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  • 150 Things You Should Know About Wellesley

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    As the College celebrates its sesquicentennial, we offer 150 glimpses into Wellesley’s inspiring story. Together, they illuminate the corners of campus, brilliant scholars, trailblazing alumnae, and moments of joy that have shaped this extraordinary community and proved the wisdom of our founders’ radical idea: Educating women leads to progress for everyone.

  • An illustration shows a professional woman standing at the head of a table. Her reflection depicts her in a cap and gown.

    Claiming a Place at the Table

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

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

  • A close-up of a green leaf in the Global Flors conservatory.

    Gardens Without Borders

    FALL 2025

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

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  • Photograph of detail of Galen Stone Tower with Tower Court in the background amid fall folliage

    Building Wellesley

    FALL 2025

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    From College Hall (1875) to the Vivian A. Kao ’04 Health and Counseling Center (2025), Wellesley’s buildings include a wide range of architectural styles, thoughtfully integrated into the campus’s landscape.

  • Photo of the Sophomore class forms the senior class numerals with College Hall ruins in the background. May 1914.

    Milestone Moments

    FALL 2025

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    From the first Flower Sunday to the College Hall fire to the creation of Ethos to the COVID pandemic, these are some of the moments that tested and built Wellesley. In the photo above from May 1914, the sophomore class forms the senior class numerals with College Hall ruins in the background.

  • Photograph of Wellesley students dressed as lightning bolts at Tree Day in 1932

    Test Your Knowledge of Wellesley Traditions

    FALL 2025

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    How well do you know Wellesley’s traditions, current and defuct? Take our quiz!

  • Harriet Creighton ’29, the Ruby F. H. Farwell Professor of Botany, teaches a class in 1973

    Faculty, Research, and the Curriculum

    FALL 2025

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    Leaders in their fields and deeply committed teachers, Wellesley’s faculty have shaped generations of students and the College itself.

  • Annie Jump Cannon looks through a telescope outside College Hall.

    A Few of Our Firsts

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    Astronomers, journalists, artists, lawyers, filmmakers, civil servants—Wellesley alumnae have broken barriers in countless fields.

  • Alumnae pose in front of Harambee House at reunion 2023

    Community and Connections

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    The power of the Wellesley community is both the deep connections forged on campus and the ties built across generations.

  • Two students eat in Schneider Center

    Student Life

    FALL 2025

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    Residential and deeply community-based, student life at Wellesley may have changed a great deal over 150 years (parietals? what are those?) but a constant is the blend of academic rigor with a supportive, close-knit environment.

  • Photograph of the Browning room in College Hall in the late 1880s, full of ornate furniture and sculptures

    Objects of Interest

    FALL 2025

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    After 150 years, a college is bound to have accumulated some things. Here is a small sampling of some of our favorite treasures from around campus.

  • Photo of the Faroll Focus in the Science Center with a colorful Tanner "T" banner hanging

    Conferences, Centers, and Institutes

    FALL 2025

    Feature Story

    Wellesley College has long been home to interdisciplinary centers, conferences, and institutes that extend learning beyond the classroom and connect students with global ideas and leadership opportunities—and bring Wellesley into the world, leading to progress and change.

  • View of Lake Waban at dusk in winter

    Woods and Waters

    FALL 2025

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    The award-winning Wellesley landscape is a laboratory, a source of inspiration, a place to build community, and a jumping-off point for students who go on to support sustainable practices around the world.

  • Photo of path to College Club at fall, with lamppost in distance

    Miscellany and Lore

    FALL 2025

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    Pets, legends, accidents, and campus treasures—basically, cool facts that didn't really fit in any other section!