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Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, says the fact that Bad Bunny is a reggaetón artist is particularly noteworthy because institutions often ignore marginalized genres.

Read more from AP News: apnews.com/article/bad-bunny-2026-grammys-bc54a3352951b13ff2f0c8907c8deb16
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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At The Big Green Machine, my @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking more than 600 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America.

Check out our interactive dashboard and access our full dataset. Let us know what is missing, wrong, or needs updating. 🔌💡

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Screen shot of main dashboard from The Big Green Machine landing page, showing investments in clean energy manufacturing and supply chains in US, Canada, and Mexico.
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science, and her co-author write in a new paper that Trump’s affinity for Middle Eastern “strong men” is an example of “neo-royalism.”

https://www.dw.com/en/what-donald-trump-likes-so-much-about-middle-east-authoritarians/a-75078375
What Trump likes so much about Middle East authoritarians – DW – 12/09/2025
The US president has called Europe "weak" and "pathetic," and seems to prefer the company of "strong" Middle Eastern leaders. That may be because he has more in common with them than traditional US al...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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At Wellesley, Jocelyn Benson ’99 says, she learned the importance of women having each other’s backs. It’s the kind of support she has given and received in the past several years as Michigan’s secretary of state.

https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/summer-2025/jocelyn-benson-99
Jocelyn Benson ’99
At Wellesley, Jocelyn Benson ’99 says, she learned the importance of women having each other’s backs. It’s the kind of support she has given and received…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Wellesley College Senior Editorial Writer @eb-bartels.bsky.social ’10 writes about loving and losing animals. In this piece from Cognoscenti, she shares a personal story about her own loss.

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/11/13/pet-loss-grief-dog-mountain-vermont-e-b-bartels
Three seasons at Dog Mountain
During my first visit to the Dog Chapel, I imagined coming back to leave a memorial for a dog I’d have one day, writes E.B. Bartels. On the second trip, I pictured myself doing it for Seymour, but I f...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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On the “Hark!” podcast, Lisa Graham, Wellesley’s choral program director, explains how the College is connected to “The Little Drummer Boy” and why it bid $11,000 to win original manuscript rights.

Listen now to learn more:

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The Little Drummer Boy by Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols
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December 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Inside Higher Ed picked its favorite holiday videos from colleges—and Wellesley’s montage of winter memories is on the list!

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/2025/12/19/annual-holiday-videos-bring-joy-and-school-spirit
Annual Holiday Videos Bring Joy and School Spirit
From the foibles of a bobcat trying to prepare a holiday dinner to sweet memories of winters past, this year's holiday videos are full of both laughs and sincerity.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Cognoscenti recently released their top stories of the year, including Ismar Volić’s piece on what New York City Mayoral-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s win means for ranked-choice voting.

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/12/19/cognoscenti-best-stories-of-2025-cloe-axelson-kate-neale-cooper-sara-shukla
Cognoscenti's best stories of 2025
The 230-odd pieces Cog published this year were personal and political. We worked with new writers and bestselling authors, wrote dozens of newsletters, produced live events, dabbled in video and made...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Last spring, as part of Wellesley’s 150th anniversary celebration, the campus community was invited to submit proposals for projects commemorating the College’s rich history. Anna Mkrtchyan ’28 was one of the grantees.

Read more:
https://magazine.wellesley.edu/putting-faces-to-familiar-names
Putting Faces to Familiar Names
Last spring, as part of Wellesley’s 150th anniversary celebration, the campus community was invited to submit proposals for projects commemorating the…
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December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Cheers to the Class of 2025.5!

https://www.wellesley.edu/news/on-to-their-futures

📸 Catherine Yang ’29 and Raaya Ferdous ’27
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Zoe Terry ’28 is CEO and founder of Zoe’s Dolls, a nonprofit that gives dolls of color to Black and brown girls. She recently hosted a doll giveaway at Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester.

Read more from @wgbh.org: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Meet the Wellesley student bringing Black dolls to local children
Dolls are a popular gift during the holiday season, but for some young children, finding a doll in your likeness can be a challenge.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Wellesley’s Business, Entrepreneurship, and Money Management initiative, better known as BEAM, marked a milestone on November 15 with its inaugural Wellesley in Business Symposium to empower future business leaders.
https://www.wellesley.edu/news/wellesley-hosts-inaugural-beam-symposium
Wellesley hosts inaugural Wellesley in Business Symposium
Event offers opportunity for student engagement in business and leadership
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December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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In August, Claudia Joskowicz found herself in a bind. She was supposed to be wrapping up shooting on a new project set in Bolivia’s Andean salt flats. Instead, she was grounded on the opposite side of the country—without any footage to show for her efforts.

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Reframing Bolivia
In August, Claudia Joskowicz, a video artist and associate professor of art at Wellesley, found herself in a bind. She was supposed to be wrapping up…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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jayturner.bsky.social
At The Big Green Machine, my @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking more than 600 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America.

Let us know what we are missing, what we’ve got wrong, and what needs updating. 🔌💡

Access our dataset and dashboard here:

www.the-big-green-machine.com
Screen shot of main dashboard from The Big Green Machine landing page, showing investments in clean energy manufacturing and supply chains in US, Canada, and Mexico.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A beautiful feature on my Politics of Chocolate class @wellesley.edu. Thank you, E.B. Bartels for your kind write up.

I really love this class and will always be grateful for the gift it’s been.
My students are incredible. I am very lucky.

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Sweet studies
Through Chipo Dendere’s “The Politics of Chocolates” class and the Wellesley Week of Chocolate, students learn about the world’s favorite treat
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November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Ismar Volić and Andy Schultz, math professors at Wellesley, say ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system.

Read more from The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ranked-choice-voting-outperforms-the-winner-take-all-system-used-to-elect-nearly-every-us-politician-267515
Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The Boston 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.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/29/metro/womens-colleges-leadership/
Some women’s colleges are thriving, even as they navigate Trump era - The Boston Globe
The number of women's colleges has decreased, but Massachusetts is home to some of the most successful survivors, which have changed with the times while preserving their ideals of equity and inclusio...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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“The rule of this class is ‘Don’t yuck my yum.’”

AFR304/POL3302: The Politics of Chocolates and Other Foods, taught by assistant professor of Africana Studies Chipo Dendere, always has a waitlist. Learn more about the course from E.B. Bartels ’10:

https://www.wellesley.edu/news/sweet-studies
Sweet studies
Through Chipo Dendere's “The Politics of Chocolates” class and the Wellesley Week of Chocolate, students learn about the world's favorite treat
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December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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A new report affirms that Wellesley graduates rise to the top of their fields—leading companies, shaping policy, and driving meaningful change across society, regardless of their major.
https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/fall-2025/claiming-a-place-at-the-table
Claiming a Place at the Table
A new report affirms that Wellesley graduates rise to the top of their fields and drive meaningful change across society.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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.
truthout.org/articles/new-prison-mail-policies-threaten-newsletters-by-and-for-incarcerated-people/
New Prison Mail Policies Threaten Newsletters by and for Incarcerated People
States are adopting surveillance-oriented “paperless” policies that deny incarcerated people access to physical letters.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, celebrating 100 years, foster both scientific and humanistic engagement with plants.

https://magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/fall-2025/gardens-without-borders
Gardens Without Borders
The Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, celebrating 100 years, foster both scientific and humanistic engagement with plants.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Congratulations to Pashtana Durrani, International Scholar-in-Residence at the Wellesley Centers for Women, who was just awarded Amnesty International’s Ginetta Sagan Award!

https://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/grants-and-awards/ginetta-sagan-award/
Pashtana Durrani headshot
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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More than 250 students gathered in the Science Complex on October 28 to celebrate their experiential learning experiences by presenting at the 25th annual Tanner Conference.

📝 Colleen Heaslip ’28
https://www.wellesley.edu/news/tanner-turns-25
Tanner turns 25
Annual conference offers students opportunity to discuss experiences outside the classroom
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November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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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.”

https://www.snexplores.org/article/5-things-talking-with-chatbot
5 things to remember when talking to a chatbot
When using ChatGPT or other chatbots, remember your voice matters and watch out for flattery and hallucinations. And for important advice, ask real people.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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On November 12, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, the author of The 1619 Project, spoke with associate professor of history Brenna Greer about history and journalism.

📝 Chaewon Han ’29
https://www.wellesley.edu/news/who-tells-our-stories
Who tells our stories?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about history and journalism as part of the Jordan Lecture Series
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November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM