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The Women’s Edge marks 25 years of celebrating the top 100 women-led businesses and nonprofits in Massachusetts. Wellesley College is 22nd on the list.

“[Families] are going to go to other places where it’s not so expensive to live,” said Wendy Robeson, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, “and that’s bad for everybody.”

The Seattle Storm’s next coach will be New York Liberty assistant coach Sonia Raman. She has extensive coaching experience, including six seasons as the lead assistant basketball coach at Wellesley.

Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, on Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl halftime show: “The fact that [he’s] a Spanish-speaking artist … is a political statement already.”

Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence Laura Pappano describes her experience at the Moms for Liberty summit, where parents were urged to turn their grievances into lawsuits.

Economist Phillip Levine said drawing more money from Harvard’s reserve funds is not a “sustainable path” for its financial future: “At some point, it could start to weaken the institution.”

Musician and computational neuroscientist Kimaya Lecamwasam ’21, a PhD student in MIT’s Media Lab, uses neuroscience, AI, and music to explore music’s impact on mental health and well-being.

Michael P. Jeffries, dean of academic affairs and professor of American studies, reviews “Three or More Is a Riot,” a new book on race and culture by Jelani Cobb, dean of Columbia Journalism School.

A new net cost estimator, developed by economist and college cost transparency advocate Phil Levine, uses just household income to predict how much a family will pay for a student to attend college.