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In a review of Prof. Helena de Bres’ new book, How to Be Multiple, Parul Sehgal examines our obsession with twins.

Rosalind Barnett, senior scholar at the Wellesley Centers for women, examines issues related to ethics and the Supreme Court.

Hundreds turned out for the opening of “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And,” a thrilling career survey of work by artist Lorraine O’Grady ’55, on view at the Davis through June 2.

Comedian Aparna Nancherla references Wellesley College researchers and their study on introversion in her new book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome.

The new FAFSA form, launched Dec. 31, has already presented several challenges for minority students....The change in aid eligibility for some families with multiple college students may be substantial. "The price tag is about to go up a lot, and they don't even know it," Phillip Levine, a professor of economics at Wellesley College told The New York Times.

Professor Jay Turner says a narrower selection of electric vehicles eligible for tax incentives could push more consumers toward leasing.

Wellesley College’s Davis Museum's retrospective on alum Lorraine O’Grady ('Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And', February 8 - June 2, 2024) is listed as one of WBUR's 14 art exhibits to explore this winter.

"There is a world of opportunity in front of us—if we focus on improving women’s health—to improve health for everyone," says President Paula Johnson.

Philip Levine, an economics professor at Wellesley College and one of the study’s authors, said that if colleges can’t support lower-income students with sufficient financial aid to make their degrees affordable, admitting them could prove an empty gesture. “It’s difficult not to support this philosophically, because selective colleges really do have a major socioeconomic disparity problem,” he said. “But this is a resource issue … The financial aid system is already woefully inadequate. It’s just a matter of crunching the numbers.”