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    2025.08.25 Norem says certain phrases avoid discomfort Bolde

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    Psychology professor Julie Norem says people use the phrase "everything happens for a reason" to avoid uncomfortable conversations. A real friend would dive deeper into your feelings and experiences.

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    The Summer Science Research Program provides students the opportunity to work alongside faculty.

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    Liza Oliver, associate professor of art at Wellesley, and Julie Walsh, associate professor of philosophy, created a course to examine people’s relationships to animals as food

  • 2025.08.19 Helen MacCloskey pilot Smithsonian Magazine

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    Helen MacCloskey, class of 1929, was a Pittsburgh society girl who became a nationally ranked competitive pilot in the 1930s after taking flying lessons in secret, shocking her parents.

  • 2025.08.18 Kate Price WCW This Happened to Me The Guardian

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    “I was completely dehumanised by my father”: Wellesley Centers for Women associate research scientist Kate Price uncovered horrifying truths of her childhood while researching child sex trafficking.

  • 2025.08.15 PAJ 2025 Cato T. Laurencin Lifetime Research Award UConn Today

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    The 2025 Cato T. Laurencin Lifetime Research Award was bestowed upon Wellesley College president Dr. Paula A. Johnson at the opening ceremonies of the National Medical Association annual meeting.

  • 2025.08.13 Ellen Goldberg Luger '83 University of Minnesota regent Axios

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    Wellesley trustee emerita Ellen Goldberg Luger '83 is named University of Minnesota regent. The 12-member board controls operations and budget for the five-campus system.