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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.

“It’s OK to work for a dream, and it’s OK to cry and lament when that dream is deferred. But we never stop working toward a goal of justice and liberation,” writes Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson about talking to her kids about the election.

The 2024 recipients of the Alumnae Achievement Award are Claire Parkinson ’70, climate change scientist and social justice advocate; Joanne Berger-Sweeney ’79, college president and professor of neuroscience; and Amy Weaver ’89, business leader and...