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“Maria,” a new Netflix movie starring Angelina Jolie as opera superstar Maria Callas, is generating large viewership as well as awards buzz. As a psychologist, lifelong opera fan, and biographer of Callas, Wellesley professor Paul Wink says Maria is visually spectacular and raises important issues related to gender and aging.

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The extraordinary images give us an unprecedented picture of what our own galaxy might have looked like when it was being born.

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.

Students collaborate with political science professors to survey the opinions of 18- to 35-year-old voters.

Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau explores Zumba’s vision of Latinness in new book.

Wellesley College professor Rebecca Selden examines how various fishing communities can change their fishing habits in order to adapt to climate change.

A Wellesley College professor is among a team of researchers who’ve discovered a cosmic question mark that may yield answers about how stars are born in galaxies.

Wellesley College students and alums are once again among a select group of students receiving awards to support graduate study. Here are some of this year’s fellowship recipients.