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With federal money gone, Wellesley alums in public media discuss the industry’s past and how it’s charting a path forward.

More than 220 alumnae gathered on March 26 at the Women Leading the Way event at the Lincoln Center to celebrate the College’s 150th.

In November 2025, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center hosted the “We the People” summit, bringing together diverse leaders to discuss bridge-building across political divides.

As fertility rates plummet in much of the world, Wellesley experts explain why it’s happening and what might be done to address it, and alums tell their own stories about their winding paths to becoming parents—or not.

“When art opens our hearts and our minds up to metaphor, it also allows us to see possibilities in our current reality.”

In September 1875, Wellesley College welcomed its first incoming class. More than 300 students showed up, along with mountains of luggage—and concerned family members. For a young woman to go off to college at the time was a break with the past. Imagine the courage they must have possessed!