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Fall 2024

Thanks to Shreeya Lakkapragada ’26 and collaborators across campus, as of this summer, Wellesley has two new swings.

Shreeya Lakkapragada ’26 tries out the swing she designed and had installed on campus
Photo by Joel Haskell

Thanks to Shreeya Lakkapragada ’26 (left) and collaborators across campus, as of this summer, Wellesley has two new swings. One hangs near the L-wing entrance to the Science Complex, the other at the edge of Severance Green. Lakkapragada is currently working on programming related to the swings—and yet another swing for campus. (The project is featured in “Above All.”)

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