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Wellesley’s new Narrative Lab creates space for exploration and collaboration in the humanities

Wellesley’s Book Arts Lab celebrates 80 years.

For 50 years, researchers at what is now the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) have conducted groundbreaking interdisciplinary studies on social issues such as the effects of placing children in child care, gender equity in education, and the role of social media in adolescents’ lives. From the beginning, its mission has been to deploy rigorous academic research to address real-world problems.

Liza Oliver and Julie Walsh received funding for their course through the College’s Apgar Award.

Professor Alison Hickey hopes her class inspires students to “think about their own relation to nature.”

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels, who scored writer and director Jordan Peele’s three horror films—“Get Out,” “Us,” and “Nope”—recently spent time in residence at the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities.