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  • A photo portrait shows Holly Walters

    Many Lenses on Madness

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    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.

  • A photo portrait of Paul Fisher

    Portrait of the Artist as Enigma

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    Professor of American Studies Paul Fisher has spent the last decade in the company of artist John Singer Sargent and his circle. His new biography, The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World , was just published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

  • An illustration shows the head of a statue like the ones flanking the entrance of Clapp Library wearing a hard hat.

    College Road

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    In May, the Wellesley College Board of Trustees allocated $125 million to address critical repairs in several academic and administrative buildings. Beginning in early 2023 and continuing through much of 2024, work will be done on more than 500,000 square feet of space across campus, including in Pendleton East, Simpson and Simpson Cottage (referred to as Stone-Simpson), Clapp Library, the Davis Museum, the KSC pool and offices, and Founders and Green halls.

  • The cover of Jet magazine from Sept. 15, 1955

    Black History in Your Hands

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    Through the efforts of Brenna Greer, associate professor of history, and Ruth Rogers, curator of special collections, the College has acquired a significant collection of 1950s Jet magazines covering the murder of Emmett Till and its aftermath.

  • The 2020 and 2020 Hall of Fame recipients standing on Wellesley's soccer field together

    True Blues

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    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.

  • Courtney Streett ’09 speaks in the Edible Ecosystem Teaching Garden.

    Climate Justice in Action

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    In September, the Camilla Chandler Frost ’47 Center for the Environment hosted the 2022 Project Handprint Symposium, which focused on the theme of health and environmental justice.

  • In a photo, Julz Vargas ’24 sits on a boulder near a waterfall in Iceland

    Everyday Iceland

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

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

  • A photo shows, from left: Charlotte Howard, President Paula A. Johnson, Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69, Jennifer Hyman, Ann Mukherjee, and Andrea Jung

    A Critical Moment for Women

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    In June, Wellesley sponsored a virtual event, “Building the new SHEconomy,” presented by Economist Impact.

  • Portrait of Peaches Vades, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

    Wellesley’s New Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    When Theresa “Peaches” Valdes started her job as dean of admission and financial aid at Wellesley, one of the first items she put in her office was the owl lantern she received as a Bryn Mawr first-year.

  • We Belong in STEM

    Fall 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    “Wellesley College is proud of our record educating the highest numbers of women who go on to receive Ph.D.s in STEM fields among our liberal arts peers,” said President Paula A. Johnson at the official...

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