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  • The blue globe Fulbright logo overlaid on a black and white photo of college campus.

    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.”

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    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.

  • Black and white drawing of a young Bernie Sanders on a red background.

    Dan Chiasson’s new book “Bernie for Burlington” was named a “book of note” by New England Literary News

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    “Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician” by English professor Dan Chiasson was listed as a “book of note” by New England Literary News.

  • Bernie Sanders raises his arms in victory after defeating Republican Peter Smith in the race for Vermont’s lone seat in the US House of Representatives, on November 6, 1990

    English professor Dan Chiasson writes for the Globe Magazine about Bernie Sanders

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    English professor Dan Chiasson writes the Globe Magazine cover story about Bernie Sanders: “As a teen growing up in Burlington, Vt., I witnessed one of the unlikeliest rises in politics.”