Opinion piece by economist Phillip Levine: “Increasing the college endowment tax would hurt New England. Such a move would weaken leading higher education institutions and damage the broader economy.”
Professor Adam van Arsdale reflects on researchers precisely dating Lapedo child, Neanderthal-Human hybrid, and how the process of replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens may have played out.
2025.03.08 Selwyn Cudjoe Trinidad and Tobago politics Trinidad Daily Express
Professor emeritus of Africana studies Selwyn Cudjoe reflects on the People's National Movement (PNM) in Trinidad and Tobago and their “obtuse rationalizations.”
2025.03.07 Amy Weaver ’89 to become CEO of Direct Relief Fortune
During her 12 years at Salesforce, Amy Weaver ’89 made the rare jump from chief legal officer to CFO of the $37 billion tech company. Now, she is making another leap—to become CEO of Direct Relief.
2025.03.07 Bunny Harvey’s paintings Art Scope Magazine
Art professor emerita Bunny Harvey’s paintings have a “level of intensity that invites the viewer to engage, connect and discover a unity with the natural world beyond the scope of spoken narrative.”
2025.03.05 Ivan Kurilla Russia saw US as a nation worth emulating The New York Times
Ivan Kurilla, U.S.-Russia relations scholar at Wellesley, said Russian/Soviet rulers long saw the U.S. as a nation worth emulating — whether in its economic prowess or its swagger on the world stage.
2025.03.01 Nina Tumarkin COVID death memorial The Boston Globe
More than 1 million Americans have died of COVID. Why is there no national day to remember them? History professor Nina Tumarkin says: “We’re bad at memorializing; we’re bad at death to begin with.”