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While Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician is a very different kind of work from Dan Chiasson’s previous five books—all collections of poetry—as soon as you hear Chiasson discuss it, you know that he was destined to write this book.

What do whaling dories, Longfellow, Bizet’s opera Carmen, and the Whitin Observatory have in common? They are all part of the story of Float Night. The story began in 1875, when Wellesley co-founder Henry Fowle Durant purchased three ungainly boats for the College.

In November 2025, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center hosted the “We the People” summit, bringing together diverse leaders to discuss bridge-building across political divides.

Reports from Around Campus

When Janina Shivdasani ’26, Julia Kuang ’26, Lily Deutscher ’27, and Ella Kim ’26 entered the Wellesley College Business Case Competition last fall, they didn’t expect it would lead to presenting in a room packed with alumnae business leaders.

Jay Morton Turner, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Environmental Studies, receives a Guggenheim Fellowship; Hooprolling 2025; retiring faculty; mushrooms and more

Does quantum physics play a role in consciousness? For decades, the idea was dismissed as a fringe possibility. However, recent papers by Mike Wiest, associate professor of neuroscience at Wellesley, and his students are part of a new wave of findings giving credence to the idea.

In April, the new Vivian A. Kao ’04 Health and Counseling Center opened its doors to the College community.

A flock of 13 sheep visited campus recently to graze the Meandering Meadow beside Paramecium Pond as part of an effort to improve native plant and wildlife habitats.