• Silhouette of a person standing outside a Harvard University building.

    Harvard’s faculty will vote on limiting the number of A grades for students, a policy Wellesley had in place until 2019

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    Grade deflation can disadvantage a college’s students, history professor Nikhil Rao told the Boston Globe, reflecting on Wellesley’s former policy limiting course averages to a B-plus.

  • Professor Chipo Dendere sits at the front of the room and gestures with her hands as she speaks to an audience.
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    A new book by a Wellesley College professor examines how political regimes are shaped by death, diversion, and departure of voters

  • Six people cut a red ribbon to official open Saxbys. They are flanked by two stands of red and blue balloons and confetti flies through the air.
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    Saxbys joins Wellesley’s long tradition of student-run campus eateries

  • Two Wellesley students run alongside Janice “Rbey” Thomas, the last person to finish running the 2026 Boston Marathon

    Wellesley students kept cheering on the last runners, long after the Boston Marathon ended

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    Wellesley students were photographed running alongside and cheering for Janice “Rbey” Thomas, the last person to finish the 2026 Boston Marathon.

  • A student stands on stairs and looks through a telescope. Other students stand around the observatory.
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    For 125 years, Whitin Observatory has given Wellesley students a view like no other

  • Photograph of Ise Shrine

    Professor Robert Goree discusses the Ise Jingu shrine in National Geographic

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    Associate Professor of Japanese Robert Goree is quoted in National Geographic about Ise Jingu, the Japanese shrine that’s dismantled and rebuilt every 20 years as part of a sacred ritual.

  • A group of seniors in their graduation gowns stand at the start line and hold up their hoops for a photo.

    The class of 2026 takes part in Hooprolling

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    Photographer Iris Zhan ’27 captures moments from Hooprolling, one of Wellesley’s oldest traditions.

  • Headshot of political science professor Stacie Goddard in front of pink and green flowers

    Professor Stacie Goddard talks with Deutsche Welle about the collapse of the rules-based world order

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    The war between the US, Israel, and Iran marks a deterioration in international relations. “We’re really at a low point in a rules-based order,” Stacie Goddard, political science professor, told DW.

  • Headshots of three women combined into a triptych.
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    The prestigious program supports students who plan to pursue careers in public service