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When gathering to share a meal with loved ones, food is rarely the most important part of the ritual. “It can be a space or time to slow down and listen to one another, to connect, to share about your day or about what's going on in your life,” says Anne Brubaker, a senior lecturer in the writing program who teaches a course about food and culture. “It really is like a kind of social glue. Whether it's family, friends, or people that you know less well, having a meal together is an important way that we connect.”  

"Climate action can no longer be about phasing out fossil fuels alone. It must also be about phasing in a new set of extractive industries needed to enable a clean-energy transition," writes environmental studies professor James Turner in his opinon article on the global energy transition. 

They run biotech and health care companies, universities and colleges, financial institutions, law firms, transportation and construction powerhouses, and more — they’re the women power players of the Bay State. Featured on this list is Wellesley College President Paula A. Johnson.

They run biotech and health care companies, universities and colleges, financial institutions, law firms, transportation and construction powerhouses, and more — they’re the women power players of the Bay State. Responsible for thousands of employees and billions in revenue, the women featured here drive the Massachusetts economy. Meet them in the 2023 installment of this list, created by The Women’s Edge and published annually in the Women & Power issue of the Globe Magazine. Featured on this list is Wellesley College President Paula A. Johnson!

"We need more Black biographies....Yale University Press’s new “Black Lives” series seeks to address this hard truth. Over time, it plans to publish a set of biographies of remarkable but overlooked Black figures. Fittingly, the first in this series is R.J.M. Blackett’s book on the abolitionist, newspaper editor, and minister Samuel Ringgold Ward," writes Kellie Carter Jackson, professor of Africana studies.

"Palestinians in Gaza have been unable to breathe for a long time. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres showed much courage when he condemned Israel’s “clear violation of international law” in its conflict with the Palestinians. In remarks to the UN Security Council, he appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire 'to make the delivery of aid to Gaza easier and safer and to facili­tate the release of hostages,' writes Africana studies professor Selwyn Cudjoe.

President Paula A. Johnson shares Wellesley College's plan in a post-affirmative action future.

With the Israel-Hamas war escalating, local advocates for American citizens trapped in southern Gaza are expanding efforts to get them out as humanitarian conditions deteriorate. Among them is Ramona Okumura, who has dedicated her life to designing and building prosthetic limbs for children. She volunteered as part of a relief program in Gaza the day Hamas attacked Israel, said her niece, Leah Okumura, professor of biology.  

The new federal aid form coincides with a revised funding formula, which is expected to increase aid to most students, especially those from lower-income families, according to a recent report from the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit research organization. The formula expands eligibility to families who earned more than the previous threshold and will provide more funds for students who were eligible for less than the maximum amount, said Phillip Levine, a Wellesley College economics professor who co-authored the Brookings report.