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    Dina Deitsch is named new director of Davis Museum at Wellesley College

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    Currently director and chief curator of Tufts University Art Galleries, Deitsch will begin work at Wellesley in mid-July.

  • A student sits at a table inside an observation room with two children at her left and right. In the foreground are two students looking through a window, watching the two children interact with the student.

    Learning from Wellesley’s youngest teachers

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    Students study psychology and education at the College’s Child Study Center

  • Portrait of Ruth Simmons standing by a chair

    Pioneering educator Ruth J. Simmons will deliver this year’s commencement address at Wellesley College

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    Wellesley’s 148th commencement ceremony will take place May 15

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    Higher education tuition costs are actually down, writes economist Phillip Levine in a new report

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    Net tuition costs for students across income levels and institution types have decreased since 2019–20, Phillip Levine writes in a new report for the Brookings Institution.

  • A woman stands on stage, signing with her hands. Behind her is a screen that reads: Why study name signs in ASL and LSCI? Comparing name sign systems in two closely related SLs makes a good test case for language variation and change with name signs in context of phonology.

    150 years of supporting Deaf academics

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    Wellesley’s remarkable alumnae cohort of Deaf, signing Ph.D.s hold faculty positions at universities around the country

  • Traders at a market in Nakuru, Kenya

    Economist Tsegay Tekleselassie writes in the Conversation about the effects of surging oil prices on African economies

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    Scholars from five African countries, including visiting assistant teaching professor Tsegay Tekleselassie, of Ethiopia, write in the Conversation that the oil price surge hurts African economies.

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    From laundry to the LOCO

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    Wellesley makes college equitable and accessible in thoughtful ways

  • A visitor looks at calligraphy by Luo Sangui of the Daodejing, the classic Daoist text, during the Nanjing 2014 Grand Art Exhibition in Nanjing, China

    Psychology professor Stephen Chen says a Chinese philosopher can teach us about our obsession with college rankings

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    In the Conversation, Stephen Chen, associate professor of psychology, writes that the ancient Chinese philosopher Laozi can inspire us to shift our focus from competition to contentment.

  • Petra Rivera-Rideau, left, and Vanessa Díaz in conversation at the launch party for their new book about Bad Bunny

    Iris Zhan ’27 writes for the Swellesley Report about the launch of American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau and co-author Vanessa Díaz’s book about Bad Bunny

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    Iris Zhan ’27 writes for the Swellesley Report about the debut of American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau and co-author Vanessa Díaz’s book “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.”