Jessica Chen ’28 is a Computer Science and Political Science double major from Princeton, NJ. She previously served as a staff writer and Junior Editor for the News & Investigations section.
As this year’s seniors leave Wellesley, the News takes a closer look at the members of the Purple Class of 2026. In a survey to the senior class, the News asked seniors to reflect on all aspects of their...
After graduating from Wellesley College in 1896, alumna Mary Esther Chase noticed a problem: Wellesley alumnae had no reliable way of keeping up with the campus news. Five years later, Chase decided to...
With wooden hoops clutched in hand and black graduation gowns waving in the wind, over 100 members of this year’s senior class packed tightly together in front of Zeta Alpha house for one of the most...
Wellesley students elected Destiny Eversole ’27 as the 2026-2027 College Government (CG) President on Tuesday, March 31.
On Tuesday night, current CG President Zainab Khan notified Eversole of the...
Police arrested 21-year-old former MIT student Ethan Mark Kunde Zentner on Wednesday, March 18, for entering residence halls in the Quint courtyard without permission and possessing a knife classified...
Over the past few months, numerous high-profile figures — including former Harvard professor Larry Summers and former MIT professor Noam Chomsky — have faced scrutiny as their ties to convicted sex...
Iris Zhan and Lauren Venturella contributed to interviews and data collection.
When Olamikunsy Boluwatife Jaiyeola ’27 opened the billing email from Student Financial Services (SFS), her heart sank.
Her...
Jessica Chen, Senior News Editor
| January 25, 2026
The College will close from Sunday, Jan. 25, at 5 p.m. through Monday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m. due to a major snowstorm expected to bring over a foot of snow to Wellesley.
Monday classes may be held online...
Amidst growing faculty concerns about AI use in classrooms, Library & Technology Services (LTS) recommended the adoption of AI detection tool Pangram in late November.
LTS recommended the tool after...
Wellesley students currently pay $10,776 for their meal plan, making it one of the most expensive plans compared to other schools in the area, according to data analysis conducted by The Wellesley News.
This...
Jessica Chen, Senior News Editor
| November 6, 2025
At the Clinton Summit last Saturday, Nov. 1, two Arkansas state senators — Breanne Davis (R) and Jamie Scott (D) — spotlighted their collaboration across the political lines, but one Congresswoman,...
President Paula Johnson says Wellesley is both fulfilling and expanding the founders’ mission at the Wellesley 150 State of the College address.
Hundreds of students, parents and alumnae — including...
With carabiners hooked to their jorts, wired headphones tucked behind an ear, a matcha in one hand and bell hooks in the other, around 30 “performative mascs” competed for first place in Wellesley’s...
For the past two years, the mere mention of the word “library” often struck a sore spot for Wellesley students — but that’s no longer the case.
After over a year and a half of renovation, the...
Updated April 30, 10:17 p.m.
Around 40 students were unable to get an assigned room for the fall 2025 semester after slots were quickly filled during housing selection today.
In response, the Office...
UPS deliveries were disrupted for a few days as a result of the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers’ (WOAW-UAW) strike, while other deliveries to the College will remain normal.
UPS, which unionized...
Brightspace will replace Sakai as Wellesley’s new Learning Management System (LMS), according to an email from Chief Information Officer and Associate Provost Ravi Ravishankar, on March 7.
Brightspace,...
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW-UAW), the non-tenured track (NTT) faculty union, began picketing today at 8 a.m. after unsuccessful bargaining with the College on key issues such as compensation,...
In his first couple months as president, Trump has signed dozens of executive orders targeting immigration, with uncertain ramifications on Wellesley’s international students. In response, Slater International...
The views and opinions expressed in the article do not represent the views of the reporters or The Wellesley News.
American colleges, including Wellesley, continue to educate students and promote...
Shima Ahmed ’28 had established plans to go home to Sudan for winter break. That all changed when President Trump was elected.
“I realized any new policies that would be implemented might affect...
Janelle Monáe, writer and 10-time Grammy-nominated artist, stepped onto the Alumnae Hall stage last Friday evening to speak about her Afrofuturist anthology, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer.
An atmosphere of shock and anxiety settled upon Wellesley students after Donald Trump officially became the new president-elect on Wednesday morning. Trump has won both the Electoral College and the popular vote, the first Republican to do so since 2004.
As the first polls close on Tuesday, around 150 students gathered at watch parties around campus to follow the live polling results for one of the closest presidential elections in US history.
On Sept. 30, after Ilana LeVine ’27 spent an entire day in urgent care, there was one thing she wanted to do: eat her Trader Joe’s soup dumplings.
She had put them in the communal fridge, labeling...
Rylie Zhang ’28 called Health Services after testing positive for COVID-19. While she expected an answer to her question about the current COVID-19 policies, all she received was the answer that “they...
Wellesley College found E.coli in an untreated groundwater sample from one of the College’s wells, according to an email sent to students and faculty on Friday evening.
The views expressed in the article do not represent the views of the author or The Wellesley News.
As the past year of the war in Gaza has thrust college campuses into ideological divisions, Wellesley...
