The Albright Institute for Global Affairs hosted a lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 18 with George Papaconstantinou, the former finance minister of Greece from 2009-2011 and center-left Panhellenic Socialist Movement...
Danni Ondraskova: Your book was written in May 2016. The British people voted for Brexit one month later. How have you seen the event influence the domestic political situation in Greece, particularly...
On Monday, Oct. 3, the College Government Senate focused on mental health during its weekly meeting. The College Government President (CGP), Zainab Younus ’17, who helps determine the agenda of each...
For the past few years, the number of women applying to American business schools has decreased because many women either enter the workforce or take care of their families. Also, top institutions...
On September 26, Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton ’69 and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump participated in the first U.S. presidential debate of the general election. During the hour and...
The rumblings of change are at Wellesley College’s Center for Work and Service (CWS), the career center that has helped connect Wellesley students to their employers and improve their career readiness...
Wellesley College professor featured in BBC interview
Sociology professor and department chair Peggy Levitt was featured in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio program to discuss her book Artifacts...
Every day, people’s Facebook and Twitter feeds flood with information from a wide range of sources. Alongside stories of Donald Trump’s rise in national polls, the volatile Chinese stock market and...
The Wellesley Student Aid Society (WSAS), a nonprofit organization that has long provided students with temporary loans and other financial services, will reopen its clothes closet during the first week...
In the midst of a heated national debate about which internships should be unpaid, college students are scouring spring and summer internships. Campus fairs, websites like Vault and Idealist, referrals...
United States Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman addressed the Wellesley community about her experiences as the head of the American negotiating team in the Iran nuclear deal, a July...
On the heels of Wellesley College’s public launch of the Wellesley Effect campaign, Wellesley College President H. Kim Bottomly announced in late October that Christine Yip Cruzvergara will serve as...
Students, faculty, administrators and Wellesley residents convened to hear the Honorable Robert T. Sherman discuss the current state of Portuguese-American relations, how he and his wife Kim Sawyer founded...
Wellesley College’s Library and Technology Services (LTS) made changes in the school’s printing system and printers, implemented a test course browser, installed 44 new wireless access points in Wellesley’s...
Wellesley gets high marks on retention, graduation rate
The U.S. Department of Education recently released a College Scorecard that helps prospective college students compare schools in different categories...
Some classes in the fine arts, social sciences and humanities departments have been temporarily relocated because of the Pendleton West renovations, which are slated to end in Fall 2016. Before construction...
A week and a half ago, President Kim Bottomly announced via a college announcement email that she would be stepping down from her position as Wellesley College President in July 2016. In the April 17 announcement,...
This year, Wellesley students, faculty and staff witnessed renovations that affected large swaths of the community. Pomeroy Hall received an improved living room, TV room and Blue Room. Shafer Hall...
On Friday, April 6, President Kim Bottomly announced that Dean of Students Debra DeMeis will be retiring from Wellesley College after a tenure of seven years to join the consulting firm Cambridge Hill...
***Editor's Note: This article was published as part of the satirical April 1, 2015 issue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a lecture on achieving the ideal state of manliness at Alumnae Hall...
The 2015 Oscars Party hosted by the Wellesley Film Society on Sunday was a notable success. According to the Facebook event, 190 people attended. The party was hosted in Pendleton Atrium, and students...
In 2010, Brandon Stanton, a bonds trader in New York City with a University of Georgia degree, was laid off in the midst of the 2008 recession. Stanton decided to learn professional photography from scratch...
Over the past month, Wellesley and the rest of the Greater Boston area have experienced unprecedented weather, even by New England standards. Around seven feet of snow has hit the area in the last four...
The arrival of the roaring snowstorm Neptune last weekend was the latest in a series of severe storm systems to slam New England this month. A major snowstorm has hit the Boston area every week since the...
Harper Lee made an announcement on Feb 3, 2015 that caused the waters of the literary world to ripple: “Go Set a Watchman,” the surprise sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird,” will be published this...
Boston beat out Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco two weeks ago to become the U.S. bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Only Rome has joined Boston in formally applying; interested cities have...
Wellesley faculty, staff, students and Albright Fellows gathered in a series of classes and panel discussions during Wintersession to examine the role of the United States in an increasingly complex and...
Following the tradition of Wellesley alums as leaders in the world, Lisa Lynch ’78 has been appointed as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Brandeis University. Before her promotion...
The millennials are a unique generation because we were born and raised under globalization, an unprecedented increase in the exchange of goods, people and ideas worldwide. However, globalization has contributed...
After Taylor Swift withdrew “1989,” her latest album, from Spotify and YouTube this week due to copyright and revenue concerns, a flurry of debate ensued about the merits of music streaming services....
Wellesley students gathered at the “Occupy Billings” protest for additional multicultural space last Wednesday. Students from Ethos, MEZCLA and the Wellesley Pan-Asian Council spoke about the need...
Small soccer balls and multicolored light equipment were carefully placed on the edge of the Jewett auditorium’s stage last Friday evening. The stage’s black backdrop consisted of a soccer ball logo...
Upon seeing Vera Pavlova’s flowing brown hair, red glasses and black and white polka dot skirt, one may doubt that this seemingly ordinary woman is one of Russia’s famous contemporary poets. But then...
With the increase of sexual assault reporting, stories of grisly fraternity rapes now permeate the media. The recent reports of rapes — often in fraternity basements — are often attributed to “overly...
The millennial generation is known for more than its iPhone models and heavy use of social media websites. We are also famous for delaying our adulthood. For the first time in human history, 20-year-olds...
One phenomenon visible in many Wellesley classrooms is students’ heavy use of eloquent academic jargon to impress their professors and peers. Technical words like “juxtaposition,” “dichotomy”...
Pressing foreign issues draw large crowds to panel
The Russian Area Studies Department hosted an event at Clapp Library on Wednesday to answer crucial questions regarding Russia’s recent political actions...
A crucial issue facing the United States today is the question of how to handle this year’s influx of undocumented immigrants. Since the beginning of 2014, 60,000 of these migrants have been identified...
Despite the sweltering heat and blinding sunlight, the Wellesley Blue won its second game of the season, a 7-0 victory against Gordon’s Fighting Scots, who a have 2-3 record.
For the first few minutes...
Strict regulation of car sharing derails innovation
Many Wellesley students are already familiar with Uber, the highly lauded and criticized San Francisco-based company that offers its customers a car-share...
