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Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff discussed her book “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power” at Wellesley on February 25 and shared insight on surveillance capitalism (or the lack thereof) and the impact of digitalization.

The Wellesley College Archives offer glimpses into the lives, personalities, ambitions, and college experiences of some of Wellesley’s first African American students, who went on to became lawyers, judges, writers, educators, and social activists.

Physician Jennifer Schwartz joins Wellesley’s Health Services in an ongoing effort by the College to strengthen health care delivery on campus.

Beth DeSombre, Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesley, discusses the environmental repercussions of the rise in online shopping, why consumers make choices that harm the environment, and what a green shipping industry might look like.

Kristine Meader ’21 created an interactive map of Wellesley’s class trees.

Reflectors left on the moon 50 years ago by the Apollo 11 astronauts still yield significant data for scientists like Wellesley professor James Battat and his team of student researchers.

Wellesley professor Gauri Kartini Shastry studies India’s Green Revolution to find a connection between a dramatic increase in the production of food grains and growth in chronic diseases—an unintended impact.