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Wellesley is well known as an excellent liberal arts college—but also as a decadent chocolate cake.

“My biggest shock was seeing the amount of Venezuelans that reside in Buenos Aires and how they have built solid communities and organizations. It has been an awesome part of this trip I was not expecting, but I have gotten to connect to my own roots.”

Wellesley’s new Anne Shen Chao ’74 Office of Student Success is focused on the development of the whole person, and this requires collaboration across the entire College.

Just before the curtains closed on the fall 2022 semester, the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre in Alumnae Hall was transformed into the colorful Kit Kat Club of Weimar Berlin for the musical Cabaret.

A few years into teaching her constantly oversubscribed course on culture and mental illness, Holly Walters, a visiting lecturer in anthropology, noticed something interesting about the students in the class. “I started to realize that the mix of the student body that I was getting was much more diverse than just anthropology majors,” she says.

Multiple All-American honorees, holders of numerous Wellesley program records, an Olympic team qualifier, a pair of identical twins, and four “angels” (and their cox)—these are the 11 alumnae and a former coach who were celebrated at an induction ceremony on Oct. 22 for the Wellesley Athletics Hall of Fame.

Julz Vargas ’24 reports on her summer internship at the Museum of Everyday Life in Ísafjörður, Iceland.

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...

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.