Wellesley in the News
As the leading women’s college, Wellesley’s faculty, students, and alumnae are featured in national and international media on a daily basis. Below is just a sampling of the extensive press coverage generated by Wellesley.
President Paula A. Johnson co-chaired a National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committee and a recent report on sexual harassment on women in STEM. “If we are losing talent in science, engineering and medicine, then that is something that is detrimental to our country and quite frankly to the world.”
“We really have to move beyond a mind-set of legal compliance and liability and think about the ways we can change the climate,” said President Paula A. Johnson as the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released a new report with recommendations for addressing sexual harassment on women in STEM field in academia.
A groundbreaking report, co-authored by President Paula A. Johnson, on sexual harassment on women in STEM from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine details persistent hostility female scientists often face and provides recommendations for academic institutions to change the culture and climate.
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released a sweeping report on the significant toll that sexual harassment takes on women in STEM fields. President Paula A. Johnson co-chaired the committee behind the report, which described findings of sexual harassment in university and college settings, and laid out ways to begin to address the issues.
The Boston Globe, for Valentine's Day, reported on Wellesley Psychology Professor, Angela Bahns' eye-movement study, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior
A New York Times report about the lives of North Korea's isolated athletes includes comments from Wellesley professor of political science, Katharine S. Moon, on how that country can afford a sports program.
Wellesley's Career-Education Office Director, Christine Cruzvergara, told The Atlantic that students tend to search a trusted network or speak with a faculty member before approaching someone in student affairs or the career office for professional guidance, in an article entitled, "Why Aren't College Students Using Career Services?"
The Washington Post reported that 31 colleges, including Yale, are now using MyinTuition, a college cost calculator developed by Wellesley Professor of Economics, Phillip Levine.
The Boston Globe reported that former Acting U.S. Attorney General, Sally Yates, encouraged Wellesley students to be their authentic selves; Yates spoke at Wintersession 2018, presented by Wellesley's Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs.
