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Mathematics professor Ismar Volić discusses how the GOP’s flawed election system enables disproportionate representation, unequal delegate allocation, and vote splitting.

Ann Zhao ‘24 shares how her own experience navigating romantic, platonic, and familial relationships influenced her debut novel, “Dear Wendy.”

Mathematics professors Ismar Volić and Andy Schultz discuss the role of mathematics in elections. Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted this event, and it was broadcast on C-SPAN.

The Boston Globe talks with Wellesley students and faculty about a course on “Bad Bunny: Race, Gender and Empire in Reggaeton.” It‘s more than a fan club!

Ismar Volić, professor of mathematics, discusses gerrymandering in the United States and voter-led efforts to redefine representative districts.

Professor emeritus Lawrence Rosenwald reviews James Marcus’s new biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson in the context of the wider canon of work about the great Transcendentalist.

“Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And” marks the first major career survey of the conceptual artist whose work challenges common understandings around gender, race, and class.

Macy Lipkin ’23 is a finalist in NPR’s 10 best college podcasts in America. The podcast follows a 2023 vote that is challenging oil exploration in the Amazon—and also threatening local people's jobs.

Mathematics professor Ismar Volic examines the flaws inherent in the Oscars’ voting system —and what that shows us about our political elections.