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  • Students make themselves at home in the Chao Foundation Innovation Hub.

    Science Made Visible

    Spring 2022

    Feature Story

    In January, Wellesley welcomed students, faculty, and staff into the transformed Science Complex, which encompasses more than 275,000 square feet of sustainably designed space and combines renovations to the College’s historic structures with new spaces for research, collaboration, and teaching. The students quickly made the space their own.

  • A photo portrait of D. Scott Birney, professor of astronomy

    D. Scott Birney, Jr.

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    D. Scott Birney died on Aug. 15, 2021, at age 95. Scott joined the astronomy department in 1968, and throughout his 23 years at the College, his good cheer, wry wit, and self-effacing demeanor made the Whitin Observatory a congenial and supportive home to both students and faculty.

  • A photo portrait of Miriam Butt ’87

    Parsing the Power of Language

    Winter 2022

    Class Notes: Profile

    Miriam Butt ’87, a professor of general and computational linguistics at the University of Konstanz in Germany, chose to attend Wellesley in part because it was one of the only American colleges at the time where she could study both Latin and computer science.

  • A photo portrait of Lois Roach, senior lecturer in theatre studies

    Speaking Up and Hearing Out

    Winter 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    “We’re all in one big stream. Everyone is trying to find a way to be heard,” says Lois Roach, senior lecturer in theatre studies. In Roach’s course THST 106: Speaking Truth to Power, her students learn to speak up while hearing out other perspectives.

  • A photo of Christopher Arumainayagam, professor of chemistry

    The Search for Our Cosmic Origins

    Winter 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    For the last year and a half, Christopher Arumainayagam, professor of chemistry, has sought to understand one of the most fundamental questions of all: How did life begin?

  • A photo of Macy Lipkin '23

    Early Decision

    Winter 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    Macy Lipkin ’23 has been thinking about Wellesley for a long, long time. “My sixth grade science teacher went to Wellesley—Cindy Krol ’02—and I practically wanted to be her, so naturally I decided when I was 11 that I was going to come here, too,” she says.

  • A photo shows an under-construction hallway in the Science Complex, with open wood beams and a walkway above.

    Ready for Innovation

    Winter 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    At the end of the fall 2021 semester, a short punch list remained, but the completion of the Science Complex—the largest construction project the College has undertaken in more than a century—was in sight

  • Illustration of the Statue of Liberty with math symbols radiating from her torch

    How Math Can Save Democracy

    Winter 2022

    Feature Story

    A new institute at Wellesley co-founded by mathematics professors Ismar Volić and Stanley Chang supports education and research at the intersection of math and politics.