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  • Two students stand by a newly planted tree and have their picture taken with a cell phone

    A Digital Map Celebrates a Wellesley Tradition: Class Trees

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    • Student experience
    Published:  October 21, 2019

    Kristine Meader ’21 created an interactive map of Wellesley’s class trees.

  • A large full moon with a tiny astronaut holding an American flag floats above the observatory.

    Wellesley Physicist Researches the Moon Using Instrument Left by Apollo 11

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    • Research and innovation
    Published:  July 19, 2019

    Reflectors left on the moon 50 years ago by the Apollo 11 astronauts still yield significant data for scientists like Wellesley professor James Battat and his team of student researchers.

  • Students pull invasive plants out of the ground and put them in piles for later use.

    Wellesley Students Learn to Make Paper the Hard Way—from Plants

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    • In the classroom
    Published:  July 15, 2019
  • Child dressed in a lion costume and lion face paint laughs

    Why Do Kids Pretend to Be Animals? Wellesley Professor Explains

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    Published:  June 26, 2019
  • A wheat field in India

    Nutrition Shock: How an Abundance of Food Can Lead to an Increase in Chronic Disease

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    Published:  April 18, 2019

    Wellesley professor Gauri Kartini Shastry studies India’s Green Revolution to find a connection between a dramatic increase in the production of food grains and growth in chronic diseases—an unintended impact.

  • A woman holds an iPad with old photos of women.

    Wellesley Women Were Pioneers in Code Breaking and Code Making

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    • Wellesley in the world
    Published:  March 22, 2019

    Wellesley women contributed to code breaking during World War II and to breakthroughs in early computer science.

  • Enigma decoding machine in use, 1943.

    Clandestine Classes, Classified Homework, and Oaths of Secrecy: Wellesley’s WWII Code Breakers

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    Published:  November 12, 2018

    In recognition of Veterans Day on November 11, the Daily Shot honors Wellesley’s unsung heroines of World War II, students recruited to help crack enemy codes.

  • Professor Takis Metakas delivers a lecture at the front of a classroom.

    Study Examines How College Students Get Their News in the Digital Age

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    • Research and innovation
    Published:  October 17, 2018

    Students believe news is valuable to society and democracy, but they find the volume overwhelming, confusing, and difficult to navigate, according to a new study co-authored by Wellesley professor P. Takis Metaxas.

  • Manager Lori Davidson and baker Jesus Reyes prepare cupcakes for the oven

    Claflin Bakery Satisfies Wellesley’s Sweet Tooth

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    Published:  July 12, 2018

    With cupcakes and cookies, bread and muffins, Claflin Bakery satisfies Wellesley’s sweet tooth.

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