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Karen Plaut, Purdue’s executive vice president for research, led a public discussion with President Paula Johnson. This event, Beyond X and Y: Gender Biology and Women’s Health," was part of the Leading the Way interview series run by the Purdue Women’s Global Health.

A new book by Amy Yee (Wellesley '96) follows individuals who have fled Tibet, which has been controlled by China since 1951.

Jay Turner, professor of environmental studies, is mentioned in this commentary by California State Representative Devon Mathis of Tulare, Calif. "As Dr. Jay Turner from Wellesley College articulates in The New York Times, the dominance of China over the global supply of minerals needed presents a geopolitical problem. China announced establishing export controls for these vital minerals, putting the vulnerability of the United States and California’s clean energy ambitions in jeopardy of delays and additional costs."

"We are close to the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, and peace and tranquillity are nowhere in sight," writes Africana studies professor Selwyn Cudjoe in his article about the Isreal-Hamas war. 

Paul Fisher, professor of American studies, was interviewed on PBS News Hour about the new Boston exhibit on the painter John Singer Sargent.  

An accomplished cardiologist and the first Black woman president of Wellesley College, Dr. Paula Johnson’s life’s work is improving quality of care for women and women of color around the world.