Wellesley students, faculty, and alumnae are effecting positive change in the world.
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Women in Leadership: President Johnson Joins Conversation to Recognize International Women’s Day
Tuesday, March 9, 2021![]()
宝拉总统约翰逊加入世行UR Town Hall on Racial Inequities Revealed by COVID-19
Wednesday, June 10, 2020![]()
Op-eds by Wellesley President and Faculty Address Health Disparities in COVID-19, George Floyd Death, and Riots
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Two Former Albright Institute Fellows Talk About The Lasting Effects of Their Wintersession Experience
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“Washington Post” Economics Correspondent Heather Long ’04 Says Her Liberal Arts Degree Prepared Her to Take Leaps
Friday, February 21, 2020Heather Long ’04, an economics correspondent at the Washington Post, talks about how a Calderwood seminar led her to journalism, the challenges currently facing her industry, and the importance of a liberal arts education in the 21st century.
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Wellesley and the University of Oxford Team Up to Research Political Polarization in the Digital Age
Friday, January 31, 2020On the day the United Kingdom officially leaves the European Union, take a look at Wellesley’s ongoing research with Oxford University to better understand political polarization in the social media era.
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Unrest and Uncertainty in Bolivia Explained
Monday, December 16, 2019Susan Ellison, assistant professor of anthropology at Wellesley, explains the political situation unfolding in Bolivia.
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Freedom Project Fellow Discusses Past and Current Struggles of the Kurds
Tuesday, November 5, 2019Nazan Bedirhanoglu, a Freedom Project postdoctoral fellow in the political science department at Wellesley, offers insight into Kurdish politics and culture, and the Kurdish diaspora in the United States and Europe.
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The People’s Republic of China at 70: How Chinese Literature and Cinema Illuminate the Cultural Revolution and Its Aftermath
Wednesday, October 9, 2019Mingwei Song, associate professor of Chinese at Wellesley, reflects on the 70th anniversary of the formation of the People’s Republic of China, the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and current Chinese literature and film.
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Five Takeaways from the UN General Assembly Session
Monday, September 30, 2019The annual general debate of the United Nations General Assembly session opened September 24 in New York, kicking off several days of speeches and controversy.
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How a Phone Call Led to an Impeachment Inquiry
Thursday, September 26, 2019Wellesley political science professors Maneesh Arora and Igor Logvinenko weigh in on how a controversial phone call between U.S. and Ukrainian leaders has sparked a formal impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
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Wellesley Expert on Contemporary China Discusses Hong Kong Demonstrations
Friday, August 23, 2019Wellesley political science professor William Joseph offers insight into the political demonstrations in Hong Kong, the responses of China and the international community, and thoughts about the future.
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What We Did This Summer: Stacie Goddard and Paul MacDonald, Political Science
Thursday, August 22, 2019Wellesley political science professors Stacie Goddard and Paul MacDonald bring us across the Atlantic, where they spent the summer continuing their research on government power shifts, exploring medieval cities, and hiking in the Alps with their two daughters.
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What I Did This Summer: Professor Ismar Volić, Mathematics
Thursday, August 1, 2019在我们的系列的第一期“我所做的This Summer,” we start with travel to Bosnia, where mathematics professor Ismar Volić led a conference on advancing education and arts in his home country. He also shares insights from a lunchtime conversation on STEM education with the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Wellesley Professor Explains Reggaeton’s Relationship to the African Diaspora in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
Wednesday, July 17, 2019Wellesley professor Petra Rivera-Rideau wins a Puerto Rican studies prize for her essay on a reggaeton artist Tego Calderón’s music video.
