• 2025.02.20 Jane Bolin first African American woman to earn a degree from Yale Law School Poughkeepsie Journal

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    Poughkeepsie School District has named a building in honor of Poughkeepsie native Jane Bolin, who graduated from Wellesley in 1928 and was the first African American woman to earn a degree from Yale Law School.

  • 2025.02.20 Jay Turner shift from fossil fuels Inside Climate News

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    Environmental studies professor Jay Turner says it's a time of great uncertainty, and he doesn't envy those making multibillion-dollar decisions on projects in planning or under construction amid the shift from fossil fuels.

  • 2025.02.20 Nyla McCranie ’22 public service WBEZ Chicago

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    In her short time at the EPA, Nyla McCranie ’22 helped a central Ohio woman who complained that someone was burning lithium batteries near her rural home, creating an air pollution hazard.

  • 2025.02.20 Mfoniso Udofia The Grove The Boston Globe

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    ‘The Grove’ expands the Ufot Family Cycle with a humane and moving story. Playwright Mfoniso Udofia ‘06, who grew up in Southbridge, Mass., has dedicated her play to “the young woman I once was.”

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    The Embark! career retreat offers first-year students workshops, conversations with alumnae, and more

  • 2025.02.18 Laura Pappano ten books to understand public education Substack

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    “School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education” by Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence Laura Pappano on list of 10 books to understand this moment.

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  • 2025.02.13 Josh Lambert opinions on Ye's antisemitism USA Today

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    Ye's antisemitism concerns Jewish Studies professor Josh Lambert, as his influence on culture, whether intentional or not, could lead others to follow suit.

  • 2025.02.12 Wellesley Centers for Women publish a yearlong study The Bay State Banner

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    The Wellesley Centers for Women and the Women’s Foundation of Boston recently announced that they will be working together to publish a yearlong study on the state of women and girls in Massachusetts.