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The National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of 19 Commissioners, including Wellesley’s president Paula A. Johnson, to serve on its Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation.

“He’ll laugh at a joke — he’ll never crack one,” says Kellie Carter Jackson, the chair of the Africana studies department at Wellesley and someone who has known Ibram X. Kendi for years.

Professor Kellie Carter Jackson on how Black Americans’ refusals of injustice have shaped our national story. While celebrating Juneteenth and Pride, remember the power of a collective saying “no.”

The New York Times reviews professor Kellie Carter Jackson's book “We Refuse,” in which she explores forms of activism used by oppressed people and offers a nuanced view of their lives.

For The Conversation, professor Ismar Volić writes that Americans break election ties in crazy ways − and jeopardize democracy in the process.

Wellesley celebrated the red class of 2024 along with their families and friends at the College’s 146th commencement exercises on Friday, May 17, 2024.

Liza Oliver and Julie Walsh received funding for their course through the College’s Apgar Award.