Albright was one of the most influential in our time. Thank you. Rosarie Jastrow Hartmeyer ’76, Moraga, Calif. Live Fearlessly Wonderful story on Madeleine...

  • Paula Johnson

    A Home Built for Community

    Fall 2022

    From the President

    The architect and industrial designer Charles Eames once said, “Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.” Now that we are emerging from the isolation imposed by COVID-19, what all of us seem to...

  • A photo shows a section of corroded metal piping

    From the Editor

    Fall 2022

    From the Editor

    My friends and I lived in Stone-Davis our senior year. To be perfectly honest, it wasn’t our first choice. Stone-Davis was so decrepit that the College planned a gut renovation of the building right after spring semester finals that year.

  • They Answer Wellesley’s Ev’ry Call

    Fall 2022

    WCAA

    The 2022 recipients of Wellesley’s Sed Ministrare Volunteer Awards are Audrey Mandela ’80, Azizah Yasin ’94, and Anne Kelly Byerly ’82.

  • Photograph of Kathryn Harvey Mackintosh ’03

    Authentically Wellesley

    Fall 2022

    WCAA

    “She just was herself,” said 2022 Alumnae Achievement Award recipient Laura Wheeler Murphy ’76 of one of her early mentors, Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. Murphy joins a legacy...

  • Windows in Severance Hall’s formal living room were sealed as repairs were done on that part of the building’s exterior.

    This Old Hall

    Fall 2022

    Feature Story

    The renovation of half of Severance Hall last summer marked the beginning of a $250 million plan to preserve Wellesley’s beloved residence halls and make them greener and more accessible.

  • A photo shows a bee walking into an extraction tube at one of the Wellesley hives.

    Plan Bee

    Fall 2022

    Feature Story

    The world needs researchers like Heather Mattila, professor of biological sciences at Wellesley, because bees, both domesticated and wild, are in danger.

  • A photo of an envelope found in the College Archives addressed to Mrs. D.C. Blair on Jan. 18, 2014.

    Heaps of Love, Eleanor

    Fall 2022

    Endnote

    A faded envelope in the College archives revealed unexpected connections to Instagrammer Margaux Delaney ’20.