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Wellesley grads lead in fields where women are underrepresented

Wilkerson, whose boundary-breaking nonfiction has earned her both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, will deliver the address at the College’s 147th commencement ceremony on May 16

Seven students and alums from Wellesley were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2024-25

“Maria,” a new Netflix movie starring Angelina Jolie as opera superstar Maria Callas, is generating large viewership as well as awards buzz. As a psychologist, lifelong opera fan, and biographer of Callas, Wellesley professor Paul Wink says Maria is visually spectacular and raises important issues related to gender and aging.

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The extraordinary images give us an unprecedented picture of what our own galaxy might have looked like when it was being born.

Wellesley College professor Rebecca Selden examines how various fishing communities can change their fishing habits in order to adapt to climate change.