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Wellesley’s Russian Department celebrates 80 years

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Inside Higher Ed picked its favorite holiday videos from colleges—and Wellesley’s montage of winter memories is on the list!

A Cinnabon worker was fired for a racist slur; her supporters have raised $130,000. Political scientist Jennifer Chudy said fundraising efforts like these reflect how “political winds have changed.”