Massachusetts State Rep. Liz Miranda is Wellesley’s 2021 Commencement Speaker

Massachusetts State Representative and Wellesley College alumna Elizabeth Miranda will be the commencement speaker for the class of 2021 at Wellesley's 143rd Commencement on June 4.
20-Apr-2021 2:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

In a Contentious Era, How Do Friends with Different Values Stick Together? Faculty and Student Research Sheds Light

Americans are perhaps more polarized today than at any time since the Civil War. This idea has become ingrained in contemporary American discourse, popping up with increasing frequency in media coverage, in public opinion studies, and in research...
26-Feb-2021 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Three Wellesley Professors Teach Students to View the Pandemic Through a Historical Lens

A year into the COVID-19 crisis, it seems like almost everyone can recall the moment they first sensed just how extensively the pandemic making its way around the world would upend their lives.
26-Feb-2021 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Honey Bees Use Animal Feces as a Defense Against Giant Hornet Attacks

For the first time, honey bees (Apis cerana) have been documented using tools, specifically animal dung, to defend their colonies in Asia. To defend themselves against giant hornet (Vespa soror) attacks, which can wipe out whole colonies, honey bees...
3-Dec-2020 2:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

At Mayo Clinic, Wellesley Alumna Continues Senior Thesis Research on Mysteries of Vaginal Microbiomes

When Stephanie Song ’19 started working in the microbiome program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as a summer intern after her sophomore year at Wellesley, she didn’t have any research experience.
3-Dec-2020 11:20 AM EST Add to Favorites

Iran Will Continue to Retaliate in Many Forms and in Many Places

Ambassador Susan Rice joined Wellesley College professor Michael Jeffries for a discussion about her new book, work in the Obama Administration, and current events like the Iran crisis at an event on campus.
10-Jan-2020 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Clinton, Albright Call for Leadership that Unites at Wellesley College Reunion

As part of Wellesley College’s annual reunion weekend, former U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Madeleine Korbel Albright joined Wellesley President Paula A. Johnson for a conversation about their time at Wellesley, their...
12-Jun-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Anita Hill Will Be Wellesley College’s 2019 Commencement Speaker

Anita Hill, university professor of social policy, law, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of its Heller School for Social Policy and Management, will address the members of the class of 2019,...
11-Apr-2019 9:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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