Our Students

The global future requires science literacy, and Wellesley educates all students in science—igniting interest among majors and non majors alike.

Two students and a professor pose for a photos in a stand of phragmites reeds.
Credit: QQ Chua ’22
Reed all about it
A woman looks through a telescope inside Whitin Observatory. She is bathed in red light.
Credit: Jonathan Kemp, Whitin Observatory
At the Whitin Observatory, Astronomy Is for Everybody
Students at work in a computer science class. May 3
Credit: Wellesley College Archives
Majoring in the Future
Students pose in their hazmat suits.
Credit: Bianca Lee ’24
Trash Talk: How ES 300 tackled Wellesley’s waste problem
Student gestures toward her science research poster, talking with a visitor.
Credit: Amber Celletti
Wellesley Students Conduct Research for the Real World
Judy Harte stands in front of Lawrence Livermore National Lab building.
Credit: Gary McLeod
Judy Harte ’68: Laser Focused on Fusion