Wellesley In the News

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.

Layli Maparyan, executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and professor of Africana Studies, discusses how dolls influence children's understanding of race.

Phillip Levine, professor of economics, told The Christian Science Monitor how doubling the Pell Grant would help low-income students afford college.

Jaclyn Hatala Matthes, assistant professor of biological sciences, was named a Fellow with the Ecological Society of America for her contributions to the understanding of how feedbacks between climate change, land-use change, and ecosystem processes influence carbon cycling across a variety of systems, and her exceptional mentorship and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Genevieve Clutario, Assistant Professor of American Studies, reckons with the history of Asian-American women in the US following the mass shootings in Atlanta on March 16.

Community members gather for a vigil to mourn and confront the rising violence against Asian Americans at the 10th Street Plaza

Assistant Professor of Political Science Maneesh Arora researched how Asian-American women legislators have used social media to condemn racism.

Roberta Schotka, director of programs at the Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center, described the PLTC's transition to remote tutoring.

Associate Professor of Psychology Angela Bahns explains that structural factors like segregated neighborhoods and schools contribute to homogoneous friend groups.

a child holding a doll, each wearing a surgical mask

Fortune explains Professor of Economics Phillip Levine's Brookings report that expects 300,000 fewer births in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Professor of Psychology Julie Norem has researched the benefits of defensive pessimism, but she explains that it's not a one-size-fits-all approach.