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In a story about a recently discovered secret passageway likely from the Underground Railroad, Smithsonian refers to a New York Times interview with Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson.

As fertility rates plummet in much of the world, Wellesley experts explain why it’s happening and what might be done to address it, and alums tell their own stories about their winding paths to becoming parents—or not.

“Because I grew up in Dhaka, in Bangladesh, right in the middle of the smoggy, light-polluted city, I do not remember seeing any star,” says Lamiya Mowla ’13, assistant professor of astronomy. That changed when she arrived at Wellesley.

Three alumnae—specializing in modern, American, and Asian art—are part of transformative curatorial initiatives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Though the sticker price for higher education is rising, more universities say they’ll cover the costs for some students. Economist Phillip Levine says these policies have become more common.

On the Philosophy in Public Life podcast, Erich Hatala Matthes, philosophy professor, explores which of our possessions and commitments deserve our attention and how we should protect them.

Stacie Goddard, political science professor, says Trump takes a neo-royalist approach to foreign affairs, shifting policies at whim and using his enormous power as leverage.