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 students have grappled with the policy changes that COVID-19 has brought for the past four years. The spring semester of 2020 brought the first of the changes – the college officially closed...
On Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, El Table, a student-run cooperative cafe, reopened. This will be the first time El Table will be offering a dine-in option since March of 2020.
General Manager of El Table,...
The campus’ needs from its custodial staff have changed significantly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. While 71 custodians are currently employed by Wellesley College, according to Mike...
In preparation for the new school year, Dean Sheilah Shaw Horton announced that the College’s COVID-19 protocols would be relaxed for the Fall 2022 semester. The changes included making masking and testing...
On Jan. 25, President Paula Johnson emailed the Wellesley community with updates on health and safety for the spring semester. Among other new measures, the College announced that, based on data about...
Willa* ’25 knew returning to campus after break would be hard. As an international student from India, she would have to get a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours of her departure to be able to fly....
On June 11, Tiff Fehr and the rest of her team at the New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the pandemic, but when she graduated from Wellesley in 2000, she never anticipated working...
The sudden closure of campus and the switch from physical to virtual classes in light of the pandemic was a challenging transition for many in the Wellesley community. However, after a year and a half,...
After trying for months to unsuccessfully obtain a visa, Maria Vitória Moura ’24 had to do her Fall 2020 semester remotely from her country of residence, Brazil. The stressful term system, coupled with...
Due to the pandemic, no one had a “normal” Wellesley experience last year. As students are required to be in-person again, one group of students is feeling particularly isolated: sophomores who were...
“If you think about what this man did to these people, he literally reduced them to objects; he took away their humanity.”
Eight people were killed in a series of targeted attacks against three Asian-owned...
