• A group of teens sit together and look at their cell phones

    Senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman analyzes a groundbreaking study tracking 25,000 teens’ social media use over three years

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    Wellesley Centers for Women senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman talks to PBS about a three-year study that found social media use did not predict teens’ anxiety or depression.

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    Associate teaching professor Heather Bryant writes for the Cut about meeting and losing her biological father

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    Heather Bryant, associate teaching professor in writing, on meeting her biological father: “After a lifetime of feeling a secret was being kept from me, I met the man who could tell me the truth.”

  • Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl halftime show

    Petra Rivera-Rideau co-authors a piece for the New York Times about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show

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    Petra Rivera-Rideau co-writes an essay for the New York Times about Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl: “[H]is performance was unapologetically political. And you know what? It was a party, too.”

  • Photo of Bad Bunny holding a Puerto Rican flag as he performs in the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

    American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau writes about the hidden symbols and meanings in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl set

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    American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau and Loyola Marymount University professor Vanessa Díaz write in Rolling Stone about the symbols and meanings in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show.

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    Wellesley College is included in the Washington Post’s database of colleges that offer free tuition

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    The Washington Post has created a database of colleges that offer free tuition. Wellesley is one of them.

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    Researcher Kate Price says some laws can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma

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    Kate Price, associate research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, writes for The Conversation about how the law can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma.

  • Photo of Bad Bunny performing overlaid with the Code Switch logo.

    American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau speaks about Bad Bunny’s halftime show performance on NPR’s Code Switch

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    Bad Bunny, resistance, and the Super Bowl halftime show: American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau appears on NPR’s Code Switch.

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    Petra Rivera-Rideau in the New York Times on Bad Bunny’s “All-Eyes-on-Him Super Bowl”

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    In a time of anti-immigrant rhetoric, said Petra Rivera-Rideau, American studies professor and co-author of a book about Bad Bunny, his presence “because of this political context, is a statement.”

  • Bad Bunny speaks onstage during the Super Bowl LX halftime show press conference at Moscone Center West on February 5, 2026, in San Francisco, California.

    Petra Rivera-Rideau talks with NPR about what to expect from Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl

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    American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau wrote the book on Bad Bunny. NPR’s A Martinez asks her what to expect from the Puerto Rican superstar at the Super Bowl this weekend.