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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

All content by Roksolana Pylypiv
Posters advertise for a conference of African women leaders Photo Courtesy of Alice Pan ’20 Staff Photographer

African Women’s Leadership Conference invites prominent speakers this weekend

Roksolana Pylypiv | March 7, 2018

On Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 9, Wellesley College will host a first-of-its-kind African Women’s Leadership Conference. The conference was organized in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation...

Photo Courtesy of Lien Dao  ’20 Photo Editor

Grade deflation policy at Wellesley compels students to take courses at other institutions

Roksolana Pylypiv | February 28, 2018

Since 2003, classes at Wellesley have adhered to a grading policy that many students know as “grade deflation,” the ramifications of which were considered briefly during a discussion on stress culture...

News In Brief

News in Brief

Roksolana Pylypiv | February 28, 2018

Board of Admissions responds to student activism In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida on Feb. 14, protests and marches against gun violence have sprung up in multiple...

News In Brief

News in Brief

Roksolana Pylypiv | February 21, 2018

Wellesley Family Featured in WBUR’s “All Things Considered” Melissa Ludtke ’73 and her daughter Maya Ludtke ’19 recently appeared on WBUR’s radio program “All Things Considered” to talk...

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