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
Kristine Meader ’21, a postbaccalaureate fellow with Wellesley’s Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative, enjoyed Friday morning campus bird walks this fall.More
In November, President Paula A. Johnson announced updates on initiatives enabled by the $50 million joint gift from Lulu Chow Wang ’66 and Susan L. Wagner ’82, the largest in the College’s history, as part…More
In January, the Mellon Foundation announced that it has awarded Wellesley $1.5 million for its proposal, “Transforming Stories, Spaces, Lives: Rethinking Inclusion and Exclusion through the Humanities.”More
Founded in 1904 in College Hall, is student-operated café located in the basement of Founders Hall, serving coffee, pastries, and a variety of cleverly named sandwiches.More
Democracy summit to be held in April; Wellesley to stay test optional for up to five years; free laundry; the College welcomes robot overlords; Todd Nordgren is the new director of LGBTQ+ programs and serviceMore
“The big, ambitious question is to try to understand the fundamental traits related to invasion success. But our more specific, tangible goal was to understand what varieties of phragmites are present on campus.”More
