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The Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, celebrating 100 years, foster both scientific and humanistic engagement with plants.

A new report affirms that Wellesley graduates rise to the top of their fields and drive meaningful change across society.

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

Does quantum physics play a role in consciousness? For decades, the idea was dismissed as a fringe possibility. However, recent papers by Mike Wiest, associate professor of neuroscience at Wellesley, and his students are part of a new wave of findings giving credence to the idea.

At this moment, we are seeing unprecedented attacks on higher education across the country, and the value of—and right to—academic freedom is being called into question. This is to the detriment of all of us.

Professor of Art Jacqueline Marie Musacchio ’89 talks about the artist Francesca Alexander and her circle as if they were her own friends. It is a familiarity born out of years of research, culminating with her book The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander 1837–1917, published in February by Lund Humphries.

Around the world, people are retiring later. How do you decide when it’s time? And what comes next? We talked to Wellesley experts to find out what they are thinking.

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

Last semester, I took part in a celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and the leaders, past and present, who made that milestone possible.