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Ismar Volić and Andy Schultz, math professors at Wellesley, and David McCune, a math professor at William Jewell College, say ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system.

The Globe reports some women’s colleges are thriving, and producing successful, generous alums. “[I]t becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,” says economist Phillip Levine. “Success begets success.”

In “How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins,” philosophy professor Helena de Bres explores the nature of self, free will, and what she describes as the “special freakishness” of twins.

Event offers opportunity for student engagement in business and leadership

Through Chipo Dendere’s “The Politics of Chocolates” class and the Wellesley Week of Chocolate, students learn about the world’s favorite treat

Kate Price, associate research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, says: “Jeffrey Epstein is not unique. This is absolutely a classic case [of child sex trafficking].”

Annual conference offers students opportunity to discuss experiences outside the classroom

Why would 15% of kids rather talk to a chatbot than a person? Bots don’t judge, says Linda Charmaraman, director of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing research lab: “They’re never mad at them or moody.”

Tamanika Ferguson, visiting research scholar in women’s and gender studies, says protecting incarcerated people’s access to physical mail/inside-led print publishing is a feminist public safety issue.