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 press coverage generated by Wellesley.
Kisha James ’21 spoke at the 50th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass.
President Johnson spoke with WBUR's Carey Goldberg about the success of asymptomatic COVID testing on college campuses.
History professor Nikhil Rao explains how Art Deco architecture, designed to allow for ventilation in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic, became a middle-class Indian standard.
Computer science professor Catherine Delcourt compares how political polarization develops on traditional social media platforms versus on Nextdoor, a neighborhood-specific forum.
Ismar Volić, professor of mathematics and director of the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy, outlines the math of various election systems.
Economics professor Courtney Coile, an expert on the economics of aging, joined Marketplace to discuss how older workers have a hard time finding new jobs if they lose their old ones.
American Studies professor Michael Jeffries reviews The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, published October 20.
Economics professor Phillip Levine weighed in on why many women are choosing not to have kids during the pandemic.
