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For me, the best of what these “ancients” left us keeps building on a shared sense of wonder, meaning, and identity. They elicit a sense of reverence, enriching us generation after generation.

Last year, Science magazine published a study revealing that the North American continent has lost nearly 3 billion birds over the last 50 years. This means there are 29 percent fewer birds in the United States and Canada today than in 1970. Wellesley alumnae, faculty, and students are among those responding to the crisis with reseach and action.

In this era of “peak TV,” as critics have dubbed it, Wellesley writers have been drawn to the industry, and a growing number of them are penning the episodes of your favorite shows.

Lynn Sherr ’63, Cokie Roberts ’64, Linda Wertheimer ’65, Diane Sawyer ’67. Today, they are news legends who have blazed a path for generations of women, but when they started out, they encountered fierce discrimination.

Wellesley computer scientists are studying how we can be less susceptible to misinformation online and how to keep falsehoods from spreading.

Acclaimed photographer Olivia Hood Parker ’63 draws inspiration from plunging into unknown territory. Her photographs speak of strange and wonderful juxtapositions, invented worlds, and moments of transition.

Ellice Patterson ’16 created Abilities Dance Boston, a company that is welcoming of people of all physical and mental abilities. She aims to create a better understanding of disability culture, and allow the company’s dancers to “shine their light and tell their truth with their movements.”