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Chinese American businesswoman Shirley Young ’55 was an early breaker of glass ceilings. Decades ago, she helped broker GM’s most successful deal ever in China.

Wellesley’s 2026 commencement speaker Ruth J. Simmons received the 2026 Radcliffe Medal. President Paula Johnson gave a tribute to the pioneering educator during Harvard’s Radcliffe Day festivities.

Nearly 40 small colleges no longer pay endowment tax due to a 2025 law. Some are using the savings for financial aid, including Wellesley, which covers tuition for families earning less than $150,000.

Alumnae who have served as college presidents and Paula Johnson, president of Wellesley, discuss the value of the liberal arts

Music professor Claire Fontijn’s article about composer Antonia Bembo, whose 1707 opera “Ercole Amante” will be staged at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, was translated and published by The Conversation France.

Laura Pappano, Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence, writes for Slate about former Oklahoma superintendent of schools Ryan Walters and the chaos he sowed for more than two years.

Why do institutions invest in peer writing support for students but not staff? Writing professor Anne Brubaker makes the case for a more formalized approach to faculty writing support.

Economist Phillip Levine talks to GBH about how colleges and universities are working to communicate affordability. The College Board has just acquired his college cost estimator, MyinTuition.

Alums returned to campus to celebrate "Wellesley’s radical founding ideals and its legacy of impact.”