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Economist Phil Levine developed his price calculator to help families understand the cost of a degree without deciphering complex aid formulas. Colleges are queuing up to use it.

“If you’re not from a high-income family, there’s not a lot to look forward to in terms of college costs going forward, given these policies,” says economist Phil Levine, who studies college pricing.

The LEED-certified center opened in March, providing a strong foundation for wellness at Wellesley

Professor Jennifer Chudy says “explicitly racialized politics” have become normalized: “I think the person in the White House has emboldened people who may have felt silently sympathetic in the past.”

WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends the books she’s looking forward to including a new book by Kate Price, associate research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women.

Wellesley’s new Narrative Lab creates space for exploration and collaboration in the humanities

Paula A. Johnson called on the new physicians and dentists to exercise “an important form of citizenship” by translating their scientific expertise… to uphold “Veritas” in an “atmosphere of mistrust.”

Professor Jennifer Chudy on the history of solidarity as a concept and call to action, from Roman law to Black Lives Matter, and a study into white Americans who feel sympathy with black Americans.