Academics
Winter 2015
Jody Platto CE/DS ’15, a professional horse rider turned neuroscience major, spent the summer immersed in the world of pediatric neurology thanks to the newly created Wellesley College Class of 1989 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Summer Fellowship.More
Winter 2015
As I write, a busy and full semester is winding down. As you are well aware, several College issues garnered widespread attention in our Wellesley community and beyond this fall. In some ways, it was…More
Winter 2015
Thank goodness you are still printing in magazine form so I can continue to “thumb” (“From the Editor,” fall ’14)! And, yes, I do have a computer, iPhone, and tablet. Gertrude Bove Parton ’63, Little Silver, N.J.More
Winter 2015
I won big in the parking lottery of life years ago when I was assigned to the Founders lot in the center of campus. I’m thankful for it every winter when I don’t have to…More
Winter 2015
For Ashley Funk ’16, climate change is the defining issue of her generation. She is working tirelessly to safeguard the future of the planet.More
Winter 2015
The College’s new Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes the inherent value of the athletics program and the life skills that it develops—from teamwork to time management to risk taking.More
Fall 2014
One of the defining characteristics of a Wellesley education always has been, and always will be, our identity as a women’s college. Indeed, nearly all of the alumnae I speak to tell me that being…More
Fall 2014
Alex Diesl, associate professor of mathematics, explains what a “noncommutative ring theorist” actually does.More
Fall 2014
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
Fall 2014
“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