• 2025.05.20 Levine Swarthmore's wait-and-see budget The Chronicle of Higher Education

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    Economist Phillip Levine never heard of a college adopting a wait-and-see budgeting approach like Swarthmore’s. “It’s a creative solution… idiosyncratic of the times that we are currently living in.”

  • 2025.05.20 Levine 21% endowment tax The New York Times

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    The proposal threatens to cost Harvard about $850 million a year, Yale $690 million year, and Princeton $586 million a year, according to estimates by economics professor Phillip Levine.

  • An illustration depicts a woman seated at a computer looking out at a beautiful landscape.
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    Around the world, people are retiring later. How do you decide when it’s time? And what comes next? We talked to Wellesley experts to find out what they are thinking.

  • A collage of an open book with various images coming out of it: a Wellesley lamppost, a Black hand with a ballot, a baby with an arm oustretched, a strand of DNA
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    From how to fix democracy with math to what twins teach us about improving humanity, Wellesley professors are tackling timely topics in recent books.

  • Illustration of two Black students in a cozy dorm room, talking while sitting on beds with matching bedspreads
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    We explore the paths from first-year roommates to lifelong friends through the stories of alum roomies across the decades.

  • Juliet Homes ’25 takes the Oath of Office during her commissioning ceremony on Wellesley’s campus.
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    Juliet Homes ’25 is first Wellesley student commissioned into the United States Space Force

  • 2025.05.14 Paula Johnson among 60 college presidents share grad messages The Boston Globe

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    60 college presidents, including Paula Johnson, are sharing messages about civic discourse, democratic participation, and free expression to inspire grads to think critically and engage with empathy.

  • 2025.05.14 Levine calculates nine schools with highest taxation The Boston Globe

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    Economics professor Phillip Levine calculated that nine schools would hit the top tax rate, and Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, and MIT would each owe more than $410 million in taxes a year.