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While studying the Gullah community, Catherine Sneed ’25 saved a life.

“She was known as a very charming, witty, mischievous woman,” says Lisa Graham, music professor and director of the choral program, of Katherine Kennicott Davis, "The Little Drummer Boy" composer.

American studies professor Michael Jeffries on 100 years of James Baldwin: “He was unapologetic in talking about not only love, but also about violence. He refused to sanitize the violence in this country.”

The multifaceted performer spoke at Wellesley about art, world-making, and community.

For young queer pop fans, this summer was a dream come true. As Kaleb Goldschmitt, ethnomusicologist and popular-music scholar, says: “Boy, I wish I had something like that when I was young.”

Americans agree politics is broken − surveys show Americans do not believe the political system is serving them. Wellesley College professor Ismar Volić, a mathematician of democracy, highlights evidence-based changes that could improve matters without tearing the nation apart.

At the Wagner Centers Faculty and Researchers Symposium, professors discussed their work on pressing global challenges.

Phil Levine, a professor of economics at Wellesley College, said that the decreases in Indiana state aid are likely to be especially felt by lower-income students, who saw no substantial increases to their Pell awards with the changes to FAFSA. Meanwhile, the increases to Pell for middle-income students will essentially be canceled out by the proposed cuts.

Katie Colaneri ’10 on audio storytelling and investigative journalism.