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Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Electric Prisms, 1913, Oil on canvas, 22 1⁄16 in. x 18 ½ in. (56 cm x 47 cm), Gift of Theodore Racoosin, 1956.16

Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Electric Prisms, 1913, Oil on canvas, 22 1⁄16 in. x 18 ½ in. (56 cm x 47 cm), Gift of Theodore Racoosin, 1956.16

Art on the Move

If you were an art major at Wellesley, you might have spent some time studying Sonia Delaunay-Terk’s Electric Prisms at the Davis. Now, Parisians are enjoying it, too—in the Paris subway and on posters in various parts of the city. Electric Prisms has been lent to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris for the first major retrospective of the artist’s work since 1967. The oil painting is on the cover of both the French and English editions of the exhibition catalog, as well as other promotional materials. Les couleurs de l’abstraction (The Colors of Abstraction) is in Paris until Feb. 22, 2015, after which it can be seen at the Tate Modern in London from April 15 to Aug. 9, 2015.


Twitter: Fact or Fiction

The little blue bird can spread a rumor around the world in a few minutes—whether it’s true or not. Now, the Wellesley computer-science department is helping sort Twitter fact from fiction with an interactive website called twittertrails.com. The site shows where a tweet originated, how it has spread, and whether any denial has appeared on Twitter. Twitter Trails provides two metrics: how far a tweet has been propagated (extensive, high, moderate, low, insignificant) and skepticism level (undisputed, hesitant, dubious, extremely doubtful, too little data). Professor Takis Metaxas was the principal investigator on the project, assistant professor Eni Mustafaraj the co-principal investigator, and Samantha Finn ’12 the principal programmer.


Boathouse Made New

If you and your love are tromping around the lake three times between now and mid-May, you are unfortunately going to have to take a detour. The reason? The Wellesley boathouse is undergoing a full renovation and the lake path will be closed in that area. Thanks to a gift from Alice Lehman Butler ’53 and her husband, John, the boathouse will be totally updated, with improved accessibility, a new main entry and prep room, a canoe and kayak room, improved shop space, and storage. The project will also improve access to the boathouse from the lake. The sparkling renovated boathouse will be finished for reunion 2015.


Overheard
‘It’s 3 P.M. and I’m done with class and homework. I’m feeling very lost and confused.’

—@alexaelizabeth (Alexa Laharty ’17)

By the Numbers /
Campus Snow Removal
7

Number of snowplows at work during any storm

9

Miles of sidewalk to clear

12

Number of shovelers during each storm

21

Number of College employees keeping roads and paths clear

24/7

When those individuals are on call during the winter

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