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
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
It seemed like Mission: Impossible—moving eight trees, some two stories tall and 100 years old, out of the Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses to temporary new digs.More
Environmental Studies puts out a weekly newsletter for students and alumnae with events and job listings—and tips for living sustainably. The suggestions below are adapted from their 2016–17 newsletters.More
The highest priority for Sheilah Shaw Horton, Wellesley’s new dean of students, is getting to know the Wellesley community. So far, she’s been very impressed with how supportive students are of one another.More
Last summer, 39 high-school girls from the United States and overseas spent a month getting a taste of college through the One Wellesley Summer pre-college residential program, now in its fourth year.More
The vision for the new Science Center is coming into focus, featuring spaces for more collaboration between students and faculty. Construction is currently slated to begin in the summer of 2018.More
“When I think of what matters in terms of environment, it’s not the outdoors. It’s not national parks. It’s air pollution and water pollution and issues of environment and public health,” says Jay Turner, associate professor of environmental studies.More
As a Ph.D. student at Yale, Pinar Keskin, associate professor of economics, was studying gender dynamics in households. What really caught her attention were the hours upon hours rural women spent collecting water.More
To discover more about the intersection of environmental studies, geosciences, and scarves, we spoke with Dan Brabander, professor of geosciences, Frost Professor in Environmental Science, and resident “scarf guy” on campus.More
