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Seven students and alums from Wellesley were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2024-25

The Fulbright Program, the U.S. State Department’s top exchange program, has supported 400,000+ participants since 1946. Wellesley College was a top producer of Fulbright U.S. scholars in 2024-25.

Angela Johnson ’91, board chair of Old North Illuminated, first saw Old North Church in 9th grade. The church and the Commonwealth made an impression, inspiring her to attend college in Massachusetts.

Professor Elena Creef spoke on GBH’s Under the Radar about actress Michelle Yeoh: “It’s taken Hollywood this long to finally give her attention and give her the love that she deserves.”

“There’s massive problems in higher ed… we focus on all the wrong ones,” said economist Phillip Levine. “We can’t stand the fact that the sticker price is so high despite the fact that nobody pays it.”

The Embark! career retreat offers first-year students workshops, conversations with alumnae, and more

In her short time at the EPA, Nyla McCranie ’22 helped a central Ohio woman who complained that someone was burning lithium batteries near her rural home, creating an air pollution hazard.

Poughkeepsie School District has named a building in honor of Poughkeepsie native Jane Bolin, who graduated from Wellesley in 1928 and was the first African American woman to earn a degree from Yale Law School.