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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
For comment on restrictive abortion laws: Natali Valdez, author of Weighing the Future: Race, Science, and Pregnancy Trials in the Postgenomic Era
28-Oct-2021 5:05 PM 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
Effects of Looming International Trade Wars
3-Oct-2018 10:00 AM EDT
From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford: How far have we really come?
20-Sep-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Wellesley Professor Discusses Boston Globe’s #FreePress Effort to Combat Anti-Media Rhetoric
16-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
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