Daily Shot Gallery

Beth DeSombre, Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesley, discusses the environmental repercussions of the rise in online shopping, why consumers make choices that harm the environment, and what a green shipping industry might look like.

Kate Upatham, director of nondiscrimination initiatives and Title IX coordinator/504 coordinator, joins Wellesley after eight years at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Now, she is looking forward to making long-term impacts on civil rights and Title IX issues here at the College.

People attend a demonstration for National Day of Mourning along the water in Plymouth, MA.

Kisha James ’21 joined Boston’s NPR affiliate to discuss the 50th National Day of Mourning, the myths of Thanksgiving, and why this day is so meaningful to Native Americans, particularly in New England.

Five student pose in front of a door in the Provosts Office

This year’s Daniels ’59 Fellowship projects include a study of the healing effects of jazz music and a play about a Houston family trapped in their home during a hurricane.

Students walk to a bus outside the chapel, bound for Boston.

And they’re off! Students scatter across the country (and around the world!) for Thanksgiving break.

A woman creates a ball of "impossible burger."

Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Wellesley professors Jaclyn and Erich Hatala Matthes talk about the rise of plant-based meat, its environmental impact, and the role of moral thinking in what we decide to eat.

A student (Georgia Oppenheimer) looking in a microscope to analyze sample.

LISTEN: Georgia Oppenheim ’20 followed her interest in anthropology to a dig site in Kenya, where she ran her own research project alongside anthropologists from across the globe. Now, she’s planning to pursue graduate study and a career with help from the connections she’s made.

Two students sit in the new science center looking at a wall-sized, colorful periodic table.

Chris Arumainayagam, professor of chemistry at Wellesley, describes the origins and history of the periodic table on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.

The botanic gardens director works with students in global flora. They are holding notebooks.

Take a glimpse inside Wellesley’s new award-winning Global Flora Conservatory, where recently acquired plants thrive alongside historical trees in both wet and dry biomes.

Four students present in front of a panel at a cybersecurity competition.

A team of four Wellesley students finished second in the Atlantic Council’s annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, a competition that gives students across academic disciplines a deeper understanding of the policy challenges associated with cyberrelated crisis and conflict.

The Samuel and Hilda Levitt Fellowships support the thesis work of nine Wellesley honors students who are committed to service.

American studies professor and reggaetón expert Petra Rivera-Rideau talks about the significance of reggaetón, one of the highest-grossing genres in Latin music, and why it was slighted at this year’s Latin Grammys.

Two people sit together at a table and have a conversation.

LISTEN: Ahead of the Freedom Project event “Listening Is an Act of Love: Lessons from StoryCorps,” Robin Sparkman ’91 talks with co-editor-in-chief of “The Wellesley News” Erin Kelly ’20 about her time at Wellesley, her career, and the importance of listening intentionally.

Professors join actress Yalitza Aparicio on stage at Wellesley College for an event.

Yalitza Aparicio, nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in the 2018 film “Roma,” sat down with two Wellesley professors for a Newhouse Center discussion.

People outside of the Supreme Court protest the Trumps administration's decision to rescind DACA. They hold signs and chant.

Sonya Sanchez ’01 has been a leader in the legal challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to rescind DACA through her work on a brief filed by the Regents of the University of California.

A student talks to a professor in an office space.

Ashley Anderson DS ’21, who served as a nuclear electronics technician on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, writes nonfiction that explores her childhood and her time in the Navy.

First Gen students, faculty and staff wave from below.

LISTEN: On National First-Generation Celebration Day, Shanté Brown, dean of first-year students, and Andy Mowbray, lecturer in art, discuss their experiences as first-generation college students, the importance of the first-gen community at Wellesley, and the successes of Wellesley first-gen students, faculty, and staff.

The cast of Sesame Street celebrates on a street corner.

Recent research from Wellesley economics professor Phillip Levine and a colleague at the University of Maryland shows that kids who watch “Sesame Street” do better in school and in the job market.

A professor stands in front of public art that reads "we are the root and the seed."

Wellesley professor Cord Whitaker took his new book, Black Metaphors: How Modern Racism Emerged from Medieval Race-Thinking, home to his South Philadelphia neighborhood, where he sees many of the book’s themes, challenges, and potential for change in action.

An older woman and young child look directly into the camera. They wear bright traditional kurdish clothing.

Nazan Bedirhanoglu, a Freedom Project postdoctoral fellow in the political science department at Wellesley, offers insight into Kurdish politics and culture, and the Kurdish diaspora in the United States and Europe.

Students and a professor sit in the new science center

Under the guidance of Mala Radhakrishnan, associate professor of chemistry, students in Wellesley’s Summer Research Program developed computational models of biochemical interactions.

A view of lake waban and fall foliage from Galen Stone Tower

This peak fall view of Lake Waban from Galen Stone Tower is all we need as we head into the end of daylight saving time.

Students dressed in costumes play the carillon.

Halloween decorations, costumes, and tunes made up the Guild of Carillonneurs latest open tower.