Africana studies professor @kcarterjackson.bsky.social said she’s seen Underground Railroad hiding spots in attics, in cellars, and beneath false floors, but prior to now, she’s never seen one inside a drawer... Read more from @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4b1pMNI

Next week, 3/10 at 12PM — "To Feel Well Late in Life." Part of Anthropology's Spring Colloquium Series. Presented by Aalyia Sadruddin, Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at @wellesley.edu. Learn more and explore other talks in this series:

Sick of the freezing temperatures? Tired from sledding or shoveling? Then take some time to curl up with a cup of hot cocoa and a recent book by a member of Wellesley’s faculty! https://www.wellesley.edu/news/a-dozen-new-books-by-wellesley-faculty

As fertility rates plummet in much of the world, Wellesley experts explain why it’s happening and what might be done to address it, and alums tell their own stories about their winding paths to becoming parents—or not. https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/winter-2026/where-are-the-babies

Thanks to cross-registration programs, Wellesley students can take classes at several of the College’s neighboring institutions: MIT, Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, and Brandeis University. Read more from Chaewon Han ’29: https://www.wellesley.edu/news/education-rooted-in-community

On March 3, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Associate Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College, and her co-author Vanessa Díaz will be at Harvard Book Store for a discussion of their new book: https://www.harvard.com/event/diaz-rideau

The Department of Religious Studies at @wellesley.edu invites applications for a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in #Religion in the Americas, beginning in fall, 2026. ➡️ Indigenous religious cultures, Christianities, Black & Diasporic religions. Apply by March 9. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/w...

A poet and a mathematician from @wellesley.edu in the same poli sci section at Harvard Book Store. @dchiasso.bsky.social

Wellesley Centers for Women senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman talked to PBS about a three-year study that found social media use did not predict teens’ anxiety or depression. https://www.pbs.org/video/25000-teens-3-years-groundbreaking-social-media-and-mental-health-study-tuljeq/

Congratulations to Amanda Lahikainen ’02, who was recently named the new executive director of The Concord Museum! Read more about her and her journey from The Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/03/arts/concord-museum-amanda-lahikainen-new-director/

With Linda Charmaraman, Wellesley students work with middle school girls and nonbinary youth on digital wellbeing. Read the full story by Colleen Heaslip ’28: https://www.wellesley.edu/news/the-heart-of-the-youth-media-wellbeing-research-lab 📸 Vivian Huang ’26

Congratulations to 2026 #CottrellScholar Award recipient Erin Teich, physics professor at Wellesley College, for “Prediction and Control of Mechanical Response in Deformable Jammed Solids.” rescorp.org/2026/02/rcsa...

📣 Calling all researchers, data analysts, designers, and early childhood “nerds”! Join us on March 19 at @wellesley.edu for a gathering to share research, data, and design—and to connect emerging evidence with opportunities for early childhood policy change in MA. #ECEC #EduSky #EducationalResearch

Vermont's independent newspaper calls Dan Chiasson’s new book “the definitive origin story of a unique political career.” https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/books-arts-culture/book-review-bernie-for-burlington-the-rise-of-the-peoples-politician-dan-chiasson/

Petra Rivera-Rideau and her co-author Vanessa Díaz discuss the highlights from this past Sunday’s halftime show: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-americans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K1A.ujD1.FDukOa_cIUzj&smid=url-share

Nancy Gist ’69, Yvonne Smith Madlock ’70, Alvia Wardlaw ’69, Karen Williamson ’69, and Francille Rusan Wilson ’69 created Ethos, Wellesley’s first Black student organization, through their on-campus activism fighting racism. 📸 Richard Howard #BlackHistoryMonth

Finishing up your big game prep? Listen to Wellesley Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau explain what we can expect to see at today’s halftime show on NPR’s Morning Edition! https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5563906/what-to-expect-from-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-performance-this-weekend 📸 Getty Images

Woke up early to sign a few books! Book Launch Day at @wellesley.edu Forgive the excessive posting that’s about to happen! The joy! The Joy! The Joy!

Thank you @wellesley.edu community and my Zimbabwean family from near and far. My book launch was perfect. The room was packed which is truly humbling. Times are hard but black joy is radical especially today after a certain truth social post. We are beautiful and brilliant.

“AI is at a tipping point where we can really shape it, or it can shape us.” Wellesley wants to prepare its students to become leaders who can fine-tune AI, make it more accurate, and imagine ways to use it for a powerful positive impact. www.wellesley.edu/news/shaping...

Rolling Stone Magazine recently released an excerpt from Wellesley College Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau’s new book “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/bad-bunny-politics-protests-pfknr-book-excerpt-1235504162/

Wellesley has been recognized among The Fulbright Program’s 2025-2026 Top Producing Institutions of #Fulbright U.S. Students! We’re proud of our 11 Fulbright awardees whose dedication and accomplishments made this distinction possible 📚

As a teen growing up in Burlington, Vermont, Wellesley College Professor Dan Chiasson witnessed firsthand the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders’ political career. He writes about it for Boston Globe Media, check out the article in The Boston Globe: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/m...

Just how well do you know your Wellesley roommate? Stacy Chen ’28 asked Amelia ’28 and Leah ’28 the hard questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAh8-w_XtV4&feature=youtu.be

Michele Sison ’81 returned to campus this month as the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs 2026 Mary Jane Durnford Lewis ’59 Distinguished Visiting Professor: https://www.wellesley.edu/news/michele-sison-81-is-the-albright-institutes-2026-distinguished-visiting-professor

Shannon Cagnina ’86 was recently award the 2025 Corporate Counsel Award for Achievement in Pro Bono and Public Service! Read more from The Texas Lawbook: texaslawbook.net/put-on-this-earth-to-serve-award-honoree-shannon-cagnina-helped-pass-treys-law-camp-safety-legislation/

The leading Colombian newspaper, “El Colombiano,” writes about American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau’s new book, “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.” https://www.elcolombiano.com/cultura/musica/bad-bunny-conciertos-medellin-2026-OG32616228

chinmo provides insights into the evolution of insect metamorphosis This Research Highlight showcases work by Hana Nagata and Yuichiro Suzuki from @wellesley.edu. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Hey, hey! Got to be on one of my FAVORITE podcasts, NPR's It's Been a Minute! We talk all things Oprah, her new book, and GLP-1s. Enjoy! @npr.org @wellesley.edu It's Been a Minute: The difference between losing weight & being "healthy" www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...

Looks like readers all over the world are getting their copies of Death, Diversion and Departure. There are many people to thank starting with my family, a massive shout out to @wellesley.edu. Enormous gratitude to @aauw.bsky.social who helped me pay for childcare. Gratitude to Zimbabweans ❤️❤️

At The Big Green Machine, my @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking more than 600 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America. Check out our interactive dashboard and access our full dataset. Let us know what is missing, wrong, or needs updating. 🔌💡 www.the-big-green-machine.com

Featuring Stacie Goddard, Wellesley’s Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science

In his new book “Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician,” Professor Dan Chiasson recounts the early days and inexorable rise of the young Bernie Sanders. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/bernie-for-burlington-the-rise-of-the-peoples-politician-dan-chiasson-book-review

Sue Hwang ’99 was a busy single mom juggling three kids, three dogs and a career in radiation oncology specializing in treating breast cancer. Then the 46-year-old doctor was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. https://people.com/breast-cancer-doctor-on-her-own-breast-cancer-diagnosis-11879346

Wellesley College’s campus is named one of the most beautiful in the United States by Travel + Leisure magazine 🌲💙 https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/colleges-universities/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kellie Carter Jackson, the Michael and Denise Kellen ’68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies, shared her thoughts with The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/19/dr-martin-luther-king

Congratulations to Associate Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau, whose forthcoming book “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance” recently received a coveted starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/9781478033332

Who gets to be a parent has been reshaped by IVF: Single women in their 40s are increasingly opting to become moms. There are many reasons for this rise, says Professor Rosanna Hertz. Read more from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5647761/ivf-fertility-motherhood-40s-cost-donor-decision

Over Wintersession, while most of campus is quiet, the fourth floor of Founders has been humming with activity. In room 423, students sound out Cyrillic letters and memorize nouns in an attempt to learn all of RUSS 101 in 12 days. www.wellesley.edu/news/the-russian-department-80-years

Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, says the fact that Bad Bunny is a reggaetón artist is particularly noteworthy because institutions often ignore marginalized genres. Read more from AP News: apnews.com/article/bad-bunny-2026-grammys-bc54a3352951b13ff2f0c8907c8deb16

At The Big Green Machine, my @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking more than 600 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America. Check out our interactive dashboard and access our full dataset. Let us know what is missing, wrong, or needs updating. 🔌💡 www.the-big-green-machine.com

Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science, and her co-author write in a new paper that Trump’s affinity for Middle Eastern “strong men” is an example of “neo-royalism.” https://www.dw.com/en/what-donald-trump-likes-so-much-about-middle-east-authoritarians/a-75078375

At Wellesley, Jocelyn Benson ’99 says, she learned the importance of women having each other’s backs. It’s the kind of support she has given and received in the past several years as Michigan’s secretary of state. https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/summer-2025/jocelyn-benson-99

Wellesley College Senior Editorial Writer @eb-bartels.bsky.social ’10 writes about loving and losing animals. In this piece from Cognoscenti, she shares a personal story about her own loss. https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/11/13/pet-loss-grief-dog-mountain-vermont-e-b-bartels

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. Listen now to learn more: https://megaphone.link/AMMD6754776375

Inside Higher Ed picked its favorite holiday videos from colleges—and Wellesley’s montage of winter memories is on the list! https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/2025/12/19/annual-holiday-videos-bring-joy-and-school-spirit

Cognoscenti recently released their top stories of the year, including Ismar Volić’s piece on what New York City Mayoral-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s win means for ranked-choice voting. https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/12/19/cognoscenti-best-stories-of-2025-cloe-axelson-kate-neale-cooper-sara-shukla

Last spring, as part of Wellesley’s 150th anniversary celebration, the campus community was invited to submit proposals for projects commemorating the College’s rich history. Anna Mkrtchyan ’28 was one of the grantees. Read more: https://magazine.wellesley.edu/putting-faces-to-familiar-names

Cheers to the Class of 2025.5! https://www.wellesley.edu/news/on-to-their-futures 📸 Catherine Yang ’29 and Raaya Ferdous ’27

Zoe Terry ’28 is CEO and founder of Zoe’s Dolls, a nonprofit that gives dolls of color to Black and brown girls. She recently hosted a doll giveaway at Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester. Read more from @wgbh.org: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...