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  • Fans in a stadium watch Bad Bunny perform in concert.

    American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau says having Bad Bunny perform in the Super Bowl is valuable for the NFL

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    Petra Rivera-Rideau, co-author of “P FKN R,” sees a potential benefit for companies that buy ads during the big game: U.S. Latinos are a growing demographic that they are trying to court.

  • Black and white portrait of Bad Bunny.

    The Washington Post reviews Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau’s new book about Bad Bunny, “P FKN R”

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    The Post reviewer says that in their book “P FKN R,” Vanessa Díaz and Wellesley’s Petra Rivera-Rideau “boldly challenge common critiques of Bad Bunny.”

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    Wellesley College is a top producer of Fulbright grantees

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    Wellesley College is once again a top producer of Fulbright U.S. scholars and students, receiving 11 Fulbright awards for 2025–2026.

  • A man in a blue suit stares up at the ceiling, standing next to an American flag.

    Economics professor Eric Hilt weighs in on Trump’s new Federal Reserve chair nominee

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    On “Marketplace,” economist Eric Hilt said a previous Fed chair chosen by the president that marked “sort of a dramatic shift in Fed policy” was President Nixon’s selection of Arthur Burns.

  • Bad Bunny performing in Mexico City.

    Petra Rivera-Rideau speaks to the AP about how Bad Bunny has made it cool to learn Spanish

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    Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies and co-author of “P FKN R,” says the U.S. has a long history of criminalizing Spanish, but Bad Bunny makes people want to learn it.

  • Black and white photo of a young Bernie Sanders looking annoyed.

    The New York Times reviews English professor Dan Chiasson’s new book, “Bernie for Burlington”

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    “I have no doubt that Chiasson has written the authoritative history of the Sanders tenure in Burlington,” the Times’ reviewer says about English professor Dan Chiasson’s “Bernie for Burlington.”

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    The Concord Museum has named Amanda Lahikainen ’02 as its new director

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    Amanda Lahikainen ’02 has been named the new director of the Concord Museum. She was most recently executive director of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, in Maine.

  • Portrait of poet and author Dan Chiasson standing with his arms crossed in his office at Wellesley College, surrounded by Bernie Sanders memorabilia.

    Vermont’s independent newspaper Seven Days reviews Dan Chiasson’s “Bernie for Burlington”

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    Vermont's independent newspaper calls English professor Dan Chiasson’s new book, “Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician,” “the definitive origin story of a unique political career.”

  • Black and white photo of a young Bernie Sanders with his arms raised in victory.

    In “Bernie for Burlington,” Vermont native Dan Chiasson charts Bernie Sanders’ political rise

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    Vermont’s independent newspaper calls Dan Chiasson’s unauthorized biography “Bernie for Burlington” part origin story, part author’s memoir about the mayor who transformed his hometown.