The Seattle Storm’s next coach will be New York Liberty assistant coach Sonia Raman. She spent six seasons as the lead assistant basketball coach at Wellesley. Congrats, Sonia! 🏀 www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/seattle-storm-expected-to-hire-liberty-assistant-sonia-raman-as-next-coach-per-report/

Nearly 400 Wellesley students, alums, faculty, and staff attended “We the People: Finding Common Purpose,” a summit hosted by the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership, and Democracy on November 1. https://www.wellesley.edu/news/finding-common-purpose-to-inspire-a-better-future

Ilinca Drondoe ’26 created a 3-part speaker series, “Climate Breakdown and the War System.” She hopes the series will “bring attention to the often-overlooked connections between militarism and the climate crisis.” wellesley.edu/news/one-wellesley-students-transformative-approach-to-climate-action

New research demonstrates that Wellesley College graduates have an outsized impact as leaders at work and excel in fields where women are traditionally underrepresented. https://www.wellesley.edu/news/new-research-demonstrates-outsized-impact-of-a-wellesley-education

When the Durants founded Wellesley College, most colleges and universities were opting to flatten the landscapes of their campuses. In contrast, Wellesley was intentionally situated atop hills, to take advantage of the breezes and beautiful views. https://www.wellesley.edu/news/not-merely-beautiful

Informed by her years of neuroscience research as an undergraduate and her passion for music, Kimaya Lecamwasam ’21 focused her graduate research at the MIT Media Lab on harnessing the emotional potency of music into scalable, non-pharmacological mental health tools. news.mit.edu/2025/kimaya-...

Is anybody here? Super excited about the week of chocolate events @wellesley.edu. I am delighted and humbled that we get to learn from the extraordinary Jeanne Donkoh of Bioko Treats who is on campus all the way from Accra, Ghana. Her chocolates are a work of art! We got a few customized bars 😊

What can you do with a Medieval and Renaissance Studies degree? “Anything you want.” 📝 Chaewon Han ’29 https://www.wellesley.edu/news/celebrating-50-years-of-the-medieval-and-renaissance-studies-program

My @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking more than 600 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America at The Big Green Machine. Check out our interactive dashboard and let us know what we are missing, what we’ve got wrong, and what needs updating. 🔌💡

Panel discussion on the role of quantitative research in political reform featuring Ariel Procaccia of Harvard University, Alma Steingart of Columbia University, and Rob Richie of Expand Democracy. Moderated by me, with remarks by @wellesley.edu president Paula Johnson. youtu.be/uFq6sjf19NI?...

Short Internship Projects, or SHIPs, are paid 60-80 hour virtual summer internship projects designed exclusively for first-year students. 📝 Colleen Heaslip ’28 https://www.wellesley.edu/news/early-exploration

"We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social was recently awarded the Nonfiction Award at the the 25th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards! Watch her discussion on the roots of revolution to the need for joy. www.wcvb.com/article/city...

ICYMI... Thank you for this wonderful interview #Cityline @wellesley.edu www.wcvb.com/article/city...

The Wellesley Repertory Festival marked the culmination of the first year of the Wellesley Repertory Theatre’s new grant program, launched in 2024 to support original & evolving performing arts projects by Wellesley alums. https://www.wellesley.edu/news/supporting-alum-voices-and-visions-in-theatre

From Dungeons and Dragons campaigns to a campus-wide quilt project to weekly low-stakes poker games, Wellesley students find community away from their screens in a variety of ways. 📝 Colleen Heaslip ’28 https://www.wellesley.edu/news/analog-activities

“When I first mentioned Chinese science fiction to people, they were surprised: How could China have science fiction?” says Mingwei Song, professor of Chinese studies. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3327833/china-stakes-claim-future-soft-power-sci-fi-and-speculative-fiction

The internet is still a minefield for kids, and parents feel outmatched. A growing movement of advocates, including Wellesley Centers for Women Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, say they have fix-it ideas: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/30/how-to-keep-child-safe-online/

Professor Lamiya Mowla ’13 says small colleges like Wellesley are preparing the next generation of scientists through mentorship, collaborative problem solving, and integrating new tools. https://www.firstprinciples.org/article/in-the-age-of-ai-small-colleges-are-punching-above-their-weight

At the New York Times and elsewhere, Marian Burros ’54 combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/dining/marian-burros-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.XdMH.b743-ZzQHQab&smid=url-share

A new report from @brookings.edu, co-authored by economics professors Phillip Levine and Robin McKnight, shows that NIH funding increases can boost labor markets in college towns. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/nih-funding-and-local-employment/?utm_campaign=Economic%20Studies%20Bulletin

Mona Minkara ’09, the first blind science student in Wellesley’s history, recently uncovered patterns in how lungs interact with airborne viruses. https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/computational-chemistry/Trailblazers-Mona-Minkara-pulmonary-surfactants-accessibility-disability/103/web/2025/09

Happy First Day of Fall, Wellesley! 🍁 🍂

Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau was included on the 2025 ALX100: an annual list of 100 Latino leaders making a difference across Massachusetts, named by nonpartisan, collaborative nonprofit We Are ALX. Congrats, Petra!

New research from biology professor Steven Biller suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm. https://apnews.com/article/phytoplankton-prochlorococcus-decline-food-web-warming-oceans-c9e31c10b3ff9d613b41517836d55122

On September 2, seniors donned their black graduation gowns and, together with hundreds of members of the incoming green class and other students, headed to convocation, Wellesley’s traditional ceremony to mark the beginning of the academic year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1bp...

💬 We interviewed newly minted author and Associate Research Scientist Kate Price, a member of our Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative! She’ll be at @wellesley.edu on Thursday, September 18 to discuss her memoir This Happened to Me: A Reckoning. #nonfiction #booksky #devpsyc #cogsci

To see our tracking and access our data, check out The Big Green Machine. It is a joint project between myself and my @wellesley.edu research students. www.the-big-green-machine.com

At The Big Green Machine, my @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking 607 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America. Let us know what we are missing, what we’ve got wrong, and what needs updating and access our full dataset and interactive dashboard. 🔌💡 www.the-big-green-machine.com

somehow I always end up working at institutions during their sesquicentennial celebrations. (First the Noble & Greenough School, now @wellesley.edu.) www.wellesley.edu/news/kicking...

30 years ago, Sec. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social made history at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing Last March, the IGP Women’s Initiative, @giwps.bsky.social, @gwlvoices.bsky.social, Vital Voices, & @wellesley.edu convened leaders and activists to reflect on progress made since then

Professors Chipo Dendere and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social‬ write for TIME about the dangers of Trump’s brain drain: “In short, countries push enormous artistic or scientific talent out at their own expense.” https://time.com/7298847/history-dangers-trumps-brain-drain/

An increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for colleges in the U.S. Phillip Levine, @wellesley.edu, says these universities are going to be looking for savings wherever possible. #EdPolicy @cheymumph.bsky.social , @apnews.com :

After surviving the personal tragedy of losing her parents in a village massacre, Chantale Zuzi ’25 became a refugee at age 13— fleeing to Uganda with her siblings and stepping into the role of caregiver and advocate. Now, she is the founder of Refugee Can Be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQ_...

“Projects are being paused, cancelled, and closed at a rate 6x more than during the same period in 2024,” states The Big Green Machine, @jayturner.bsky.social's website that tracks U.S. clean energy investments. More from @politico.com: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Are Wellesley’s dorms haunted? Is Andy Shennan’s British accent fake? When a college has been around for 150 years, some lore is bound to have accumulated. Wellesley’s oral history is rife with legends—some true, some false, and some somewhere in between. magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/summe...

The phrase "joy is resistance" has been popping up all over the place lately. But what, exactly, does it mean? Learn more from @kcarterjackson.bsky.social on NPR’s Code Switch: www.npr.org/2025/07/30/1...

The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels. Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu

Novelist @thebestjasmine.bsky.social ’97 along with more than 70 writers wrote an open letter about AI to literary publishers, demanding that publishing houses never release books that were created by machines. Listen to her conversation at the link below: www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...

The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels. Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu

Grateful to be on @velshimsnbc.bsky.social again and have my work with my colleague Chipo Dendere spotlighted. These are perilous times, but we can't leave. @wellesley.edu

The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels. Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu

New research from Wellesley College Professor of Psychology Tracy Gleason underscores the importance of imagination in athletics 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ theconversation.com/imaginary-at...

Electric vehicle manufacturing projects are now being delayed or canceled at six times the rate that they were during the same period last year, @jayturner.bsky.social tells @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social. The U.S. EV factory building boom is stalling out, says new data from @wellesley.edu.

At The Big Green Machine, my students at @wellesley.edu and I are tracking 602 clean energy manufacturing projects in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Let us know what we are missing, what we’ve got wrong, and what needs updating. Access our dataset. www.the-big-green-machine.com 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

When is a coup called a coup? In a recent Brookings publication, @drdendere.bsky.social and her co-author assess the current state of democracy in Zimbabwe and the multiple factors shaping its evolution in the last decade. Read more from Brookings: www.brookings.edu/articles/und...

Many middle class Americans & academics are considering exit. However, @kcarterjackson.bsky.social & I argue that “defending democracy is a game best played on home turf.” Read our latest in @TIME @wellesley.edu History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump's Brain Drain time.com/7298847/hist...

What is the difference between redistricting and gerrymandering? Professor of Mathematics @ismarvolic.bsky.social weighed in for TIME: time.com/7304038/gerr...

Who needs a team when you’ve got imagination? From ghost runners to invisible coaches, nearly half of college students say they invented imaginary athletes as kids. By Tracy Gleason @wellesley.edu and Stephanie Madsen @mcdanielcollege.bsky.social: theconversation.com/imaginary-at...

Congratulations to Georgia Pellegrini ’03, whose @pbs.org show ’Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini’ has been nominated for Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program at the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2...

Who needs a team when you’ve got imagination? From ghost runners to invisible coaches, nearly half of college students say they invented imaginary athletes as kids. By Tracy Gleason @wellesley.edu and Stephanie Madsen @mcdanielcollege.bsky.social: theconversation.com/imaginary-at...