On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the economics department hosted its flagship fall event, the Goldman Lecture, with remarks by Professor Emily Blanchard. Professor Blanchard ’97 is currently a professor at Dartmouth’s...
“Things can turn on a dime.”
This statement by Sandy Sugawara — former journalist and foreign correspondent who now works as a senior advisor to the US Agency for Global Media — was a key takeaway...
This spring, the University of Virginia (UVA) announced Liz Ogbu ’98 as one of two inaugural fellows for their school of architecture. Ogbu graduated with a bachelors in architecture, which she notes...
From the fish in her Wellesley dorm room to her current pets — a tortoise, a dog, a small flock of pigeons and a group of 15 fish — pets have always been important to the life of E.B. Bartels ’10,...
Professor Elizabeth Scala ’88, Ellen Clayton Garwood Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, has taught the same introductory level course for years, E 314L • Texts And...
When Michelle Wu was elected mayor of Boston on Nov. 2, 2021, her win was heralded as a moment for the history books. Wu is the first woman, person of color and Asian American to hold the office. She ran...
Youth activist, social worker, passionate thinker and entrepreneur Kavindya Thennakoon ’19 is truly the embodiment of an inspiring and driven Wellesley alum. Thennakoon came to Wellesley from Sri Lanka...
Three weeks after graduating from Wellesley, Aminah Praileau ’21 began working professionally at the College’s Office of Admission, where she is now the assistant director of admission. However, she...
On June 11, Tiff Fehr and the rest of her team at the New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the pandemic, but when she graduated from Wellesley in 2000, she never anticipated working...
Ali Barthwell ’10’s displayed Twitter name used to be “Ali Thee Emmy Nominee.” But now, it’s “Ali Thee Emmy Winner.” On Sept. 19, 2021, Barthwell won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for...
In the video announcing that Massachusetts State Representative Liz Miranda ’02 was going to be Wellesley’s 2021 commencement speaker, the representative urged students to embrace “joy as resistance.”...
As students encounter the stress of term four or finalize the summer plans that will follow, some much needed perspective can be found in Wellesley’s very own alumnae. While current students barrel through...
