Politics+Society
Winter 2022
A new institute at Wellesley co-founded by mathematics professors Ismar Volić and Stanley Chang supports education and research at the intersection of math and politics.More
Winter 2022
The pandemic has had a disproportionate economic impact on women, particularly women of color. How can we create a better economy for all?More
Fall 2021
As a professor and founding director of the Social Enterprise and Economic Empowerment Clinic at University of California Hastings College of Law, Alina Ball ’03 weaves social and economic justice with corporate transactional law.More
Fall 2021
When Andrea Chan Wang ’92 began writing the story that would become Watercress , her latest children’s picture book, she didn’t intend it to be a children’s book at all. “The truth is that I wrote it for myself,” says Andrea, from her home in Denver.More
Fall 2021
Karen Dolmach Petrou ’75 is one of the world’s leading experts on bank regulation and policy. American Banker once described her as “the sharpest mind analyzing banking policy today—maybe ever.”More
Fall 2021
Downeast Maine contains some of the most geographically isolated communities in the country. It’s here in Washington County that Gigi Georges ’88 spent more than four years following a group of high-school girls as they navigated coming of age.More
Fall 2021
In addition to facing hate and harassment during the pandemic, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) were particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 virus; Asian patients were the most likely to die among all races and had the lowest rates of testing. Yet AAPIs were left out of discussions about the virus’s impact on minorities.More
Fall 2021
In August 2019, we began work on a strategic plan for Wellesley College, the first in recent history. While Wellesley’s longstanding mission—to provide an excellent education to women who will make a difference—is as crucial…More
Summer 2021
Julie Walsh’s popular Philosophy and Witchcraft course—featuring a trip to Salem, Mass.—is “a sneaky history of philosophy class,” she says.More