Press Release Archive
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Monday, September 22, 2014The Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS), one of the oldest and most respected touring Shakespeare companies in the world, returns to Wellesley for a ninth season. THe actors will present student workshops and three public performances of Much Ado About Nothing, October 9, 10 and 11.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014The Davis Museum at Wellesley College presents six new exhibitions. From Sept 17 to Dec 21: New View: 2014 Faculty Exhibition; Feast Your Eyes; Sigalit Landau: DeadSee; and Michael Craig-Martin: Art&Design. From Oct. 1 through Spring 2015, Edged in Black: Selections from SMS and Hanging with Old Masters: Davis Museum Reinstallation.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014A new book by Wellesley's Hahrie Han is the first to provide an in-depth look at why some civic organizations are better at attracting—and retaining—activists in the Internet age.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014A new study co-authored by Wellesley Neuroscientist Barbara Beltz demonstrates that the immune system can produce cells with stem cell properties, using crayfish as a model system.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection, on display June 9 - July 20, features more than 200 pins. Many of the pins on display were worn by the incomparable Secretary Albright to communicate a message or a mood during her diplomatic tenure. -
Friday, April 11, 2014Susan L. Wagner '82, co-founder and director of BlackRock, will address the Class of 2014 and an international audience of their family and friends at Wellesley’s 136th Commencement Exercises on May 30.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014With deft manipulations of matter and gravity come profound reorientations in perspective and ways of seeing. Tony Matelli: New Gravity, the artist’s first solo exhibition at a U.S museum, is on display at the Davis Museum February 6 through July 20, 2014.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014The Art & Soul of Chibuzo, a multimedia dance, music, spoken word and theater performance celebrates Black History Month and seeks to answer the question: “Where Does the Soul Begin?” Presented February 19, 7:00 PM in Wellesley College’s Jewett Auditorium.
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Monday, January 13, 2014A new study by Wellesley economist Phil Levine and University of Maryland economist Melissa S. Kearney found that the MTV programs 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom had a significant impact on the recent record decline in the teen childbearing rate in the United States.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014Wellesley College professor Guy MacLean Rogers studies the leadership of Alexander the Great, seeking what lessons can be learned from the enigmatic warrior. Rogers, who will teach an edX class on Alexander the Great this spring, researches the leadership of history’s greatest warrior, and sees similarities for the struggles of national leaders today.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013The 2014 Albright Institute Wintersession Program runs January 6-24. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright '59 and this year's Distinguished Visiting Professor, former EPA Administrator Carol Browner, will give a free, public lecture on Wednesday, January 22 at 4 p.m.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
The 2014 Albright Institute Wintersession Program runs January 6-24. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright '59 and this year's Distinguished Visiting Professor, former EPA Administrator Carol Browner, will give a free, public lecture on Wednesday, January 22 at 4 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013Wellesley is the first liberal arts college to offer Spanish-language estimates of what parents can expect to pay, taking into account financial aid.
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Monday, November 11, 2013The International Body Music Festival celebrates contemporary and traditional body music and, for the first time, audiences in New England can experience this unique musical and dance experience when artists from the Festival visit Wellesley College November 16 -20.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013Internationally renowned film director Ang Lee and his long-time collaborator screenwriter and CEO of Focus Features, James Schamus, will visit Wellesley College on October 26 for a free public talk.
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Monday, September 30, 2013Carolyn S. Miles, president and CEO of Save the Children, presents the 2013 Wilson Lecture, Our Best Bet: How Investing in Children Can Change the World, on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 8 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013A new tool developed by Wellesley Economist Phillip B. Levine promises to be a game-changer in the higher education marketplace.
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Monday, June 3, 2013Wellesley College, the premier liberal arts institution known for cultivating some of the world’s most influential women leaders has announced a major global initiative with a critical mission: to educate the next generation of women leaders around the world.
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Friday, May 24, 2013H. Kim Bottomly, President of Wellesley College, today announced the appointment of Ben C. Hammond as the new Vice President for Finance and Administration at Wellesley, succeeding Andrew B. Evans who will retire on June 30.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013Wellesley College Announces Introduction to Human Evolution, to be taught by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Adam Van Arsdale, as First edX Class. Wellesley’s first four MOOCs span STEM, history, sociology, and Shakespeare, representing Wellesley’s interdisciplinary strengths.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013Valerie B. Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, will address the members of the Class of 2013 and an international audience of their family and friends at Commencement Exercises Friday, May 31, at 10:30 a.m.
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Friday, March 29, 2013Wellesley College received a record number of applications for the Class of 2017. The College received 4,794 applications and admitted just 28 percent, an impressive group of women from 46 states and 40 nations.
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Monday, March 11, 2013Protesting America: Democracy and the U.S. Korea Alliance, a new book by Professor Katharine H.S. Moon, offers insights on policy changes to improve the alliance between the United States and Korea, and a comparative analysis of U.S. relations with other host countries.
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Friday, March 1, 2013The Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College will host a Global Science Fiction Conference on March 8 and 9 designed to bring the community and scholars together to explore the genre of science fiction as it is presented in various national and cultural traditions.
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Friday, February 1, 2013Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America, a new book by Wellesley's Michael P. Jeffries, presents Obama’s presidency as a way to reach understanding of how race works in America.
Wellesley College is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students
February 14, 2024
Wellesley, Mass — The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized Wellesley College for being one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Fulbright Top Producing Institutions like Wellesley value global connection and support members of their campus communities to pursue international opportunities.
Seven students from Wellesley were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2023-24. They are:
– Sarah Boehm ’20, English Teaching Assistantship to Spain
– Charity-Temitope Daramola ’22, English Teaching Assistantship to Kenya
– Nori Greer ’23, Research Grant to Iceland
– Danika Heaney ’23, Research Grant to Germany
– Anne Jiang ’23, Fulbright/French Government English Teaching Assistant Award to France
– Maya Rubin ’22, Fulbright Debate Coach/Trainer Award to Taiwan
– Grace Woodruff ’22, English Teaching Assistantship to Taiwan
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international academic exchange program. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad.
“Wellesley is proud to be among those institutions regularly producing a high number of Fulbright recipients,” said Kate Dailinger, director of fellowships in Wellesley Career Education. “This achievement reflects the ability and persistence of the student Fulbright recipients, as well as the commitment and dedication of all of those who have supported their efforts.”
Fulbright applicants at Wellesley are supported by a large and diverse campus committee that includes several former Fulbright recipients. Wellesley students and graduates interested in applying for Fulbright awards are encouraged to review information on Wellesley’s web site, and to contact Kate Dailinger or the Fellowships Team.
Lee Satterfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, noted, “Fulbright’s Top Producing Institutions represent the diversity of America’s higher education community. Dedicated administrators support students and scholars at these institutions to fulfill their potential and rise to address tomorrow’s global challenges. We congratulate them, and all the Fulbrighters who are making an impact the world over.”
About the Fulbright Program
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program.
Fulbright alumni work to make a positive impact on their communities, sectors, and the world and have included 41 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 80 MacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders and changemakers who build mutual understanding between the people of the United State and the people of other countries.
For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit https://fulbrightprogram.org/
