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2004 Releases

• Information on Auditing Courses This Spring at Wellesley College
  December 22, 2004 -- The opportunity to audit courses at Wellesley College is offered to its alumnae and employees and to residents of the town of Wellesley and nearby communities.
• American Power and Global Relations Is Topic of New Book by Wellesley Professor
  December 13, 2004 -- To shed light on the role of American power in shaping global relations, Wellesley College Professor of Political Science Joel Krieger has written a new book, Globalization and State Power: Who Wins When America Rules? (Pearson Longman, December 2004). The book is the second in a series called “Great Questions in Politics.”
• Renowned Poet David Ferry to Discuss the Art and Practice of Translation
  November 29, 2004 -- David Ferry, a distinguished poet and literary critic, will read from his translations and discuss the art and practice of translation at Wellesley College, Wednesday, December 1, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Jewett Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
• Elizabeth "Betsy" Masiello is Wellesley's Ninth Rhodes Scholar
  November 22, 2004 -- Elizabeth "Betsy" Masiello, Wellesley College Class of 2003, has been named one of 32 Rhodes Scholars chosen from the U.S. this year. She is the ninth Wellesley College student to win the prestigious honor since women were allowed to apply in 1976.
• New Book on Alexander the Great Holds Lessons for Today’s Leaders: How To Win in War and Peace
  November 15, 2004 -- Alexander the Great died more than 2,300 years ago, but his life remains a source of fascination and speculation to this day. The subject of a new movie, Alexander, due out Nov. 24, he is also examined in a new book published this month by Wellesley College Professor of Classical Studies Guy MacLean Rogers.
• Obituary: President Emerita Ruth Adams, 1914-2004
  November 12, 2004 -- Wellesley College President Emerita Ruth Marie Adams died in Hanover, N.H. on Nov. 10, 2004, at the age of 90. She served as president from 1966-1972, during a period of great change for the College.
• Contexto Foundation Receives Wellesley International Grant
  November 8, 2004 -- Contexto Foundation, a non-profit organization based in an underprivileged neighborhood called El Pueblito in Guatemala City, has been named this year’s recipient of the Wellesley College International Grant. The purpose of the grant is to provide funding to organizations with demonstrated need that have hosted Wellesley students or alumnae for internships or other learning experiences outside of the United States.
• Wellesley Receives $8 Million Gift to Support Up-and-Coming Scholars
  November 4, 2004 -- Sidney Knafel, a longtime trustee and generous supporter of Wellesley College, believes that an exceptional faculty of teacher-scholars, is one of the College’s greatest strengths. “Wellesley must be equipped to continue to attract the very finest talent at the early stage of a career,” he explains. “I should like to enrich Wellesley’s ability to accomplish this.”
• Edward Hirsch to Speak on ‘A Passion for Poetry’ at Wellesley College Nov. 15
  November 3, 2004 -- Edward Hirsch will present “A Passion for Poetry: A Poetry Reading” Monday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 pm in Collins Cinema at Wellesley College.
• Fifteen Wellesley College Students Earn 2004 Schiff Fellowships
  October 29, 2004 -- Fifteen Wellesley students have been selected to receive 2004 Schiff Fellowships. Made possible through a generous gift from the Jerome A. Schiff Charitable Trust, these merit awards support the scholarly work of students in the senior honors program.
• Wellesley College Is No. 1 Among U.S. Colleges for Fulbright Awards
  October 20, 2004 -- With 10 official winners, Wellesley College ranks in first place among all U.S. baccalaureate colleges in producing the highest number of 2004-2005 Fulbright Awards with 10 students earning the honor. But according to Eleanor Perkins, director of fellowship programs at Wellesley’s Center for Work and Service, that’s not the whole story.
• Wellesley Hosts Collegiate Programming Contest Oct. 23
  October 15, 2004 -- Computer science majors will vie for the chance to compete regionally and internationally at the Boston area preliminary round of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest at Wellesley College’s Science Center on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 am-4 pm.
• Wellesley College Family and Friends Weekend Features Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Solar System Exploration
  October 7, 2004 -- Wellesley College will celebrate its annual Family and Friends Weekend Friday, Oct. 22-Sunday, Oct. 24. A highlight will be the Friday, Oct. 22 Distinguished Faculty Lecture, “Celestial Worlds Discover'd: Exploration of the Solar System,” with Richard French, professor of astronomy, at 4:30 pm in Alumnae Hall.
• Wellesley College Takes a Look at Recent History with Documentary Film Festival
  October 6, 2004 -- On Oct. 15-17, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee and the McNeil Program for Studies in American Art will present a film festival, “Deconstructing Master Narratives: Recent Documentaries,” featuring nine films that address 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and related issues. All events are free and open to the public.
• Wellesley Summer Theatre Wins Moss Hart Award for Excellence
  September 30, 2004 -- Wellesley Summer Theatre has won the 2004 Moss Hart Memorial Award for theatrical excellence in the professional division for the third year in a row. The honor will be bestowed at New England Theatre Conference in Portland, Maine, in November.
• Wellesley College Receives $1.2 Million in Grants for Science Education from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  September 28, 2004 -- Student research, faculty support, new equipment and precollege outreach programs at Wellesley College will all benefit from a $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2004 Undergraduate Science Education Program. Wellesley is one of 42 colleges and universities to receive the grant this year.
• Wellesley Shares Astronomy Grant To Aid Student Research
  September 20, 2004 -- Wellesley College will share a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support undergraduate research. The award has been given to Wellesley and other members of the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC). The grant will allow Wellesley astronomers to continue their work with student research projects for the next two years.
• Raising Women's Voices: Wellesley College Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Month During October
  September 15, 2004 -- When Barbara Elfman talks about the importance of breast cancer awareness, she speaks from the heart. In addition to her own scare with the disease, she lost a grandmother to breast cancer and has supported her best friend through surgery, chemotherapy and the uncertainty of remission.
• Three Students Win Prizes for Academic Excellence at Wellesley College
  September 13, 2004 -- Three Wellesley College students have been honored with the 2004 Katharine Malone Prizes for Academic Excellence: Kathryn Pierce of Wellesley, Mass., Katherine Miller of Utica, Ohio, and Carolyn Brunelle of Paxton, Mass.
• Wellesley College Librarian Helps Promote Democracy with New Voter Web Site
  September 10, 2004 -- Answering the questions of where to vote, how to vote and why to vote, Wellesley College librarian Betty Febo has created a Web page that points the way to a more democratic society.
• Wellesley College Professor Marjorie Agosín Receives 2004 National Mujer Award
  August 26, 2004 -- Marjorie Agosín, professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, has been honored by the National Hispana Leadership Institute with its 2004 National Mujer Award. The annual award pays tribute to the sustained lifetime achievements of Hispanic women who have made significant contributions to the empowerment and well-being of the Hispanic community.
• Wellesley College Ranks 4th Among National Liberal-Arts Colleges in U.S. News & World Report Annual Guide
  August 23, 2004 -- For the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Wellesley College fourth among national liberal-arts colleges. For the past 13 years, Wellesley has placed among the top five colleges in the annual listing. Although there is not a separate category for women’s colleges, Wellesley continues to be the highest ranked women’s college.
• Wellesley College Offers Course Auditing Information for Fall 2004
  July 27, 2004 -- The opportunity to audit courses at Wellesley College is offered to its alumnae and employees, and to residents of the town of Wellesley and of nearby communities.
• Wellesley College Sophomore Selected for Congressional Internship
  July 1, 2004 -- Wellesley College sophomore Rosa Fernández of the Bronx, N.Y., who contributed a chapter to a 2004 book, Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education, has been selected to participate in the nation's most prestigious Hispanic internship program by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the nation's leading Hispanic nonprofit and nonpartisan educational organization.
• Wellesley College Junior Sandya Das Wins Prestigious Pickering Fellowship
  June 29, 2004 -- Sandya Das, a junior at Wellesley College and the daughter of Hari and Nirmala Das of Alpharetta, Ga., is one of 20 students nationwide to be awarded this year's Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship.
• Wellesley Names New Vice President for Finance, Treasurer
  June 2, 2004 -- Wellesley College has announced the appointment Andrew B. Evans as vice president for finance and treasurer. A senior higher education administrator for nearly two decades, Evans was selected after a comprehensive national search. He is currently vice president for finance at Oberlin College, a position he has held for nearly nine years.
• Author Toni Morrison Tells Wellesley College Graduates Achieving Adulthood Is a 'Difficult Beauty'
  May 28, 2004 -- Rain and thunder couldn't dampen the spirits of the 579 members of the Wellesley College Class of 2004 as they received their bachelor of arts degrees at the 126th Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 28 on the Wellesley, Mass., campus. The Commencement speaker, award-winning author Toni Morrison, told the graduates that while the future of the world is not totally in the control of "finite humans," they should do their best to protect it.
• Wellesley Commencement Features Toni Morrison and 600 Women Who Will Make a Difference in the World
  May 21, 2004 -- Author Toni Morrison will address the approximately 600 members of the Class of 2004 including Student Commencement Speaker Maggie O'Grady and Natalie Jeffers, the latest Wellesley graduate among four generations of her family.
• Ten Wellesley Students Accept Fulbright Grants
  May 21, 2004 -- Ten Wellesley College students have accepted Fulbright Student Program grants that underwrite international graduate study, research and teaching assistantships. The Fulbright Program provides participants, who are chosen for their leadership potential, with the opportunity to observe international political, economic and cultural institutions, to exchange ideas and to work on ventures of importance to the world at large.
• Distinguished Social Activist Dolores Huerta Will Speak at Wellesley College May 11
  May 6, 2004 -- Dolores Huerta, a distinguished 50-year veteran of the American civil rights movement, will speak at Wellesley College on Tuesday, May 11, at 11 am in Collins Cinema on the Wellesley, Mass., campus. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by a number of Wellesley organizations and departments.
• President Walsh Pens Op-Ed on Leadership for The Boston Globe
  May 3, 2004 -- In an op-ed in The Boston Globe, President Walsh called for "a national dialogue on leadership itself" and articulated five qualities that trustworthy leaders exhibit and defend. "Every American knows something about the values we want our leaders to embody and uphold on our behalf," wrote Walsh. "And many of us worry that our country is making grievous mistakes, both here and abroad: dwelling in fear, painting the world in black and white, meeting violence with violence, fueling the fires of hatred, acting in isolation with arrogance and hubris, hardening ourselves to the suffering and pain our actions are causing. We sense that there are better ways to lead." Trustworthy leaders question themselves, honor partnerships, resist violence, value difference, and "create communities that function as sustaining circles of trust."
• Wellesley College Appoints Two Associate Deans
  April 28, 2004 -- Wellesley College has announced the appointments of Joanne Berger-Sweeney, biological sciences, and Adele Wolfson, professor of chemistry, as Associate Deans of the College, effective July 1, 2004. The announcement was made by President Diana Chapman Walsh and Andrew Shennan, the newly appointed Dean of the College who has served as associate dean since 1999.
• Wellesley College's Jennifer Yum Wins Scholarship for Graduate Study
  April 27, 2004 -- Jennifer Yum of Tustin, Calif., a junior majoring in history and international relations, has been named a 2004 Beinecke Scholar at Wellesley College. The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides generous financial support for the graduate education of "young men and women of exceptional promise" who plan to attend graduate school in the arts, humanities and social sciences and provides $32,000 toward expenses for graduate study in M.A. or Ph.D. programs.
• Two Wellesley College Students Win Awards for Study Abroad
  April 26, 2004 -- Two Wellesley College students have been awarded 2004 Gilman Scholarships for study abroad. They are two of the 173 winners of 990 applicants for the spring term awards.
• Bangladesh Native Wins 109th Annual Hoop-rolling Contest
  April 24, 2004 -- Nandita Ahmed, a cinema and media studies major from Dhaka, Bangladesh, is the winner of this morning's 109th annual hoop-rolling competition at Wellesley College. Ahmed, who will graduate on May 28, was met at the finish line by Wellesley College President Diana Chapman Walsh (herself the winner of the 1966 hoop-rolling contest), who presented Ahmed with a bouquet of flowers.
• Statement from the President to the Community
  April 22, 2004 -- Message from Diana Chapman Walsh on the death of KateLynn Palmer and support systems vailable for students coping with the news.
• Students Produce Hundreds of Research Projects for 8th Annual Ruhlman Conference
  April 15, 2004 -- The 2004 Ruhlman Conference, representing the work of nearly 300 Wellesley College students, will be held all day Wednesday, April 28. The conference, now in its eighth year, helps to foster collaboration among students and faculty across academic disciplines while enhancing the intellectual life of the College.
• Conference and Workshop Will Focus on "Human Rights Culture" April 30
  April 15, 2004 -- “Human Rights Culture,” a conference and workshop, will be held Friday, April 30, from 9 am-5 pm in Wellesley College's Clapp Library Lecture Room. It is free and open to the public. Organized by Thomas Cushman, professor of sociology, the conference will consider the emergence of human rights culture. Rather than focusing on the problems and prospects of promoting rights, the conference goal is an examination of human rights as a cultural system of practices, ideologies, interests, values and forms of power.
• Global Social Responsibility Conference To Be Held at Wellesley College April 30-May 1
  April 14, 2004 -- Wellesley College will host a Social Science Conference, "Global Social Responsibility?" Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1. Speakers include Thomas G. Weiss, the principal intellectual contributor to International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty; Antonio Donini, the Director of UN Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan from 1999 to 2002 and Norah Niland who has just returned from Liberia where she was in charge of protection and displacement issues.
• Political Activism Week at Wellesley Features College Experts, Gloria Steinem, Kerry Kennedy and More
  April 12, 2004 -- In an effort to spark student interest and participation in politics and the political process, the Wellesley College Democrats will host the first annual campus-wide Political Activism Week, April 12-16. "All members of the college community are invited to join in the various exciting and politically charged events planned throughout the week," said Amber Gorman '05, campaigns coordinator. The group will also sponsor voter registration in dorm dining halls at dinner all week.
• Wellesley College Lecture To Feature Nobel Laureate in Physics William Phillips
  April 6, 2004 -- "Almost Absolute Zero: The Story of Laser Cooling and Trapping," a lecture by William Phillips, Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and 1997 Nobel Laureate in physics, will be presented Monday, April 12, at 4:45 pm at Wellesley College's Science Center, room 278.
• Two Wellesley College Students Will Study and Travel the World Through Prestigious Watson Fellowships
  April 3, 2004 -- Wellesley College seniors Catherine Brinkley and Anna Kurien are two of 50 college seniors nationwide selected to receive a 2004-2005 Watson Fellowship, worth $22,000.
• Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem To Speak at Wellesley
  April 2, 2004 -- Gloria Steinem will speak on "Women and Pro-Choice Activism" at Wellesley College on Wednesday, April 14, at 5 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel.
• In Cartographies, Wellesley's Marjorie Agosín Travels World, Searching for Home and Hope
  March 31, 2004 -- Can travel bring one closer to one's true heart and home? In Wellesley College Spanish Professor Marjorie Agosín's new book, Cartographies: Meditations on Travel (University of Georgia Press, April 2004), the prolific author of nearly 20 books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and essays evokes destinations among four continents that represent a personal and spiritual voyage.
• Famed Quiltmaker Will Talk About Connections Between Art and Math
  March 30, 2004 -- How do you make an American quilt? Just ask expert Jinny Beyer, who will present a lecture on "Celebrating Quantitative Reasoning and Art" Wednesday, April 7, from 12:30-2 pm in Collins Cinema at Wellesley College. In the last of four “QR and Art” lectures offered at Wellesley this spring, Beyer will talk about how quantitative, or mathematical, skills are used in creating quilts.
• Noted Author Toni Morrison Will Deliver 2004 Commencement Address
  March 5, 2004 -- Award-winning author Toni Morrison will address the Class of 2004 at Wellesley's 126th Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 28, beginning at 10:30 a.m. In keeping with tradition, Sarah Rogan, president of the senior class, announced the selection of the speaker to her classmates at a reception.
• New AIDS Book Recreates Wellesley College Conference
  March 2, 2004 -- As part of Wellesley College's Asian Awareness Month, PBS journalist Bill Moyers will be on campus Monday, March 15, to talk about his experience in making the documentary series, "Becoming American: The Chinese Experience."
• PBS Journalist Bill Moyers To Speak on 'The Chinese Experience'
  February 27, 2004 -- As part of Wellesley College's Asian Awareness Month, PBS journalist Bill Moyers will be on campus Monday, March 15, to talk about his experience in making the documentary series, "Becoming American: The Chinese Experience."
• National Experts Will Discuss Education and the Next President
  February 27, 2004 -- What is at stake for education as the 2004 presidential election looms? On Thursday, March 11, from 5 to 7 pm in Wellesley College's Library Lecture Room, top national education experts will examine that question in a panel discussion, "Town Hall Meeting on Education and the 2004 Presidential Elections: Letters to the Next President." Speakers include Ted Sizer, founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
• Wellesley Honors Three at Alumnae Achievement Awards
  February 20, 2004 -- The Wellesley College Alumnae Association holds its 2004 Alumnae Achievement Awards Ceremony Friday, Feb. 20, presenting honors to three outstanding alumnae of the college: Louise Dolan '71, a physicist and scholar; Judith Goslin Hall '61, a pediatrician and clinical geneticist; and Carol R. Johnson '51, a prominent landscape architect.
• New Wellesley Lecture Series Celebrates the Marriage Between Quantitative Skills and Art
  February 19, 2004 -- Are quantitative and mathematical skills really relevant for all students? Even, for example, for art majors? A new lecture series beginning at Wellesley College this spring will take a look at the myriad ways in which quantitative skills are applicable to all subjects, but especially art.
• Wellesley College Students To Hold "Sweatshop Simulation" Workshop
  February 18, 2004 -- The Wellesley College Association of Labor Rights Activists (WALRA), a student group, will hold its second annual "Sweatshop Simulation" workshop Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 7 am-7 pm in Billings Hall, room 100, on the Wellesley, Mass., campus. The event is free and open to the public.
• Wellesley Students Succeed in Reading All of Shakespeare in Less Than 24 Hours
  February 17, 2004 -- They had the stamina - the passion - and the "Will" to succeed. Wellesley College will go down in history as having read the entire works of William Shakespeare - unabridged - in less than 24 hours.
• Anna Deavere Smith Will Speak on 'America in Change' at Wellesley College Feb. 18
  February 11, 2004 -- Wellesley College will celebrate its Quintessence Day 2004 with award-winning author and performer Anna Deavere Smith Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 pm in Alumnae Hall. Smith will offer a lecture, “Snapshots: Glimpses of America in Change,” which examines issues of race, community and character in America. The event is free and open to the public.
• Wellesley College Students To Present Complete Unabridged Works of Shakespeare in 24 Hours
  January 30, 2004 -- Wellesley College's Shakespeare Society hopes to go down in history as having the honor (and the stamina) of presenting the complete works of William Shakespeare--unabridged--all within 24 hours.
• Jennifer Desjarlais Is Named Wellesley College Dean of Admission
  January 27, 2004 -- Wellesley College President Diana Chapman Walsh has announced the appointment of Jennifer Desjarlais as the College's new dean of admission.
• Wellesley First-Year Student Rosa Fernandez Writes Lead Chapter in New Education Book, Letters to the Next President
  January 14, 2004 -- Wellesley College first-year student Rosa Fernandez of the Bronx, N.Y., will be featured in a new book published by Columbia Teachers College Press in February called Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education. The book features a prologue by actor and comedian Bill Cosby and an epilogue by the late Senator Paul Wellstone.
• Wellesley College's Robotics Design Studio
  January 14, 2004 -- The eighth annual exhibition of Wellesley College's Robotics Design Studio will be held Monday, Jan. 26, from 4:30-6 pm at the Wellesley College Science Center, Sage Lounge, 2nd floor. The program is free and the public is invited.
  
  

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2003 Releases

• Wellesley College is Among the Stars of the Film, "Mona Lisa Smile"
  December 3, 2003 -- On Dec. 19, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios will release a major motion picture, "Mona Lisa Smile," a fictional story starring Julia Roberts set in the early 1950s - a time of social change in America. Although the screenplay features fictional characters and situations, the scene is set at Wellesley College.
• Heather Long Wins Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2004
  November 25, 2003 -- Senior Heather Long has added a Rhodes Scholarship to the honors she has accumulated at Wellesley College.
• San Diego Senior at Wellesley College Wins Prestigious Marshall Scholarship To Study in the United Kingdom
  November 24, 2003 -- Wellesley College senior Morgan P. Carberry of San Diego is one of 40 Marshall Scholars to be chosen from across the nation this year and one of five selected from the Boston/New England Region. She is the daughter of Sue Punjack and Robert S. Carberry of San Diego.
• ‘Untyped’ Poetry Event at Wellesley College Celebrates Diversity through the Spoken Word
  November 11, 2003 -- “Untyped” is an annual collaborative project sponsored by GenerAsians, the Asian/ Asian American magazine, and Ethos Woman, the literary magazine of Ethos, the association of black students. The event celebrates diversity through spoken word and poetry readings.
• Wellesley College Film and Lecture Seek to Illuminate Bachata, an Overlooked Music of Latin America
  November 11, 2003 -- If you have never heard of bachata, Wellesley College's Mezcla student organization hopes to change all that. On Thursday, Nov. 20, from 7-9 pm in Collins Cinema, the group will present “Santo Domingo Blues: Los Tigres de la Bachata,” a film and lecture describing the struggle of bachata musicians to emerge from the margins of society. Tufts University sociology professor Deborah Pacini-Hernandez will provide a historical and social context to introduce the film and director Alex Wolfe will speak afterward.
• Speaker To Talk About Connections Among 'Ecology, Feminism and the Kabballah'
  November 5, 2003 -- On Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 4:30 pm in Pendleton West 212, David Seidenberg, rabbi, professor and environmental activist, will offer a lecture, “Ecology, Feminism and the Kabballah.” A reception will follow in Pendleton Atrium.
• Venus on the Sofa: Historian Looks at Femininity in Early America
  November 5, 2003 -- On Thursday, Nov. 13, at 4:15 pm in Pendleton West 212, historian Caroline Winterer will present a lecture, “Venus on the Sofa: Classicism and Femininity in Early America.”
• Author Looks at Power of Love to Conquer Hate
  November 5, 2003 -- Nonfiction writer Sandra E. Johnson, author of Standing on Holy Ground: A Triumph Over Hate Crime in the Deep South, will read from her work on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 4:30 pm in the Library Lecture Room.
• Who’s the Top Bard? Professors Debate Shakespeare vs.Chaucer
  November 5, 2003 -- Trying to settle the question, “Shakespeare vs. Chaucer: Who is More Important?”, two Wellesley English professors, Kathryn Lynch and Yu Jin Ko, will hold a “Battle of the Bards” Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 4:15 pm in Founders 120. A reception will follow the debate, which is sponsored by the English Department and the Chaucer Society. Lynch will defend Chaucer as the more important literary figure. “Chaucer has long and widely been known as ‘The Father of English Poetry.’ Chaucer’s poetry was a major influence on Shakespeare’s oeuvre, which can thus be seen as somewhat derivative,” she said.
• Korean Ambassador Sung-Joo Han To Speak at Wellesley College Nov. 13
  November 3, 2003 -- On Thursday, Nov. 13, Sung-Joo Han, ambassador to the United States from the Republic of Korea, will present a lecture, “Coping with the North Korean Challenge,” at 4:30 pm in Collins Cinema at Wellesley College. Katharine Moon, Wellesley College professor of political science, notes the lecture comes at a crucial time in U.S.-Korean relations.
• Enjoy A Wealth of Learning at Wellesley College Tanner Conference Nov. 4
  October 31, 2003 -- Wellesley College will hold its third annual Tanner Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 8:30 am to 4:45 pm.
• Greek Gods and Goddesses Still Have Power To Teach Mere Humans
  October 28, 2003 -- On Friday, Oct. 31, Professor Mary R. Lefkowitz will present a Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "What We Can Learn from Myths," at 4:30 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel at Wellesley College. The lecture is free and open to the public.
• Wellesley College Presents Lecture, 'War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival'
  October 23, 2003 -- What's it like to be a nurse or doctor working under wartime conditions? On Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 12:30-2 pm in Pendleton East 239 at Wellesley College, physician and writer Sheri Fink will talk about her experiences in a lecture, "War Hospital: Surgery and Survival in Srebrenica."
• Wellesley Professor Asks: Will the Internet Change the Democratic Process?
  October 15, 2003 -- The Internet has changed the way we communicate from e-mails to personal Web sites to blogging to message boards and beyond. So it's natural that political campaigns, which rely on communication to succeed, have moved into cyberspace. But are politicians making good use of this relatively new medium to get across their best message?
• Panel To Discuss 'The Case for Reparations' at Wellesley College Oct. 22
  October 8, 2003 -- College's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee will present a panel discussion, "The Case for Reparations," on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 4:30 pm in Collins Cinema.
• Wellesley Professor Writes about the Wealth of Diversity in Sacred Song in America
  October 7, 2003 -- Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music and Public Culture (University of Illinois, 2003) is an exploration of the role of ritual music in American society. Author Stephen A. Marini, the Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies at Wellesley College, looks at sacred songs throughout American history, from Native Americans and Chicanos of the Southwest to the modern developments of New Age and Neo-Pagan music. Sacred Song encompasses an amazing mix of musical diversity, from the Black Church and the Sacred Harp singing in the rural South to Jewish klezmer music, sacred art music and gospel music.
• Celebrate National Chemistry Week with Magical Fun at Wellesley College
  October 1, 2003 -- Wellesley College will celebrate National Chemistry Week with renowned scientist Bassam Shakhashiri for an afternoon of hands-on experiments designed to dazzle the eyes and open the minds of children and adults to the wonders of science.
• Wellesley College Receives Grant for Collaborative Librarian Recruitment Effort
  October 1, 2003 -- The Wellesley College Library will collaborate with the libraries of several other institutions on a major project to address librarian recruiting and diversity issues at the undergraduate level. According to a recent study, an estimated 60 percent of current librarians will reach retirement age by 2020, resulting in a serious shortage of librarians to staff libraries of all types.
• Wellesley College To Host Free Tonda Puppet Performance and Workshop
  September 29, 2003 -- The Tonda Puppet Theater of Japan, under the direction of Hidehiko Tonda, seventh generation head puppeteer of the Tonda Puppet Theater, will perform at Wellesley College Thursday, Oct. 16 from 7-9 pm in Jewett Auditorium. The troupe will also offer a workshop that day from 10 am to noon in Alumnae Hall Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public. Those interested in the workshop should sign up ahead of time by calling 781-283-3226.
• The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Movie Extra
  September 23, 2003 -- Wellesley College alumna Cara West now works for the Jan Judy for Congress Campaign in her home state of Arkansas. During her senior year, she served as an "extra" movie actress for the film Mona Lisa Smile, a fictional story set at Wellesley College in 1953-54. Among her other classes last year, she completed an independent writing study with Writing Program Professor Alexander Johnson.
• Wellesley History Professor Writes About a Southern Lady, Yankee Spy
  September 19, 2003 -- If you have never heard of Elizabeth Van Lew, another Elizabeth--Varon, that is, professor of history at Wellesley College--wants to change all that. Varon has written a book about Van Lew, who has been called one of the most remarkable figures in American history. Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy (Oxford University Press, October 2003) is the story of a woman who defied the conventions of the 19-century South. Varon provides a gripping, richly researched account of Van Lew, who led what one historian called "the most productive espionage operation of the Civil War.
• Alumna Marret Arfsten '03 Named State Winner of NCAA Woman of the Year
  September 18, 2003 -- Former Wellesley field hockey All-America Marret Arfsten '03 has been selected as the state winner from Massachusetts for the 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The prestigious award honors outstanding female student-athletes who have excelled in academics, athletics and community leadership, and have completed their athletic eligibility. Arfsten, who is now pursuing a Master's degree at Oxford University, was selected from 340 student-athlete nominations across NCAA Division I, II and III member schools.
• Wellesley’s Joan O’Hara Selected To Participate in USOC Conference
  September 18, 2003 -- Joan O’Hara, the head coach of Wellesley’s varsity crew team, has been selected as one of 40 collegiate coaches to participate in the United States Olympic Committee’s 2nd "Women in Coaching" Conference. The weekend long conference will be held at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 2-5.
• National Experts To Dissect War in Iraq at Wellesley College Oct. 2
  September 10, 2003 -- Six months after the liberation of Baghdad on April 9, America is still facing instability in Iraq, and a debate is raging in the country: Has American policy succeeded in ridding the world of a tyrant, bolstering human rights in Iraq and making America more secure? Or has the Iraq war become a fiasco -- a prolonged occupation in a hostile country, leading to regional instability and greater threats to America? Wellesley College has invited four leading experts to explore these questions on the half-year anniversary of the entry of American soldiers into the Iraqi capital.
• Celebrated Poet Adrienne Rich Will Give Poetry Reading
  at Wellesley College Sept. 22
  September 4, 2003 -- Adrienne Rich, one of America’s most celebrated poets, will read from her work Monday, Sept. 22, at Wellesley College. The reading, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 4:30 pm in Jewett Auditorium.
• Seasoned advice about dorm life you won't find in college brochures
  August 25, 2003 -- After 12 long years of academic struggle, you've finally been admitted to the college of your choice. You framed your letter of acceptance and hung it proudly on the living room wall. You've spent hours checking and double checking the packing list you received in the mail, making sure you have every item they recommended you bring. But just because you have everything they think you need, does that really mean you're prepared for dorm living?
• Wellesley College Ranks 4th Among National Liberal-Arts Colleges in U.S. News & World Report
  August 25, 2003 -- For the sixth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Wellesley College fourth among national liberal-arts colleges. For the past dozen years, Wellesley has placed among the top five colleges in the annual listing.
• Wellesley Professor Asks: What Do Your Snapshots Say About Your Family?
  August 20, 2003 -- When you point your camera to capture a holiday weekend, will you ask family and friends to smile and say "cheese"? If you do, you may miss an opportunity to record your family history in a more meaningful way, according to Wellesley College art professor and photographer Judith Black, who specializes in family portraits with an edge.
• Alumna Named New Director of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  August 11, 2003 -- Story C. Landis, Ph.D. '67 has been named director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Dr. Landis, who is currently the scientific director of the NINDS intramural program, will begin her appointment on September 1, 2003.
• Learning to Let Go When A Child Leaves for College
  August 4, 2003 -- When millions of teenagers leave home for college this fall, will it be harder for them -- or for the anxious parents they leave behind?
• Jean Baker Miller to be Honored by National Library of Medicine Exhibit Celebrating Women in Medicine
  July 28, 2003 -- Jean Baker Miller, MD, director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College's Stone Center, will be honored as part of an exhibit at the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) this fall. Entitled "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians," the exhibit will celebrate the contributions to and achievements of women in medicine and public health since 1850.
• Register to Audit Fall Courses at Wellesley College Aug. 19-20
  July 16, 2003 -- The opportunity to audit courses at Wellesley College is offered to its alumnae and employees, and to residents of the town and of nearby communities. If you would like to register to audit a course, the registration procedures, fees and regulations governing auditors are explained below.
• Wellesley College Names New Dean of Students
  July 8, 2003 -- Wellesley College has announced the appointment of Kimberly Goff-Crews as Dean of Students. A student life professional with a broad range of higher education experience, Ms. Goff-Crews was selected following a comprehensive national search.
• Wellesley Professor Writes about the Wealth of Diversity in Sacred Song in America
  October 7, 2003 -- Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music and Public Culture (University of Illinois, 2003) is an exploration of the role of ritual music in American society. Author Stephen A. Marini, the Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies at Wellesley College, looks at sacred songs throughout American history, from Native Americans and Chicanos of the Southwest to the modern developments of New Age and Neo-Pagan music. Sacred Song encompasses an amazing mix of musical diversity, from the Black Church and the Sacred Harp singing in the rural South to Jewish klezmer music, sacred art music and gospel music.
• Celebrate National Chemistry Week with Magical Fun at Wellesley College
  October 1, 2003 -- Wellesley College will celebrate National Chemistry Week with renowned scientist Bassam Shakhashiri for an afternoon of hands-on experiments designed to dazzle the eyes and open the minds of children and adults to the wonders of science.
• Wellesley College Receives Grant for Collaborative Librarian Recruitment Effort
  October 1, 2003 -- The Wellesley College Library will collaborate with the libraries of several other institutions on a major project to address librarian recruiting and diversity issues at the undergraduate level. According to a recent study, an estimated 60 percent of current librarians will reach retirement age by 2020, resulting in a serious shortage of librarians to staff libraries of all types.
• Wellesley College To Host Free Tonda Puppet Performance and Workshop
  September 29, 2003 -- The Tonda Puppet Theater of Japan, under the direction of Hidehiko Tonda, seventh generation head puppeteer of the Tonda Puppet Theater, will perform at Wellesley College Thursday, Oct. 16 from 7-9 pm in Jewett Auditorium. The troupe will also offer a workshop that day from 10 am to noon in Alumnae Hall Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public. Those interested in the workshop should sign up ahead of time by calling 781-283-3226.
• The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Movie Extra
  September 23, 2003 -- Wellesley College alumna Cara West now works for the Jan Judy for Congress Campaign in her home state of Arkansas. During her senior year, she served as an "extra" movie actress for the film Mona Lisa Smile, a fictional story set at Wellesley College in 1953-54. Among her other classes last year, she completed an independent writing study with Writing Program Professor Alexander Johnson
• Wellesley History Professor Writes About a Southern Lady, Yankee Spy
  September 19, 2003 -- If you have never heard of Elizabeth Van Lew, another Elizabeth--Varon, that is, professor of history at Wellesley College--wants to change all that. Varon has written a book about Van Lew, who has been called one of the most remarkable figures in American history. Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy (Oxford University Press, October 2003) is the story of a woman who defied the conventions of the 19-century South. Varon provides a gripping, richly researched account of Van Lew, who led what one historian called "the most productive espionage operation of the Civil War.
• Alumna Marret Arfsten '03 Named State Winner of NCAA Woman of the Year
  September 18, 2003 -- Former Wellesley field hockey All-America Marret Arfsten '03 has been selected as the state winner from Massachusetts for the 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The prestigious award honors outstanding female student-athletes who have excelled in academics, athletics and community leadership, and have completed their athletic eligibility. Arfsten, who is now pursuing a Master's degree at Oxford University, was selected from 340 student-athlete nominations across NCAA Division I, II and III member schools.
• Wellesley’s Joan O’Hara Selected To Participate in USOC Conference
  September 18, 2003 -- Joan O’Hara, the head coach of Wellesley’s varsity crew team, has been selected as one of 40 collegiate coaches to participate in the United States Olympic Committee’s 2nd "Women in Coaching" Conference. The weekend long conference will be held at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 2-5.
• National Experts To Dissect War in Iraq at Wellesley College Oct. 2
  September 10, 2003 -- Six months after the liberation of Baghdad on April 9, America is still facing instability