• Photo of Sue Wagner

    Sue Wagner ’82

    SUMMER 2025

    Alumnae Achievement Awards

    Sue Wagner ’82 was just 26 when she took a life-changing risk: She left a stable Wall Street job as a vice president at major investment bank Lehman Brothers to co-found BlackRock.

  • Photograph of Karen Grigsby Bates ’73

    Karen Grigsby Bates ’73

    SUMMER 2025

    Alumnae Achievement Awards

    In 2011, Karen Grigsby Bates ’73 traveled to Orlando, Fla., microphone in hand, and did what she does best: She listened carefully, then masterfully shared a story.

  • Illustration of a small house divided into four panels; in the first, it is intact on a sunny day; in the next section, it is in flames; in the third, it is a charred skeletal remains; in the fourth it is under construction.

    When your home burns down

    SUMMER 2025

    Feature Story

    After losing her Altadena home to wildfire, Lynn Sternberger ’07 reflects on loss, accountability, and what it means to rebuild a community.

  • Photo of Eunice Zhang ’27 in one of the Gothic stairways outside Founders Hall

    More Than Words

    SUMMER 2025

    Feature Story

    In the College’s new Narrative Lab, students look deeply into how narratives are constructed and the ways they create meaning.

  • Illustration of a lightning bolt hitting Galen Stone Tower in Green Hall while two students looking on from Severance Hill wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas are awed.

    The Stuff of Legend

    SUMMER 2025

    Feature Story

    As the College enters its sesquicentennial year, E.B. Bartels ’10 got to the bottom of some of Wellesley's most famous lore.

  • Photo of Professor Jay Turner leaning against his bike inside the Science Complex

    College Road

    SUMMER 2025

    Window on Wellesley

    Jay Morton Turner, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Environmental Studies, receives a Guggenheim Fellowship; Hooprolling 2025; retiring faculty; mushrooms and more

  • In Memoriam: Marjorie Agosín

    SUMMER 2025

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Marjorie Agosín, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, passed away on March 10, just shy of her 70th birthday.

  • Photo of the Vivian A. Kao ’04 Health and Counseling Center, a modern two-story building

    Under One Roof

    SUMMER 2025

    Window on Wellesley

    In April, the new Vivian A. Kao ’04 Health and Counseling Center opened its doors to the College community.

  • Photo of a Wellesley lamppost with Lake Waban

    Alumnae Memorials

    SUMMER 2025

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to members of the Wellesley community