• Chinese calligraphy and painting restorer Jing Gao stands in front of the Ma Gu painting.

    The Davis Museum’s Yuhua Ding talks to Sampan about the painstakingly restored Ming Dynasty painting on view now at Wellesley College

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    Curator Yuhua Ding talks about the 16th-century work: “For people living in the Chinese-speaking world, truly understanding this aspect of their own culture is like lifting a veil of mystery.”

  • Black and white image of a 50s housewife in a kitchen smiling

    Professor Smitha Radhakrishnan talks to NPR about the “tradwife” movement

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    On NPR’s 1A, Smitha Radhakrishnan, a sociologist, discusses what the “tradwife” trend means for modern feminism and what it tells us about the pressures women face today.

  • Students stand in front of posters discussing research.
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    The annual springtime conference showcases student and faculty academic research

  • Headshot of political science professor Stacie Goddard in front of pink and green flowers

    Professor Stacie Goddard talks with Deutsche Welle about the collapse of the rules-based world order

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    The war between the US, Israel, and Iran marks a deterioration in international relations. “We’re really at a low point in a rules-based order,” Stacie Goddard, political science professor, told DW.

  • A rolled up hundred dollar bill wearing a black college graduation cap

    Economist Phillip Levine writes about financial aid for students without financial need

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    In part two of economist Phillip Levine’s series for Brookings about financial aid for students without demonstrated financial need, he explores how widespread this practice is among colleges.

  • Still from a video installation in a large warehouse-like art space.

    Composer Reinaldo Moya is named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

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    Reinaldo Moya, associate professor of music, is one of 233 recipients of a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship.

  • A woman holds a baby in a patriotic American-flag themed outfit

    Economist Phillip Levine is interviewed by Reuters about declining U.S. birth rates

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    Economics professor Phillip Levine is quoted in Reuters’ coverage of a new report on U.S. fertility rates. He noted factors making younger women less interested in having children.

  • A little black graduation cap sits on top of a calculator

    Economist Phillip Levine on why colleges give financial aid to students who don’t need it

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    In part one of his four-part series for Brookings about financial aid for higher-ed students without financial need, Phillip Levine, economics professor, explains why colleges offer it.

  • Portrait of Kellie Carter Jackson in front of a bookshelf

    Kellie Carter Jackson, Africana studies professor, talks with the Boston Globe about fighting racism through writing history

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    In her book “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance,” Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson opens every chapter with a story from her family, starting with an incident in 1915.