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    2025.07.01 Eric Hilt on Alexander Hamilton's policy Marketplace

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    “When Alexander Hamilton was Treasury Secretary, he proposed to assume the debts of the states in the Revolutionary War, and… expanded the debts of the federal government,” said professor Eric Hilt.

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    2025.07.01 Jay Tuner on US EV investment The Economic Times

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    Trump is killing American EV companies to benefit China. According to Jay Turner of Wellesley College, more than $200 billion in US EV investment is now at risk. And that could be just the beginning.

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    2025.07.01 Wellesley website redesign wins CASE Gold Award CASE

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    Wellesley’s website redesign wins a CASE Gold Award! “So many education institution websites today [are] nearly identical... Wellesley took their design a step further to stand out from the crowd.”

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    2025.06.30 Paula Johnson advice for graduates The Hechinger Report

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    President Paula Johnson told graduates: “We are in the midst of a degree of meddling that American colleges and universities have not seen since the McCarthy era in the late 1940s and 1950s.”

  • A map displaying the potential change in domestic jobs in 2035 by state as a result of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

    2025.06.30 Jay Turner on Trump administration dismantling federal climate policy Newsweek

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    The Trump administration's work to dismantle federal climate policy and clean energy support has already had a dramatic impact on the lean tech sector, according to research by professor Jay Turner.

  • Many students gathered at a protest in support of Ukraine.

    2025.06.29 Andriana Petrykevych '28 and Yelyzaveta Zablotska '28 on Ukraine The Huntington News

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    Andriana Petrykevych '28 and Yelyzaveta Zablotska '28 are both part of the Wellesley Ukrainian Cultural Association. Zablotska said the club has allowed her to build community and help her country.

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    2025.06.28 Mike Wiest theory on consciousness Earth.com

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    A theory suggests that consciousness is a quantum process, connecting us all to the entire universe. Neuroscientist Mike Wiest thinks those tubes may carry quantum information that never stays put.

  • Pedestrians walk through arches on the Princeton University campus.

    2025.06.27 Phillip Levine on endowments The Boston Globe

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    Economist Phillip Levine found that schools with large endowments spend more educating each student than their published tuition, which means that every student, in some sense, receives financial aid.

  • A set of young, identical twin girls with their hair braided together.

    2025.06.27 Helena De Bres on twin stereotypes BBC

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    Over the years we have created stereotypes of who and what twins are, perceptions warped by history and pop culture. Philosopher Helena De Bres believes these stereotypes play on human anxieties.