 Wellesley College Carnegie Junior Fellowship Winner Hopes to Help her Homeland
As a high school student, Kelima Yakupova, a 2009 graduate of Wellesley College, left behind her parents, siblings, grandparents and other relatives in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan with hopes of obtaining a strong education to better the situation for those in her poor nation. Several years later, Yakupova’s selection as a Carnegie Junior Fellow is bringing her one step closer to that goal. She will research in the Russia and Eurasia program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
 Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College Welcomes Visiting Art History Scholar
The Newhouse Center for the Humanities will welcome Deborah Klimburg-Salter, professor for Asian art history at the Institute of Art History of the University of Vienna, to campus this fall as the 2009- 2010 Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. Klimburg-Salter, who specializes in the art history of South and Central Asia, will be in residence for the fall semesters of 2009 and 2010.
 Wellesley’s New Albright Institute Aims to Educate World Leaders
Wellesley College graduates are no strangers to the world stage. This preeminent women’s college has long educated its students to become global leaders. Now one of its most prominent alumnae, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, will help new generations of Wellesley women to make a difference in the world. This January, Wellesley will launch the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs to heighten the global perspective of Wellesley’s academic environment and to prepare students for positions of world leadership. Albright herself will serve as the first of a series of distinguished visiting professors, sharing her vast experience as a diplomat and leader.
Global Learning: Wellesley Graduates Win Fulbright Grants for Worldwide Research, Study and Teaching
One 2009 Wellesley College graduate will focus on living conditions in Bangladesh for minority populations, while another seeks to preserve the memory of the dwindling Moroccan Jewish community. Several Wellesley graduates will conduct research and teach in locations from South Korea to South Africa with support from the Fulbright Program, which has awarded them prestigious grants for postgraduate work.
 Wellesley College Celebrates 2009 Commencement
Under a green canopy of towering oak trees, the 573 members of Wellesley College’s Class of 2009 received their diplomas during the college’s 131st Commencement ceremonies Friday, June 5. Wellesley alumna from the class of 1987 Kimberly Dozier, a CBS News correspondent who became the victim of a 2006 car bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, delivered the Commencement address. She focused on the importance of learning what is most important an unpredictable and changing world.
 Wellesley College Senior Catlin Powers Wins $75,000 Environmental Prize
As chief operating officer and co-founder of One Earth Designs (OED), Wellesley senior Catlin Powers has spent as many as 50 hours a week during her college years fighting to bring heat, clean water and other necessities to those in need — from the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas to economically depressed areas of the Dominican Republic, Ghana and India. Powers has been recognized for her work with several prizes this spring, including $75,000 from the St. Andrews Prize for the Environment, which will support OEDs’ invention that produces clean energy from the sun.
Two Wellesley Seniors Receive First Chinese Consulate Scholarships
Two Wellesley College seniors will further their education after college with scholarships given for the first time by the Chinese Consulate General of New York. The awards will allow them to study for a year at any one of 100 Chinese universities.
 Wellesley Senior Mona Minkara Finds No Limits to Her Future
On June 5, Mona Minkara will stand before her fellow members of the class of 2009 at graduation from Wellesley College. After a writing and speaking competition, she has been selected as the student commencement speaker, a tradition at Wellesley since 1969 when Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the first student speaker for her class. “It’s an honor,” said Minkara, who is legally blind. “I hope disabled students around the country can realize you can make it even though you might be blind, or deaf, or whatever your story might be.”
Wellesley Students and Organizations Honored with Excellence in Leadership Awards
On Wellesley’s campus, leaders are everywhere—in residence halls, classrooms, student organizations, committees, volunteer groups, and more. This month, the office of Student Activities honored a few of those leaders with the Excellence in Leadership Awards.
Wellesley Junior Sarah Vickery Investigates Perceptions of Abraham Lincoln
Since Abraham Lincoln’s death, countless books, articles and films have sought to portray the famous historical figure. But how did Americans perceive Lincoln during his life? Wellesley College junior Sarah Vickery will explore this question when she travels to New York City this summer for a five-week historical research program as part of the Gilder Lehrman History Scholars program.
 Wellesley Senior Maya Smith to Fight Malaria with Tony Blair Faith Foundation
Not everyone gets to chum around with Tony Blair. But Wellesley College senior Maya Smith got the chance when she traveled to Toronto last month during World Malaria Week to hear the former British prime minister speak on the role of faith communities in eradicating malaria. Smith is one of 30 young leaders from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada chosen to participate in the Faiths Act Fellowship, sponsored by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.
Wellesley Researchers Study How Contemplation Changes Students, Affects Careers
College is supposed to change lives for the better. Higher education, after all, teaches skills and knowledge that often result in better jobs and more income. But what if the most life-changing result of college involved becoming a kinder, gentler person? That’s the focus of a Wellesley College study, “Impact of Buddhism on Undergraduates in the U.S. Today,” by Professor of Religion James Kodera and Buddhist advisor Ji Hyang Padma.
 Climate Change Threatens Unique Life Found at Russian Lake
Russia’s Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically rich lake, faces the possibility of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to an analysis by a joint U.S.-Russian team in the May issue of BioScience. Marianne V. Moore, associate professor of biological science at Wellesley College, wrote the article with five coauthors, including four from Irkutsk State University in Russia. Moore and her colleagues note that Lake Baikal's climate has become measurably milder over recent decades.
 Wellesley College Junior Andrea Herbin Wins Medal of Honor Scholarship
Wellesley College junior Andrea Herbin, 20, of Ponte Vedra, Fla., has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) for her outstanding academic and leadership abilities.
 Wellesley College's Ruhlman Conference to Showcase Outstanding Student Work on April 29th
The 2009 Ruhlman Conference, to be held Wednesday, April 29, from 9 am-6 pm on the Wellesley College campus, will feature presentations of projects completed by more than 300 Wellesley students.
 Wellesley College Senior Catlin Powers Featured on the Discovery Channel
Wellesley College senior Catlin Powers was featured during Green Week on the Discovery Channel for her work in developing a solar cooker designed to reduce pollution and disease in high-altitude regions of Tibet. Powers collaborated with MIT students and villagers from Amdo, Tibet, to develop a light and portable cooker, which would suit the needs of villagers in the area. more
 Wellesley Students Featured for Sustainability Efforts
At Wellesley College, nine students live in a new co-op-style dorm where they are looking to make college life more sustainable. “We do a lot to eat locally grown, organic foods,” said Wellesley College junior Melanie Kazenel, a resident of the co-op. The students' efforts were recently featured on "Thirty on 10," a program produced by Boston University graduate students.
 Susan Wang Wins Wellesley's 114th Annual Hoop Rolling Contest
Susan Wang of McLean, Va., and Seoul, South Korea, is the winner of this morning's 114th annual hoop rolling competition at Wellesley College. Wang, who will graduate June 5, was met at the finish line by President H. Kim Bottomly and Dean John O'Keefe, where she was presented with a bouquet of white roses filled with spring greenery, in honor of the 2009 class color, green. more
 Wellesley College Students Aim To Read Complete Works of Shakespeare in 24 Hours or Less
While Shakespeare wrote that "brevity is the soul of wit," students at Wellesley College will soon know if the brevity of Shakespeare in 24 hours will test their wits. The Shakespeare Society hopes to repeat its feat of five years ago when members and volunteers read the complete, unabridged works of William Shakespeare in 23 hours and 20 minutes. “24 Hours of Shakespeare” starts Friday, May 1, at 11 am. more
 President H. Kim Bottomly Elected to Prestigious Society
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has been honoring the finest thinkers of the day since its establishment in 1780 by the founders of the nation. “These remarkable men and women have made singular contributions to their fields, and to the world,” said Academy President Emilio Bizzi. “By electing them as members, the Academy honors them and their work, and they, in turn, honor us.” The Academy undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. more
Jewish Studies Program Launches Innovative Project
Diarna — “our homes” in Judeo-Arabic— is a joint-initiative of the Wellesley College Jewish Studies Program and Digital Heritage Mapping, a nonprofit specializing in virtual documentation of global cultural heritage sites. The initiative harnesses new global image mapping technology to virtually memorialize Jewish heritage sites from Saharan outposts to Kurdish villages. Operating in an area often characterized by political and sectarian strife, Diarna is a multinational and interfaith collaboration among scholars and tour guides, technical experts who code and design the Diarna platform, young photographers and researchers who travel in the region collecting material and Middle Eastern youth eager to map virtual common ground. more
 Junior Jennie Hatch Works as an 'Agent of Change' at United Nations Climate Negotiations
Along with youth from the United States and more than 50 other nations, Wellesley College junior Jennifer Hatch attended interim climate negotiations being conducted by The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany, March 29-April 8. more
 Nobel Laureate Eric Chivian Keynotes Earth Week Celebrations at Wellesley College
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and biologist Eric Chivian has spent time studying the effects of climate change on Inupiaq Eskimos in Alaska. His unusual collaboration with evangelical minister Richard Cizik to promote the environmental cause landed them both on Time Magazine’s 2008 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Chivian, the director of Center for Health and Global Environment at Harvard, will discuss his latest book, Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity, Tuesday, April 21, at 4:30 pm in Collins Cinema on the Wellesley College campus as the keynote event for this year’s Earth Week at Wellesley. more
Wellesley College Celebrates the Boston Marathon
Located near the midpoint of the Boston Marathon, the Wellesley College “scream tunnel” is so loud that runners say they can hear it from a mile away. Again this year, hundreds of students will crowd the campus sidewalks to offer runners water, oranges, high-fives and kisses, at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20. more
 Wellesley Alumna Leaves Behind Support and Inspiration for Student-Athletes
Barbara Barnes Hauptfuhrer '49, a strong supporter of Wellesley College and scholar-athletes, passed away on April 7, 2009 after a valiant struggle with a rare lung disease. Following her time as a trustee and president of the Alumnae Association, she remarked, "It was my observation that the Wellesley athletes were among the most positive, contributing members of the Wellesley community.” Remembered for her spirit of giving, she endowed two gifts to athletics, the Barbara Barnes Hauptfuhrer Physical Education Fund and the Hauptfuhrer Scholar-Athlete Award. more
 Wellesley Student Awarded a Watson Fellowship for Travel and Exploration
Senior Courtney Sato was awarded a prestigious Watson Fellowship to pursue the project “‘Writing Toward Home’: Tracing Poets and Places.” Sato, one of 40 college seniors to be awarded the fellowship, will receive $28,000 for a year of travel and exploration. During her year abroad, Sato will travel to the homes and neighborhoods of international poets to explore how their sense of home influenced their writing and to build “a vocabulary of spaces and places.” more
 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Junot Díaz
to Speak at Wellesley College
Dominican-American author Junot Díaz will present areading from his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Tuesday, April 14, at 7:30 pm in Collins Cinema on the Wellesley College campus. The novel follows the story of the young Dominican boy Oscar Wao and his family; in the process, it grapples with the relationships between identity, national history, immigrant assimilation and personal experience.
 Wellesley Student Annie Smith Receives Funding From Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace
The Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program has announced that Wellesley College sophomore Annie Smith, daughter of Ruth Ann Kelleher of Panama, will receive funding to undertake her proposed project, “Give a Man a Fish, Teach a Man to Fish…Or Provide Aquaculture?” The project, to be implemented in northern Panama this summer, proposes a unique solution to poverty and malnourishment among indigenous people. more
Dialogue on America Video Project  Visits Wellesley College Campus
In early March, Jim Hilgendorf and his film crew came to Wellesley College to conduct random interviews with students for his “America's Dialogue,” a continuing project of national grassroots interviews on important issues affecting the American people. The current “America's Dialogue III” is a forum allowing students from colleges and universities around the country to express ideas and feelings about the future of the country. more
Wellesley College Students Explore Green Living in Cooperative Housing
The student residents of Wellesley’s sustainability co-op housing have made a commitment to buying and cooking locally and sustainably. Also essential to the new model of co-op living on campus is a community-based lifestyle. Nine students currently live in the sustainable housing wing of Simpson Hall on the Wellesley College campus in rooms that share a common living area and kitchen. The residents each have specific jobs and put in an equal amount of time to save money and enjoy better food. They cook four to five times a week and eat communally while discussing their days – and new ways to promote activism and sustainability on campus. more
 Wellesley Professor Profiles Visionary Caribbean Leader Who Fought Against Colonialism
Selwyn Cudjoe, professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, is the author of a new critical biography of a major intellectual who struggled for justice against colonialism.Caribbean Visionary: A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation (University Press of Mississippi, November 2008) traces the life of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880-1932), a distinguished Caribbean scholar, statesman, legislator and novelist. Using Webber as a lens, the book outlines the Guyanese struggle for justice and equality in an age of colonialism, imperialism and indentureship. Cudjoe follows Webber's emergence from the interior of Guyana to become a major presence in Caribbean politics.more
 Award-Winning Journalist and Alumna Kimberly Dozier Will be the 2009 Commencement Speaker for Wellesley College
Kimberly Dozier, a CBS News correspondent reporting from Baghdad, Iraq, became the victim of a car bombing on Memorial Day 2006. In her subsequent memoir about the attack and its aftermath, she wrote about recovering from injuries including shrapnel in the head, a fractured femur, severe burns and emotional distress. Dozier, a Wellesley College alumna from the class of 1987, will address the approximately 600 members of the Class of 2009 and their friends and families at Wellesley College’s 131st Commencement. more
Three Students Awarded the Three Generations Prizes for Writing 125
First-year students Claire Grossman of Pinecrest, Fla., Lynn Gallogly of Rosindale, Mass., and Mary Huang of Severna Park, Md., have been awarded the Wellesley College Three Generations Prize for Writing 125. The prize is awarded by the Wellesley College Writing Program each semester to students whose work demonstrates clarity, eloquence and engagement with the subject. more
 Forty Years Later: Wellesley's Decision to Stay a Women's College Revisited
Forty years ago, the Commission on the Future of the College, formed of students, faculty, trustees and alumnae, worked for two years and more than 2,000 hours to make recommendations on the college’s future. One result: a 9-4 vote in favor of
admitting men to Wellesley, a recommendation Wellesley’s board of trustees rejected. Several of the commission’s members will revisit their decision during “Co-Ed Wellesley: Perspectives on the 1971 Commission on the Future of the College” Wednesday, March 11, at 7 pm in the Library Lecture Room. more
 Bestselling Author John Elder Robison to Discuss Life with Asperger's Syndrome
John Elder Robison grew up with Asperger’s syndrome—a high-functioning form of autism—at a time when a diagnosis didn’t exist. Robinson, The New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s, will discuss living according to one’s gifts, not limitations, during a lecture Tuesday, March 10, at 7 pm in Tishman Commons, Wang Center, on the Wellesley College campus.more
 Wellesley Professor Examines Linguistic Diversity in American Literature
Throughout its history, America has been the scene of multiple encounters between communities speaking different languages. Literature has long sought to represent these encounters in various ways, from James Fenimore Cooper’s frontier fictions to the Jewish-American writers who popularized Yiddish as a highly influential modern vernacular.more
 Anthropology Conference Features Students from the Greater Boston Area
Do folk songs have a cultural function? Are vampires more than just fantasy creatures? Does the American “culture” of breast cancer actually promote the disease? Seven Wellesley College students will answer these questions, and more, when they participate in the Greater Boston Anthropology Consortium (GBAC) Student Conference, hosted at Wellesley Friday, Feb. 27, from 8:30am to 5 pm in Collins Cinema.more
 Wellesley Professor Explores Judaism in the Works of Four Italian Writers
In Writing as Freedom, Writing as Testimony (Syracuse University Press, 2008), Sergio Parussa, associate professor of Italian studies at Wellesley College, explores the relationship between Judaism and writing in the works of four 20th-century Italian writers: Umberto Saba, Natalia Ginzburg, Giorgio Bassani and Primo Levi. Parussa examines the ways in which each author’s work responds to Judaism and the notion of Jewish identity.more
 Wellesley College Honors Three of Its Outstanding Graduates at 2009 Alumnae Achievement Awards Feb. 13
They have worked to advance the careers of young scientists and further science education, performed with jazz musicians Bobby Hackett and George Wein, and dedicated decades to the protection of endangered seabirds and the conservation of their habitats.Health policy leader Enriqueta Bond, class of 1961; jazz singer Barbara Lea, class of 1951; and sea bird conservationist Helen Hays, class of 1953, will be presented with the Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award Friday Friday, Feb. 13, at 5 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel on the Wellesley College campus. more
 Wellesley College Celebrates Black History Month
Linda Johnson Rice — chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Co., which publishes Ebony and JET magazines — will present Wellesley College’s Quintessence Day lecture Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 pm in Collins Cinema. Quintessence Day is an event held annually and hosted by the student group Ethos, which describes quintessence as “the most perfect manifestation of black womanhood.” The lecture is part of a series of events celebrating Black History Month at Wellesley College.more
Event Will Transform Campus Center into a Virtual E-mail System
Foodies can debate where to find the best croissant in New York City, while members of the “Computing Questions” conference share their favorite applications and students discuss the most colorful “Community” posts during “FirstClass Offline” Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 6- 9 pm in the Wang Campus Center. more
Three Wellesley Alumnae Tapped for Obama Administration
Three Wellesley College alumnae have been named to leadership posts in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton, class of 1969, has been nominated for secretary of state. Chicago business leader Desiree Rogers, Class of 1981, has been appointed White House social secretary. She will be the first African-American to serve in the position, which is responsible for organizing and overseeing all White House functions and ceremonies. Katie Johnson, class of 2003, has been named President Obama's personal secretary. more
Wellesley College Celebrates 200 Years of Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species — Charles Darwin’s ground-breaking book describing how evolution occurs by natural selection — changed everything, according to Olivia Judson, an evolutionary biology blogger for The New York Times. Judson will present the lecture, “Glad to Have Evolved,” Feb. 17 at Wellesley College, part of a month-long commemoration of the life and work of Charles Darwin. more
Wellesley College Ranked as a Best Value in Private Colleges
Wellesley College has been ranked #8 on Kiplinger's Personal Finance list of the 50 best values in liberal arts colleges, for combining outstanding economic value with an exceptional education. more
Animals Have a Friend in Need with Wellesley College Senior
It turns out a dog’s best friend is a woman. Wellesley College senior Elise Traub has put countless hours of effort into eliminating greyhound racing in Massachusetts.For three years, she worked to end the sport by volunteering with the Committee to Protect Dogs. This fall Massachusetts voters approved the Greyhound Protection Act, which will end the controversial practice in 2010. more
 Wellesley Students Help Bring Medical Care to More Than 1,000 Patients
They may not be doctors yet, but five members of the Wellesley College Hippocratic Society can already say they’ve helped bring medical care to more than 1,000 patients in need. On Nov. 13, the group of neuroscience and biology majors, led by DaEun (Dana) Im ’10 and including Sana Aslam ’10, Rosalind Lai ’11, Lauren Eby ’10 and Tania Dhawan ’11, embarked on a medical mission trip to Tijuana, Mexico. There, they set up a makeshift clinic, where they worked alongside volunteers from the California-based non-profit organization Healing Hearts Across Borders (HHAB) to provide health checkups and dental services to underprivileged Mexican families. more
Musician Ben Folds to Record with Wellesley A Cappella Group for New Album
Pop singer-songwriter Ben Folds will record music with the Wellesley College Blue Notes this December for an upcoming album of a cappella versions of his songs by high school, college and professional groups. Folds said he was inspired to create the album when he found several a cappella arrangements of his songs on YouTube. More than 200 groups answered his call for submissions for the album, which has an anticipated release in spring 2009. more
 Wellesley Seniors Win Awards to Pursue Research from Planets to Politics
Twelve Wellesley College seniors will study everything from the global anti-sweatshop movement to the orbiting behavior of Uranian moons. One study will focus on female identification and gender construction in the heavy-metal subculture. Another will work toward a behavioral characterization of schizophrenia, while still another will look at what motivated young voters in the recent presidential election. They each have won the 2008 Jerome A. Schiff Fellowship. Made possible through a generous gift from the Jerome A. Schiff Charitable Trust, these awards support the scholarly work of students enrolled in the senior honors program. more
 Wellesley College Students Seek Ways To Improve the Environment
Wellesley juniors Megan Carter-Thomas, Devaja Shafer and Emily Estes, who conduct research in Associate Professor of Geosciences Dan Brabander’s environmental geochemistry lab, have presented their findings at the New England Undergraduate Environmental Research Symposium. “Projects ranged from examining the issue of lead in urban gardens, to the legacy of industrialization in the Neponset River Watershed, to evaluating the mobility of lead-bearing pigments in artificial playing fields,” Brabander says. more
 Wellesley Names New Chief Investment Officer
Wellesley College today named alumna Deborah Foye Kuenstner as its chief investment officer. Kuenstner, currently the chief investment officer at Brandeis University, will assume her new post on February 1, 2009. "Debby is an astute and highly regarded investment professional who has the experience and leadership to steward and strengthen Wellesley’s endowment during the current economic challenges and for the long term,” said President H. Kim Bottomly in announcing the appointment. more
Wellesley College Senior Explains the Benefits of Wellesley Experience
When introduced to criticism or even skepticism about attending a single-sex college, Wellesley College senior Eliza Borne explains the benefits she sees in her Wellesley experience: “I like that every student leadership position, every slot in a seminar, and every pronoun might apply to me.”
Wellesley's Wilbur Rich Talks about Obama's Win and 
What It Means for America
Professor of political science Wilbur Rich tells New England Cable News that he was there through the civil rights struggles. Through the slow, steady knocking at the door of justice. “When Jesse Jackson ran for president, we all thought it was a joke. I mean, we supported him, but we knew that he wasn't going to win. This whole notion that we would have a race neutral society, the idea that race will not be a factor in people's jobs, life chances, their aspirations is something very new for America.” more
 Sweet Carillon: Wellesley College Bell Ringers Carry on Tradition with a Modern Twist
It’s 2:40 pm on a Wednesday, and the theme from Super Mario Brothers rings out on the Wellesley College campus as students pass between classes. The song emanates from Wellesley’s Galenstone Tower, and the students who play the carillon within. While the majesty of the massive bells evoke the pomp and circumstance of an ancient tradition, student carillonneurs often feature oddball tunes and personal favorites to keep the tradition au courant in the 21st century. more
 Wellesley's Dan Chiasson Named Poetry Editor of The Paris Review
Dan Chiasson, assistant professor of English at Wellesley College, has been named poetry editor of the prestigious literary magazine, The Paris Review. “The magazine takes pride in publishing new writers,” he said. “Every week we read dozens of submissions by writers from Pulitzer Prize-winning writers to those who have never been published before.” more
Wellesley Junior Spends Year Studying in Israel
While Jerusalem is often portrayed in the media as a volatile place, Wellesley College junior Stacy Lee would not say that it is any harder or more daunting than any other city. Lee is spending the year studying history and religion in Israel at Rothberg International School-The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more about Stacy's experiences, check out her blog at stacyabroad.blogspot.com.
Wellesley Professor Writes New Book about Trust and American Medicine
In his new book, Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine (Princeton University Press, September 2008), Wellesley College’s Jonathan B. Imber provides insights into the religious underpinnings of the doctor-patient relationship and raises questions about the place of the medical profession in American life and culture. more
 Wellesley Senior – and Yaks – Carry the Hopes of Tibetan Peasants
A native of Hong Kong who now lives in Braintree, Mass., Wellesley College senior Jenny Chu is a political science major/economics minor who has the gift of gab. Her ability to sell a newly developed yak cheese to high-end restaurants made her a one-woman sales force recently, finding markets for cheese produced by one of China’s most prolific animals, the yak, to benefit poor farmers. more
 Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume
The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, by Carol Ann Paul of Wellesley College, and colleagues at Boston University School of Public Health. "There was a significant negative linear relationship between alcohol consumption and brain volume,” Paul said. “Thus it can be concluded that there is no beneficial effect of low alcohol consumption in reducing normal decline in brain volume.” more
 Wellesley Professor Finds Pollution from Livestock Farming Affects Infant Health
A new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics explores the effects of pollution from livestock facilities on infant health and finds that production is associated with an increase in infant mortality. “The causal mechanism relating poor infant health to livestock production appears to be air pollution,” said the study’s author, Stacy Sneeringer, an assistant professor of economics at Wellesley College. more
 Finding Your Voice Helps Strengthen Relationships,
Says Wellesley Psychology Professor Sally Theran
Why do people have difficulty speaking their minds? Wellesley's Sally Theran researches this problem, called “level of voice” – a way of gauging how comfortable people are in expressing themselves in relationships, either among friends or with parent and teachers. Her work, “Predictors of Level of Voice in Adolescent Girls: Ethnicity, Attachment and Gender Role Socialization,” published online in October in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, looks at an ethnically diverse group of 108 14-year-old girls to find out what gives some young women the strength to be open and honest – and why others keep their thoughts and feelings to themselves. more
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