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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

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Professor studies interdisciplinary topics in health and society

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | November 13, 2015

Professor Charlene Galarneau brings a whole new meaning to the word interdisciplinary. Broadly labeled as public health research, her work calls on her expertise and her degrees in social ethics, religion,...

Photo Courtesy of Professor David Hawkins

Geosciences professor inspired by history of rocks

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | October 8, 2015

Not many people can identify the exact moment that they found their passion; Professor David Hawkins, chair of the geosciences department at Wellesley, is one of the few who can. On a field trip for...

Sohie Lee: Inspiring advances in computer science

Sohie Lee: Inspiring advances in computer science

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | September 20, 2015

Sohie Lee, senior instructor in the computer science (CS) laboratory, is a beloved member of the computer science faculty. Her bubbly personality and motherly demeanor calm the anxiety of her students,...

Nurturing leaders to fight inequality

Nurturing leaders to fight inequality

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | April 8, 2015

With increasing unemployment and unrest in the European Union and  the rise of sensational books such as Thomas Picketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” there couldn’t be a more exciting...

Reinstating a philosophy queen: Conversations on women and ancient philosophy

Reinstating a philosophy queen: Conversations on women and ancient philosophy

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | March 11, 2015

What do you envision when you think of a philosopher? Maybe you imagine a stuffy old man in a messy office buried in archaic books ranging in subject matter from inapplicable to useless. Most of us don’t...

Wellesley computer science department hosts 2^5 Cirque du CS

Wellesley computer science department hosts 2^5 Cirque du CS

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | March 4, 2015

Students and faculty educate community about department history Last Sunday, the students and faculty of the computer science (CS) department hosted Cirque du CS at the Science Center. This circus-themed...

One ring to rule them all: adventures in pure mathematics

One ring to rule them all: adventures in pure mathematics

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | February 26, 2015

What exactly does a mathematician do? According to associate professor of mathematics Alexander Diesl, it involves a lot of scratch paper and is similar to art in that it requires creativity and flexibility. ...

Faculty Focus: For peace and justice, ‘keep on keepin’ on’

Faculty Focus: For peace and justice, ‘keep on keepin’ on’

Dierderique Van Der Knaap | February 4, 2015

A pacifist and literary scholar, Lawrence A. Rosenwald is probably the only phone-tax resister on the faculty at Wellesley. He serves as the director of the Peace and Justice Studies department and is...

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