Student Life

Illustration of diaries from pandemics throughout history, on paper and iPad and phone

Summer 2021

The Pandemic Diaries

By Sarah Ligon ’03
Illustrations by Ana Galvañ

More than a year into the crisis, anthropology students share their personal journals about how the experience has shaped them and lessons they have learned from outbreaks in the past.More

A photo of Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, associate professor of biological sciences

Summer 2021

Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, associate professor of biological sciences, teaches an environmental microbiology course that explores the fundamentals of the field, while giving students the chance to manipulate microbes in the lab.More

A photo shows a gorgeous rainbow arching above campus.

Summer 2021

College Road

On a rainy Sunday in May, the clouds parted at sunset long enough for a gorgeous rainbow to arch above campus.More

A photo of Massachusetts State Rep. Liz Miranda ’02 delivering her commencement address

Summer 2021

Finally, a Time for Celebration

By Catherine O’Neill Grace

Photography by Kayana Szymczak

On Friday, June 4, 570 members of the class of 2021 celebrated the College’s 143rd commencement. President Paula Johnson welcomed the seniors gathered on Severance Green and some 100 graduates attenging remotely from around the United States and overseas.More

Illustration of a globe (representing the Earth) with a butterfly flying out of it

Summer 2021

Wellesley Takes a Stand on Climate Change

By Jennifer E. Garrett ’98

In April, Wellesley announced a plan to address the urgent challenge of climate change that will affect how the College produces and distributes energy, how the endowment is invested, and how the campus community works together to reduce energy consumption.More

Tendayi Peyton ’21 and Izabelle Fernandez ’21 pose inside a hoop reading "Freestyle Love." Both are wearing masks and graduation robes.

Summer 2021

Keep Calm and Roll On

By Jennifer E. Garrett ’98

Where there’s a will to roll a hoop, there’s a way to roll a hoop. The restrictions of the pandemic were no deterrent to the class of 2021. So, just as in years past, seniors in robes lined up on Tupelo Lane with hoops in hand, ready to roll.More

A photo portrait of Vanita Datta, French professor

Spring 2021

French Connection

By Sarah Ligon ’03

French Professor Venita Datta can’t visit Paris right now, but if she could, she would take you, and her students, on a tour of her Paris, starting in the 16th arrondissement, where she rented rooms as a graduate student.More