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

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

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

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

Wellesley College Announces Tenure for Seven Faculty Members

Wellesley College is pleased to announce that seven faculty members have been awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor by the Board of Trustees, effective in the 2022-23 academic year, based upon their leading research and...
3-Mar-2022 11:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

Missing the Bar: How People Misinterpret Data In Bar Graphs

New research from Wellesley College in the Journal of Vision found that bar graphs are frequently misunderstood. The study demonstrates that because of a fundamental error and misunderstanding of data, people who view exactly the same graph often...
3-Feb-2022 9:15 AM EST Add to Favorites

In the Absence of Genetic Variation, Asexual Invasive Species Find New Methods of Adapting to Their Environment

Research from Wellesley College shows that despite being a clonal insect species, weevils use gene regulation to adapt to new food sources and pass down epigenetic changes to future generations.
30-Jul-2021 2:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

How Fishing Communities Are Responding to Climate Change

Wellesley professor Becca Selden examines how fishers are adapting to climate-related changes in species distribution and location, and finds they have adapted to those changes in three specific ways.
8-Jul-2021 10:10 AM EDT Add to Favorites