Window on Wellesley

Statistically Significant

In June 2013, Cassandra Pattanayak arrived on campus to launch a new initiative. Her position: Jack and Sandra Polk Guthman ’65 Director of Wellesley’s new Quantitative Analysis Institute (QAI). Her mission: To expand the role…More

Proverbs, Illuminated

During the Mongol invasion of Persia in the 13th century, the poet Sa‘di traveled across the land witnessing the struggles of his countrymen.More

Central Asia Sojourn

Amanda Trabulsi ’16, a Russian Area Studies major, sends a dispatch from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where she is spending a semester at the American University of Central Asia.More

The Renovations Begin

Though still in its early phases, the Campus Renewal program is already transforming and preserving some of the most beloved spaces on campus.More

What’s in an A?

Grade inflation is like the weather: Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it. Well, almost no one. For 10 years, Wellesley has pioneered an approach to grading that seeks to…More

North 40 Update

This summer and fall, the College continued to explore nonacademic development for the North 40—the 47 acres across Route 135 and the railroad from Munger and the Hazard Quad—the proceeds of which would be put into renewal of the core campus.More

The Class of 2018: Two Among 593

And suddenly, there was purple. Everywhere. The class of 2018 arrived in late August, quickly donning purple shirts and caps, fanning out over campus. They are 593 strong, hailing from 44 states and the District…More

Call Me Navigator

Professor of Astronomy Dick French sits in his office in Whitin Observatory and delicately pulls out a sextant, dating from the late 1800s. The brass instrument was used to determine latitude and longitude by measuring…More

The Complexity of Gender

What does it mean to be a women’s college in the 21st century, particularly at a time when gender definitions are more complex than just male and female? Earlier this fall, President H. Kim Bottomly…More

College Road

For those waiting in the Green Room of the Barstow Stage in Alumnae Hall, there’s new inspiration to go out and kill: a portrait of Nora Ephron ’62.More

The Book’s the Thing

“Texts have meanings that are contained not just in their words, but also in the ways in which the material carriers of those texts—books—were designed and produced,” Assistant Professor of History Simon Grote says.More

Reframing Immigrant Stories

In her new book, Domestic Disturbances: Re-Imagining Narratives of Gender, Labor, and Immigration , Irene Mata, associate professor of women’s and gender studies, examines Chicana/Latina immigrant stories.More

Pop Quiz: Math Doctor

Alex Diesl, associate professor of mathematics, explains what a “noncommutative ring theorist” actually does.More