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Leading College Presidents Urge Support for Women Fighting for Freedom and Rights

The presidents of six of the “Seven Sisters” schools have issued a statement expressing support for women around the world “as they risk their lives for freedom and rights that should be universally sacrosanct.”
11-Oct-2022 12:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Wellesley College leads the way for women in STEM with the opening of its new Science Complex

Wellesley College announced the opening of its new Science Complex, transforming an outdated science center into an inviting, integrated and flexible complex with spaces focused onbcollaborative and state of the art STEM research and learning.
3-Oct-2022 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Professors from Wellesley College and University of Kansas Team Up to Study Social Impact of Face Masks

A new study just published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology debunks the idea that wearing a mask to slow the spread of disease damages most everyday social exchanges.
7-Sep-2022 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Wellesley Alums Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Grants

Wellesley College continues to be one of the top Fulbright-producing colleges in the country, with eight graduates being offered grants to study in seven countries during the 2022-2023 academic year.
19-Aug-2022 8:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala is Wellesley College’s 2022 Commencement Speaker

Astrophysicist and the first female dean of MIT's School of Science, Nergis Mavalvala (Wellesley ’90) will address the Wellesley College class of 2022 at the College’s 144th commencement on May 27.
22-Apr-2022 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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98 Percent of Wellesley’s 2021 Graduates Were in Jobs, Grad School, the Military, or Service within Six Months

Six months after graduation, 98 percent of the members of Wellesley College’s class of 2021 were employed, enrolled in graduate school, engaged in a volunteer experience, or serving in the military.
13-Apr-2022 11:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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The Kryptonite of the “Superhero Ideal”

Sally A. Theran, associate professor of psychology at Wellesley College, has studied how young people can fight the depressive symptoms associated with the "superhero ideal" -- the pressure to be the best at everything they do -- by developing...
11-Apr-2022 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Survey Finds Two-Thirds of Young Women 18-30 Feel Financially Insecure

Sixty-one percent of young women say they are not doing well in the economy right now, with nearly one in three (29%) saying they are not doing well at all in findings from a new survey from Wellesley College. They are facing financial anxiety,...
23-Mar-2022 2:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Weighing the Future: At the Intersection of Medicine, Racism, and Feminism

Reproductive rights, abortion laws, vaccine trials, and misinformation about whether COVID afffects fertility—these are some of the hot topics in the news that also relate to Natali Valdez’s research.
14-Apr-2022 7:05 AM EDT

Wellesley Professor Examines the Ocean’s Response to Climate Change

As carbon emissions increase, how will the ocean respond to climate change? How does carbon dioxide cross from the atmosphere to the ocean? What happens to the carbon dioxide when it is in the ocean? Learn more from Wellesley College professor...
24-Sep-2019 4:45 PM EDT

North Korea expert on second summit in Vietnam

27-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST

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New Book by Wellesley College Political Scientist Holds Answers to How the Presidential Primary’s Populist Explosion Will Transform the General Election

As the author of the recently published Populism’s Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America, Wellesley College's Laura Grattan can articulate how intensified appeals to "rule by the people"—from Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders—have...
15-Jul-2016 8:45 AM EDT

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