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Paul Fisher, professor of American studies, was interviewed on PBS News Hour about the new Boston exhibit on the painter John Singer Sargent.  

An accomplished cardiologist and the first Black woman president of Wellesley College, Dr. Paula Johnson’s life’s work is improving quality of care for women and women of color around the world.

"Daddy Yankee es y seguirá siendo un ícono de la música y la cultura latina, un artista que ha dejado una marca en la historia de la música y que continuará inspirando a las generaciones futuras." (Petra Rivera-Rideau, professor of American studies, was featured in Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia in an article that covers the importance of reggaetón artist Daddy Yankee's career over the past 20 years. It is in honor of his retirement concerts he will play in the next few weeks there. In the print edition, it was part of an entire insert about him and his legacy.)

"In the United States, [Spanish and Portuguese people] are not racialized as Latinos in the same way as people from Latin America," says Petra Rivera-Rideau, professor of American studies. "Latin music as a category that's just language-based — so you don't have to think about race, you don't have to think about national origin, you don't have to think about any of those tricky things that can provoke a lot of contention and just celebrate Spanish — is very convenient."  

"The Incredible Women Making Strides in Science" is an upcoming series highlighting the women changing the fields of astronomy, medicine, physics, psychology, healthcare, and science communication. The series will profile 10 leaders, including President Paula Johnson.

When gathering to share a meal with loved ones, food is rarely the most important part of the ritual. “It can be a space or time to slow down and listen to one another, to connect, to share about your day or about what's going on in your life,” says Anne Brubaker, a senior lecturer in the writing program who teaches a course about food and culture. “It really is like a kind of social glue. Whether it's family, friends, or people that you know less well, having a meal together is an important way that we connect.”  

Being the president of anything takes vision, ambition, and leadership. Being the president of a leading academic institution takes courage (and a whole lot of smarts). Leading Wellesley College for almost 20 years while it ushered in the new millennium took President Emerita Dr. Diana Chapman Walsh. 

"Climate action can no longer be about phasing out fossil fuels alone. It must also be about phasing in a new set of extractive industries needed to enable a clean-energy transition," writes environmental studies professor James Turner in his opinon article on the global energy transition. 

They run biotech and health care companies, universities and colleges, financial institutions, law firms, transportation and construction powerhouses, and more — they’re the women power players of the Bay State. Featured on this list is Wellesley College President Paula A. Johnson.