U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Announced as Wellesley College’s 2018 Commencement Speaker

U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Announced as Wellesley College’s 2018 Commencement Speaker. Exercises will take place on Friday, June 1, at 10:30 am.
30-Apr-2018 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Former Vice President Al Gore to Galvanize the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders at Wellesley College

Former Vice President Al Gore to Galvanize the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders at Wellesley College
23-Apr-2018 10:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wellesley College Presents the First-of-Its-Kind Convening of the World’s Most Influential Voices in African Women’s Leadership

Wellesley College, widely recognized as the world’s premier college for women, will present The African Women’s Leadership Conference, a first-of-its-kind gathering in the United States of some of the most influential voices in African women’s...
7-Mar-2018 5:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Can a Website Close the Gender Pay Gap?

Wellesley College is launching a website that just might help get women closer to closing the gender wage gap—by leveraging the College’s singular career education model and its network of women, widely acknowledged as the most powerful...
1-Mar-2018 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Wellesley's Albright Institute Presents Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, Ambassador Wendy Sherman, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, and North Korea Expert Katharine H.S. Moon

Wellesley, Mass. (January 3, 2017) — In January, Wellesley College will host several of the world’s most influential women, including Sally Yates, Wendy Sherman, Andrea Mitchell, Katharine H.S. Moon, and Madeleine Albright herself, as part of...
3-Jan-2018 12:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

New Wellesley Study, Published on Fifth Anniversary of Sandy Hook Shooting, Shows Gun Sales Increased Significantly After Elementary School Massacre

The Sandy Hook school shooting five years ago prompted political response that led to significantly higher gun sales; and this resulted in greater numbers of accidental deaths by firearms – in both adults and children, according to a new study...
7-Dec-2017 11:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

New Book Offers Insight Into Not-So-Funny Side of Comedy

Wellesley Professor of American Studies Takes Readers “Behind the Laughs” of a Sometimes Brutal Business
26-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

A Wellesley Researcher Studies Individual Differences in Ability to Recognize Faces

If a former classmate walks by you on the street and looks you in the face without saying so much as “hello,” don’t be dismayed. Same for a person you met at a party the night before.
11-Sep-2017 1:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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