2020 Stories

Music for Our Times—What Wellesley Students and Faculty Are Listening to Right Now
Monday, December 21, 2020
Wellesley Is What Hope Looks Like
Friday, December 18, 2020
In 2020, Athlete Activists Take Center Court
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Remembering Zoe
Monday, December 14, 2020
Research with Mentor at Wellesley Centers for Women Gives Student New Perspective on Black Scholarship
Friday, December 11, 2020
How Honey Bees Use Animal Poop as a Chemical Weapon to Protect Their Hives from Giant “Murder” Hornets
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Alumna’s Foundation Demystifies College Application Process
Monday, December 7, 2020
Wellesley Celebrates December Graduates Virtually
Thursday, December 3, 2020
At Mayo Clinic, Wellesley Alumna Continues Senior Thesis Research on Mysteries of Vaginal Microbiomes
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
2020 Alumnae Achievement Awards
Monday, November 30, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving From Wellesley
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Lessons From Whitney Xu ’20 on Farm Life Off the Grid in Rural North Carolina
Monday, November 23, 2020
#WellesleyVotes Draws to a Close with a Panel on the 2020 Election Results
Friday, November 20, 2020
On the Eve of Latin Grammys, A Look Back at When Music Industry Pros Zoomed into Class to Talk with Students
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
The Strength of Grassroots Movements: A #WellesleyVotes Conversation
Monday, November 16, 2020
Will There Be More Earthquakes in Massachusetts? Anticipating the Future Through Sedimentology
Friday, November 13, 2020
How Wellesley Is Rethinking Its Curriculum to Support First-Gen Students
Monday, November 9, 2020
A Milestone Reached in Construction of Science Center
Friday, November 6, 2020
Wellesley Faculty Panelists Analyze the Election
Thursday, November 5, 2020
A Roundup of #WellesleyVotes Stories To Read on the Eve of the Presidential Election
Monday, November 2, 2020
Thrills, Chills, and Frissons: Two Wellesley Professors on Why We Love Scary Movies
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Why Vote? Ask Dolores Arredondo ’95
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Why Vote? Ask Joy Styles ’96
Thursday, October 22, 2020
To Mark the Tanner Conference Turning 20, the Wellesley Community Is Invited to Talk About 2020 with StoryCorps
Monday, October 19, 2020
Paulson Summer Researchers Use Their Communities as Living Laboratories
Friday, October 16, 2020
Wellesley Volleyball Team Encourages Fellow Athletes to Register to Vote
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Mochi, a New Chatbot Life Coach, Aims to Help Users Maintain Well-being and Productivity During the Pandemic
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
On Black Lives and Black Votes: “We Belong, We Are Here to Contribute,” Says Massachusetts State Rep. Liz Miranda ’02
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Why Vote? Ask Alex Joseph ’10
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Wellesley Community Members Take “21 Days Against Racism” Challenge
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Wellesley Faculty Share Their Favorite Podcasts
Friday, October 2, 2020
Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses the Legacy of 1619 and Racial Justice Today With the Wellesley College Community
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
In Advance of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Virtual Lecture at Wellesley, Why Her Work Matters Now More Than Ever
Friday, September 25, 2020
Professor Nancy Scherer on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Notorious Legacy and the Future of the Supreme Court
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
On International Day of Peace, Thoughts on Pacifism in 2020 from Professor Larry Rosenwald
Monday, September 21, 2020
Wellesley’s Kellie Carter Jackson on HBO’s “Watchmen” and Black Actors Making Their Mark in 2020 Emmy Award Nominations
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Camilla Chandler Frost ’47 Center for the Environment Encourages Student Environmental Leadership in the Wellesley Community and Beyond
Friday, September 18, 2020
What Can We Learn from the Use of Math in Political Speeches?
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
A Tradition That Transcends: Wellesley Celebrates 145th Flower Sunday
Monday, September 14, 2020
Engineering Through a Screen
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Wellesley Hosts Discussion on Racial and Global Disparities in COVID-19
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
#KeepingWellesleyHealthy
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
At Wellesley’s First Virtual Convocation, President Johnson Says “This Is What Hope Looks Like”
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Inspired by John Lewis, Wellesley Student Works to Educate Voters
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Students Return to Wellesley for Fall 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020
Student and Professor Connect Through Research into Politics and Race
Friday, August 28, 2020
The Fight for—and Against—the Vote
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
What Wellesley Students Are Reading During a Summer Like No Other
Monday, August 24, 2020
Recent Alumnae Awarded Fellowships to Promote Legal Rights of Immigrants
Friday, August 21, 2020
A Solitude of Space: Studying Emily Dickinson in the Time of COVID-19
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Helping a Nonprofit to Its (Dancing) Feet
Friday, August 14, 2020
Wellesley Faculty Discuss the Significance of Kamala Harris as the First Woman of Color on Major Party Presidential Ticket
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Wellesley Professors Find Cyanotypes Documenting Sarah Frances Whiting’s 1896 X-ray Experiments
Monday, August 10, 2020
A Different Kind of Senior Year
Friday, August 7, 2020
Wellesley Professor Explains Why It’s Time to Address the Limitations of Current Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Summer Intern Finds a Wellesley Community Away from Wellesley
Monday, August 3, 2020
Keeping Friendships Strong During the Pandemic Is Good for Kids–and Adults
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Finding the Hidden Good When Summer Internship Plans Change
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
What Wellesley Faculty and Staff Are Reading During a Summer Like No Other
Monday, July 27, 2020
The ADA Turns 30 in the Year of COVID-19
Friday, July 24, 2020
Technology to Level—and Broaden—the Playing Field
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Girl Up Shows Young Women How to Be a Force for Gender Equality and Social Change
Monday, July 20, 2020
Why the Black Lives Matter Movement Is Resonating Around the World
Friday, July 17, 2020
How Creating a Podcast Led One Student to an Internship at Spotify
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
K-pop “Stans,” Long Famous for Obsessive Online Music Fandom, Turn Toward Political Activism
Monday, July 13, 2020
Exploring Real-World Applications of Medicine Through Senior Theses
Friday, July 10, 2020
Through Civic Engagement, One Student’s Efforts to Address Mass Incarceration
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
From the Coast to the Capitol
Monday, July 6, 2020
How a Summer of Protests Is Changing the Ways We Commemorate U.S. History, Including the Fourth of July
Friday, July 3, 2020
In the Writers’ Room
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Wellesley College Plans for Students’ Return in the Fall
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Books by Wellesley Alumnae Writers of Color to Add to Your Reading List
Friday, June 26, 2020
As Research Labs Reopen, Faculty Share Shutdown Challenges and Hopes
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Celebrating Digital Scholarship at Wellesley: Three Student Projects Explore Climate Change, Girls’ Education, and Improvisation in Music
Monday, June 22, 2020
Why Juneteenth Matters: Professor Brenna Greer Shares the History and Significance
Friday, June 19, 2020
How a Wellesley Student Is Helping to Build a Coalition to Combat Global Xenophobia, Promote Inclusion
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Dawn Chorus Diminuendo: Confronting the Decline of North American Birds
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Wellesley Alumnae Are Working on COVID-19 Drug Approval, Vaccine, and Virus Research
Monday, June 15, 2020
Senior Art Theses Reflect and Challenge Points of View
Friday, June 12, 2020
President Paula Johnson Joins WBUR Town Hall on Racial Inequities Revealed by COVID-19
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
When an Opinion Is Not Enough
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
All in the Family: Parents and Children who Share the Wellesley Bond
Friday, June 5, 2020
Op-eds by Wellesley President and Faculty Address Health Disparities in COVID-19, George Floyd Death, and Riots
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Members of the Red Class of 2020, In Black and White
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
50th Reunion Class of 1970 Has Heartfelt Message for Class of 2020
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Wellesley College Celebrates the Class of 2020 in a Virtual Ceremony
Monday, June 1, 2020
2020 Pinanski Prize Honors Excellence in Teaching
Saturday, May 30, 2020
A Blessing for the Journey
Friday, May 29, 2020
The Making of a Virtual Senior Celebration: Honoring the Red Class of 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Once Students, Now Second Lieutenants: Wellesley 2020 ROTC Cadets Begin Their Military Careers
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Relive Memorable Moments from the 2019-2020 Athletics Season
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Class of 2020 Jazz Musician Will Pursue Neuroscience PhD, Explore Connections Between Music and the Brain
Friday, May 22, 2020
Alumnae Mentors Step Up to Help Wellesley Career Education Connect Students to New, Remote Opportunities
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Goldwater Scholarship Winner Wants to Revolutionize Psychiatry
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
How Wellesley Students Are Serving Their Communities Across the Country
Friday, May 15, 2020
Watson Fellowship Recipient Will Explore Veganism Around the Globe
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Mother’s Day Amid a Pandemic: Three Wellesley Professors Explore Changing Motherhood
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Wellesley’s Student Leaders Shine in 2020 Camellia Awards
Friday, May 8, 2020
Wellesley Watson Fellow to Explore How Ethics Can Help Build Community
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
BOW Foundry Produces Face Shields for Massachusetts Health Care Workers
Monday, May 4, 2020
Wellesley Student Uses Podcast and WBUR Internship to Highlight Voices Society Tends to Ignore
Friday, May 1, 2020
Professor Larry Rosenwald Receives Guggenheim Fellowship for Work in Literary Criticism
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Aluminum Foil, Bubble Wrap, and Cereal Boxes: Students Find Creative Ways to Practice Bookmaking During Remote Instruction
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Meet the Wellesley Alumnae Reshaping K-12 Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday, April 27, 2020
From Gardening to Climate Activism: How Wellesley Students Are Bringing Sustainability Home
Friday, April 24, 2020
Wellesley Creates a Community-Style Poem to Virtually Celebrate Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
To Mark Earth Week, a Look at What COVID-19 Means for Climate Change
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
In 2017 She Became a U.S. Citizen, in 2020 She’ll Join the Next Generation of American Diplomats
Friday, April 17, 2020
Chemistry Labs May Look Different During Remote Instruction, but Community Remains Elemental
Thursday, April 16, 2020
On the Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, Bringing the Story of the Only Black Passenger to the Surface
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Zoom Trivia and Instagram Photo Contests Help Students Stay Connected to Wellesley
Monday, April 13, 2020
From Montana to Manhattan, Dania Figueroa ’17 Finds Empowerment in the Lab
Friday, April 10, 2020
Wellesley Alumnae on the Front Lines of Health Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thursday, April 9, 2020
MeToo Lit: Reading the Silence Breakers
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Alumnae Strengthen Connections
Monday, April 6, 2020
Six Film Recommendations from Professor Mingwei Song to Check Out While Social Distancing
Friday, April 3, 2020
Meet AJ Guerrero, Wellesley’s New Coordinator for LGBTQ+ Programs and Services
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Happy First Day of (Remote) Classes, Wellesley!
Monday, March 30, 2020
Two Former Albright Institute Fellows Talk About The Lasting Effects of Their Wintersession Experience
Friday, March 27, 2020
Congratulations to the Wellesley Class of 2024!
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Wellesley’s Connections to the Isabella Stewart Gardner’s New Exhibition “Boston’s Apollo”
Friday, March 20, 2020
Meet the Student Founders of the Wellesley Data Collective Investigating the Campus Electorate
Friday, March 13, 2020
It’s One Thing to Be a Plant Parent. It’s Another to Be a Wellesley Plant Parent.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
This International Women’s Day, Meet Four Wellesley Students and Alumnae Advocating for A Gender Equal World
Monday, March 9, 2020
This International Women’s Day, Meet Three Wellesley Students Working Toward Gender Equality
Friday, March 6, 2020
What Happens When Women Have a Say in Rural Economies: A Conversation with Land Rights Expert Bina Agarwal
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
What You Need to Know about Surveillance Capitalism
Monday, March 2, 2020
Wellesley Celebrates the Legacy of Some of Its Earliest Black Students During Black History Month
Friday, February 28, 2020
“The Broadcast Pioneers”: Four Wellesley Alumnae Who Led the Way in the Fight against Discrimination in Journalism
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
“All the Bells You Need”: Wellesley’s Carillon Reopens to Visitors after Renovation
Monday, February 24, 2020
“Washington Post” Economics Correspondent Heather Long ’04 Says Her Liberal Arts Degree Prepared Her to Take Leaps
Friday, February 21, 2020
Ellie Gibbs ’22 Can See Whole Worlds in a Single Yeast Cell
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
New Davis Exhibit Showcases Works by Wellesley’s Faculty Artists
Friday, February 14, 2020
Students Work with Nonprofits Focusing on Food Insecurity, Domestic Violence during Wintersession Alternative Breaks
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Simone Archer-Krauss ’19 on Harnessing the Power of Young Voters in Elections
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Just How Relevant Are the Oscars in 2020? Wellesley's Michael Jeffries Weighs In
Friday, February 7, 2020
Blue Student-Athletes Coach Local Girls to Celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Students and Faculty to Deliver Recommendations to Board Subcommittee on Fossil Fuel Investments
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
49ers’ Katie Sowers Is First Woman to Coach in a Super Bowl; Trailblazing Sportswriter Melissa Ludtke ’73 Reacts
Monday, February 3, 2020
Wellesley and the University of Oxford Team Up to Research Political Polarization in the Digital Age
Friday, January 31, 2020
France’s First Modern Novel Gets Its First Digital Bilingual Edition
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Wellesley’s Campus Springs to Life with the Start of the New Semester
Monday, January 27, 2020
That’s a Wrap! Albright Institute Concludes Annual Wintersession Program
Friday, January 24, 2020
Wellesley Alumnae and Parents Partner with Career Education to Create Job Shadowing Program for Students
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Students Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King through Service
Monday, January 20, 2020
Trends to Watch in the Next Decade, Part 2: Families and Climate Change
Friday, January 17, 2020
Trends to Watch in the Next Decade, Part 1: Money, Equality, and Education
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Boston Art Installation Inspired by Latin American “Sobremesa” Amplifies Community Voices
Monday, January 13, 2020
Ambassador Susan Rice Reflects on Political and Personal Lessons Learned at Albright Institute Wintersession
Friday, January 10, 2020
When a Construction Site Becomes the Classroom
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Professors Kellie Carter Jackson and Dan Chiasson Share Favorite Books, Films, Podcasts of 2019
Monday, January 6, 2020
2019 in Review: Wellesley’s Top News Stories
Friday, January 3, 2020