Daily Shot Gallery

After more than a 20-year hiatus, Winter Carnival returned to Wellesley. Students gathered at Davis Plaza on February 8 for an evening of ice skating, hot cocoa, a Wellesley-themed ice sculpture, and a cappella song.

Handwritten Valentine’s Day notes connect Wellesley alumnae from across the generations.

officials at a session at the economic forum in Davos.

In the wake of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Wellesley’s Quinn Slobodian weighs in on global economics, globalization, and the impact of climate change on economic growth.

A group of nine students sit and their scholarship donor sit on steps

Recipients of the Samuel and Hilda Levitt Fellowships, awarded for the first time in spring 2018, represent the breadth of Wellesley’s academic disciplines and a commitment to service.

A group of student athletes lead a clinic with young girls.

Wellesley welcomed more than 60 local athletes to campus for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The girls practiced skills with Wellesley student-athletes at a youth sports clinic and cheered on the Blue basketball team.

Ally Svenson ’89 (center), co-founder and chief purpose officer of the fast-casual pizza chain MOD Pizza, speaks to the Daily Shot about leadership through service.

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in meet for the first time.

Katharine H.S. Moon, professor of political science, will deliver the 2019 Distinguished Faculty Lecture at Wellesley College, on “Friending Your Enemy: Dialogue with North Korea, Engaging the Other.”

Students plan for the opening of Harambee house

Wellesley’s Black History Month activities and programs will focus on the black diaspora.

Jane Mayer, who is similar to Carolyn A. Wilson, is this year's Wilson Lecturer

Wellesley class of 1910 alumna Carolyn Wilson—a groundbreaking journalist and war correspondent—endowed the Wilson Lecture to give students a chance to hear directly from influential public figures. On March 19, the “New Yorker’s” Jane Mayer—a groundbreaking journalist and war correspondent—will deliver this year’s lecture.

A group of young women take a tour of the science center construction project

A group of young women from Jeremiah E. Burke High School visited Wellesley’s Science Center project and learned about careers in the construction field.

Two students and their mentor work through a science lab project.

A group of first-year students spent part of Wintersession learning what it means to be a research scientist.

Thirty-five students spent Wintersession on Alternative Break trips working with nonprofit organizations in the Northeast.

A ribbon cutting ceremony at the Butler Boathouse

Thanks to a generous gift from Alice Lehmann Butler ’53 and her husband, John Butler (pictured at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Butler Boathouse in 2015), Wellesley will begin construction this summer on a new turf field and lights.

Faculty members participate in an activity during a retreat.

Wellesley faculty members participated in team-building exercises during a five-day retreat to promote inclusive excellence in the classroom.

Rosanna Hertz works with two students in a classroom

Children of the same donor and their parents are redefining kinship, expanding the concept of family, says Wellesley’s Rosanna Hertz (center).

Madeleine Albright, Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein speak to a crowd.

This year’s Albright Institute Wintersession event brought some of the world’s most influential leaders to Wellesley, including Judy Woodruff, John Podesta, Samantha Power, Cass Sunstein, and Madeleine Korbel Albright ’59 herself, to address current issues facing our democracy.

For one group of sophomores, their career journey begins with the Luminare Retreat over winter break.

Wellesley professor Olga Shurchkov recently spoke to CNBC about new research from two European universities that looked at whether wearing glasses could help candidates win an election.

On January 21, President Paula A. Johnson joined leaders from across Massachusetts at the 2019 MLK Memorial Breakfast. In her address to more than 1,000 business, civic, community, and religious leaders, President Johnson spoke about carrying King’s vision forward for future generations.

In Boston at the nation’s longest-running breakfast honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Wellesley President Paula A. Johnson will address an audience of roughly 1,000 including business, civic, community, and religious leaders who pledge to carry on King’s work.

A professor and two alumnae stand with a horse

Wellesley professor Elena Creef’s (center) interest in the Lakota Sioux has inspired her to develop new courses and take her students to visit North and South Dakota during spring break.

Three women stand around a table before cooking

Two years after its launch, WellesleyX Italian courses have reached over 125,000 students in nearly 200 countries, offering unprecedented access to high-quality language classes, and positioning Wellesley as an innovator among higher ed institutions in online language instruction.

Two books appear on a map of the world. They read: When right makes might and twilight of the titans.

In their new books, Wellesley College political science professors Stacie Goddard and Paul MacDonald investigate rising powers and world order, great power transitions globally, and the impact on international relations and current events.

Three people look at a blue poster depicting the Virgin Mary

A midcentury Air France advertising poster depicting the legendary Lourdes apparitions is moving from the French House to the Davis Museum.