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The Wellesley News

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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Lab instructor Ginny Quinan incorporates hands-on learning in her teaching approach

Kira Hamilton | December 6, 2017

Lab instructor Ginny Quinan has a deep interest in enriching her students’ academic experiences with hands-on-learning. At the moment, Quinan is the only neuroscience instructor to teach every single...

Jenn Yang studies plant biology
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Jenn Yang ’12 perseveres in plant biology research

Kira Hamilton | December 6, 2017

Jenn Yang ’12 considers her Ph.D. in plant biology a small rebellion: throughout her childhood, her family defined “successful careers” as occupations in law or medicine. “[My parents] had this...

Shurchkov discovered her passion for economics when she was a student at Wellesley 
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Economics Professor Olga Shurchkov ’01 discovers the power behind a Wellesley education

Kira Hamilton | November 8, 2017

According to Olga Shurchkov ’01, life as a Wellesley alumna returning to campus as a professor is not unlike working towards mastery in Taekwondo—she’s currently a level four black belt. “You’re...

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Multicultural requirement draws criticism as community gathers to re-evaluate its validity

Kira Hamilton | October 29, 2017

Before a student receives a degree from Wellesley College, they must fulfill all the academic requirements which Wellesley considers essential to a well-rounded, liberal arts education. However, according...

Sobel conducts an interview during a golf fundraiser
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After WZLY and WBUR, Zoë Sobel ’14 takes her reporting skills to rural Unalaska

Kira Hamilton | September 29, 2017

Zoë Sobel ’14 never imagined that just three years out of Wellesley College, she would be reporting with the radio station KUCB in Unalaska—a small hub of the Aleutian Island fishing industry...

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