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Ismar Volić and Andy Schultz, math professors at Wellesley, and David McCune, a math professor at William Jewell College, say ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system.

The Globe reports some women’s colleges are thriving, and producing successful, generous alums. “[I]t becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,” says economist Phillip Levine. “Success begets success.”

In “How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins,” philosophy professor Helena de Bres explores the nature of self, free will, and what she describes as the “special freakishness” of twins.

Kate Price, associate research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, says: “Jeffrey Epstein is not unique. This is absolutely a classic case [of child sex trafficking].”

Why would 15% of kids rather talk to a chatbot than a person? Bots don’t judge, says Linda Charmaraman, director of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing research lab: “They’re never mad at them or moody.”

Tamanika Ferguson, visiting research scholar in women’s and gender studies, says protecting incarcerated people’s access to physical mail/inside-led print publishing is a feminist public safety issue.

“It was almost weird to walk around New York City and not run into him,” writes Dan Chiasson, Lorraine C. Wang Professor of English, of New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

“[Families] are going to go to other places where it’s not so expensive to live,” said Wendy Robeson, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, “and that’s bad for everybody.”

Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, on Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl halftime show: “The fact that [he’s] a Spanish-speaking artist … is a political statement already.”