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Astronomer Lamiya Mowla ’13 is the co-lead author of “Formation of a low-mass galaxy from star clusters in a 600-million-year-old Universe” published in Nature on December 11, which is also the birthday of astronomer and Wellesley alum Annie Jump Cannon, class of 1884.

Art professor Kimberly Cassibry writes that Celtic symbols, Greek battles, and Roman cityscapes may grab your attention, but the Arch at Orange is one of the most important monuments to survive from ancient Rome.

Grace Sun ’27 plays piano for seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. During the pandemic, she would play virtually for her isolated grandmother. Now, more than 100 musicians have joined the movement.

Research shows keeping work and home life separate increases stress and depletes energy. Holly May ’03, Petco’s chief HR officer, believes employees should “show up as who they are, authentically and vulnerably.”

Even if a withdrawal from relationships isn’t initially meant to be political, it can still become so, says Rosanna Hertz, sociologist and author of Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice. Many “single by chance” mothers as “reluctant revolutionaries.”

FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with professor emerita Katherine Moon about how South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol created the rhetoric of a national security crisis and has likely signalled his own downfall.

Political science and Asian studies professor emerita Katharine Moon weighs in on the South Korea’s parliament voting to overturn President Yoon Suk Yeol declaration of martial law.

“She was known as a very charming, witty, mischievous woman,” says Lisa Graham, music professor and director of the choral program, of Katherine Kennicott Davis, "The Little Drummer Boy" composer.

American studies professor Michael Jeffries on 100 years of James Baldwin: “He was unapologetic in talking about not only love, but also about violence. He refused to sanitize the violence in this country.”