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    Poet Dan Chiasson calls writing the “most astonishing” of human technologies in the New York Review

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    English professor Dan Chiasson writes in the New York Review of Books about why he is against AI: “My love for human language leads me to strongly oppose all attempts by machines to impersonate it.”

  • A group of Harvard graduate students march on the picket line.

    Economist Phillip Levine speaks to the Boston Globe about Trump’s “ability to get people riled up”

    The Boston Globe
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    This summer, it’s Harvard vs. Harvard—still a point for Trump’s score card, economist Phillip Levine told the Boston Globe: “That’s what Trump thrives on: the ability to get people riled up.”

  • Illustration of Shirley Young

    Shirley Young ’55 helped broker GM’s most successful deal ever in China, decades ago

    MotorTrend
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    Chinese American businesswoman Shirley Young ’55 was an early breaker of glass ceilings. Decades ago, she brokered GM’s most successful deal ever in China.

  • An African-American woman wearing a pink jacket sits in a chair and claps.

    President Paula Johnson spoke at Harvard’s Radcliffe Day festivities

    Harvard Magazine
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    Wellesley’s 2026 commencement speaker Ruth J. Simmons received the 2026 Radcliffe Medal. President Paula Johnson gave a tribute to the pioneering educator during Harvard’s Radcliffe Day festivities.

  • Students walk across a lush, green college campus.

    Wellesley will now cover tuition for families earning less than $150,000 a year

    The Washington Post
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    Nearly 40 small colleges no longer pay endowment tax due to a 2025 law. Some are using the savings for financial aid, including Wellesley, which covers tuition for families earning less than $150,000.

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    Claire Fontijn’s article about composer Antonia Bembo was translated and published by The Conversation France

    The Conversation
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    Music professor Claire Fontijn’s article about composer Antonia Bembo, whose 1707 opera “Ercole Amante” will be staged at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, was translated and published by The Conversation France.

  • Anthony Crawford teaches a lesson on Othello at Millwood High School in Oklahoma City in April

    Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence Laura Pappano writes for Slate about former Oklahoma superintendent of schools Ryan Walters

    Slate
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    Laura Pappano, Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence, writes for Slate about former Oklahoma superintendent of schools Ryan Walters and the chaos he sowed for more than two years.

  • A group of older adults sit together at a table writing on pads of paper

    Writing professor Anne Brubaker makes the case for a more formalized approach to faculty writing support

    Times Higher Education
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    Why do institutions invest in peer writing support for students but not staff? Writing professor Anne Brubaker makes the case for a more formalized approach to faculty writing support.

  • Economist Phillip Levine holds up his phone which features his app, MyinTuition

    Economist Phillip Levine talks to GBH about his MyinTuition program

    WGBH
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    Economist Phillip Levine talks to GBH about how colleges and universities are working to communicate affordability. The College Board has just acquired his college cost estimator, MyinTuition.