• Illustration of two Black students in a cozy dorm room, talking while sitting on beds with matching bedspreads

    Strangers in a Small Room

    SPRING 2025

    Feature Story

    We explore the paths from first-year roommates to lifelong friends through the stories of alum roomies across the decades.

  • Photo of President Paula A. Johnson standing outside Green Hall

    Protecting Wellesley’s Promise

    SPRING 2025

    From the President

    “Our endowment allows the Wellesley community to be socioeconomically diverse and makes us a place where students can discover, in the words of our second president, Alice Freeman Palmer, ‘the wealth that lies in differences.’”

  • A collage of an open book with various images coming out of it: a Wellesley lamppost, a Black hand with a ballot, a baby with an arm oustretched, a strand of DNA

    Professors in Print

    SPRING 2025

    Feature Story

    From how to fix democracy with math to what twins teach us about improving humanity, Wellesley professors are tackling timely topics in recent books.

  • Photo of Pier Rogers

    Rogers Named Alumnae Trustee

    SPRING 2025

    WCAA

    Following her nomination by the Wellesley College Alumnae Association Board, the Wellesley College Board of Trustees has elected Pier Rogers ’75 to serve a six-year term as alumnae trustee from 2025 to 2031, succeeding Suzanne Frey ’93.

  • Photo of Erin Corcoran

    Corcoran Named WCAA Assistant Vice President

    SPRING 2025

    WCAA

    Erin Corcoran ’13, a longtime volunteer for the College, left her career in public service at the Pentagon to return to Wellesley as assistant vice president of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association.

  • In Memoriam: Rachel Jacoff

    SPRING 2025

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Rachel Jacoff, Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and Italian Studies, died on Jan. 24.

  • Photo of a Wellesley lamppost with Lake Waban

    Alumnae Memorials

    SPRING 2025

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to members of the Wellesley community

  • A black-and-white photo of Linda B. Miller reading typewritten papers

    In Memoriam: Linda B. Miller

    SPRING 2025

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Linda B. Miller, professor emerita of political science, passed away on Jan. 19.

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    From the Editor

    SPRING 2025

    From the Editor

    For the past year, in addition to my regular gig as editor of this magazine, I’ve had the pleasure of editing Now & Ever: 150 Years of Making a Difference, a book published by the College on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.