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  Above All
  My friends, and some of my professors, even, are not on campus with me anymore. But the trees are.More
  
  On the Frontlines of Feminism
  For 50 years, researchers at what is now the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) have conducted groundbreaking interdisciplinary studies on social issues such as the effects of placing children in child care, gender equity in education, and the role of social media in adolescents’ lives. From the beginning, its mission has been to deploy rigorous academic research to address real-world problems.More
  
  Alumnae Achievement Awards 2024
  The 2024 recipients of the Alumnae Achievement Award are Claire Parkinson ’70, climate change scientist and social justice advocate; Joanne Berger-Sweeney ’79, college president and professor of neuroscience; and Amy Weaver ’89, business leader and…More
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Blue Bloods

Photo by Richard Howard

They are the last two—of this generation, at least—to graduate, part of a long family tradition. Identical twins Emma and Sarah Bailin ’16 walked across the commencement stage one after another, becoming the eighth and ninth members of their family to receive Wellesley diplomas. Shown here with their mother, Amy Stewart ’81, and older sister Clara “Livy” Bailin ’13, they also have two other Wellesley sisters (Hannah “Grady” Bailin ’11 and Patricia Bailin ’09) and three Wellesley aunts (Beth Stewart ’78, Devra Bailin ’78, and Jo Stewart ’82).

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