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  • A photograph of Wellesley’s Lulu Chow Wang campus center

    Travel + Leisure magazine says Wellesley is one of the most beautiful U.S. colleges

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    Wellesley College’s campus is named one of the most beautiful in the United States by Travel + Leisure magazine.

  • A 44-year-old single mother by choice stands with her two children by a swing set.

    Professor Rosanna Hertz speaks to NPR about how IVF has led to a record number of single moms in their 40s

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    Single women see IVF as a Plan B when they are ready to be moms, says Rosanna Hertz, sociology professor and author of “Single By Chance, Mothers by Choice.”

  • Portrait of Paul Krugman, standing with his arms crossed.

    Paul Krugman cites a recent paper co-written by political scientist Stacie Goddard

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    In writing about the looting of U.S. foreign policy, Paul Krugman references a new paper on neo-royalism and the Trump administration co-authored by political scientist Stacie Goddard.

  • Donald Trump holds up his right hand and frowns

    Professor Stacie Goddard on what’s driving Trump’s moves in Venezuela and Greenland

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    For Politico, political science professor Stacie Goddard joined Georgetown's Abraham Newman to discuss why the president is focused on controlling Venezuela and Greenland.

  • Pop star Bad Bunny performs in a fog of blue smoke

    American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau talks to the AP about Bad Bunny

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    Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, says reggaetón artist Bad Bunny’s six Grammy nominations are noteworthy because institutions often ignore marginalized genres.

  • Photograph of the back of the Tower Court dorm, taken from the courtyard

    Wellesley president Paula Johnson defended the role of liberal arts colleges in the Globe

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    Many alum business leaders majored in economics, but Paula Johnson says just as many majored in political science, art history, Africana studies, East Asian languages, or women’s and gender studies.

  • An older man sits alone in a church pew in a mostly empty church.

    Tyler Giles, associate professor of economics, examined what happened when states abolished blue laws

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    Scientists from Wellesley College, the University of Notre Dame, and The Ohio State University examined what happened when states abolished blue laws that prohibited most retail activity on Sundays.

  • A bride and groom sit in seats on the MBTA Red Line.

    Grace Atherton ’15 and Alex Cox first met as members of the Harvard University Band

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    Thanks to inter-school cross-registration, Grace Atherton ’15 and Alex Cox first met as members of the Harvard University Band. She played the clarinet, he played the trumpet.

  • Logo of the Hark! podcast from the Apple podcast website.

    On the “Hark!” podcast, Lisa Graham, Wellesley’s choral program director, explains how the College is connected to “The Little Drummer Boy"

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    On the “Hark!” podcast, Lisa Graham, Wellesley’s choral program director, explains how the College is connected to “The Little Drummer Boy” and why it bid $11,000 to win original manuscript rights.