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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 1d
“When I first mentioned Chinese science fiction to people, they were surprised: How could China have science fiction?” says Mingwei Song, professor of Chinese studies.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3327833/china-stakes-claim-future-soft-power-sci-fi-and-speculative-fiction
China stakes a claim on the future with sci-fi and speculative fiction
Liu Cixin’s Three-Body trilogy and other Chinese works may challenge the West’s projection of capitalist society in fiction, experts say.
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 2d
The internet is still a minefield for kids, and parents feel outmatched. A growing movement of advocates, including Wellesley Centers for Women Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, say they have fix-it ideas:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/30/how-to-keep-child-safe-online/
Analysis | 10 ways to keep children safer and happier online
The internet is still a minefield for kids, and parents feel outmatched. A growing movement of advocates say they have better fix-it ideas like these.
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 8d
Professor Lamiya Mowla ’13 says small colleges like Wellesley are preparing the next generation of scientists through mentorship, collaborative problem solving, and integrating new tools.

https://www.firstprinciples.org/article/in-the-age-of-ai-small-colleges-are-punching-above-their-weight
In the age of AI, small colleges are punching above their weight
In a research world defined by scale and AI-driven discovery, small colleges are proving impact isn’t measured in dollars. At places like Wellesley and Bowdoin, close mentorship, collaborative problem...
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 9d
At the New York Times and elsewhere, Marian Burros ’54 combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/dining/marian-burros-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.XdMH.b743-ZzQHQab&smid=url-share
Marian Burros, 92, Dies; Food Writer Famed for Her Plum Torte and More
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 16d
A new report from @brookings.edu, co-authored by economics professors Phillip Levine and Robin McKnight, shows that NIH funding increases can boost labor markets in college towns.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/nih-funding-and-local-employment/?utm_campaign=Economic%20Studies%20Bulletin
NIH funding and local employment | Brookings
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 17d
Mona Minkara ’09, the first blind science student in Wellesley’s history, recently uncovered patterns in how lungs interact with airborne viruses.

https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/computational-chemistry/Trailblazers-Mona-Minkara-pulmonary-surfactants-accessibility-disability/103/web/2025/09
Mona Minkara uncovers patterns in how our lungs interact with airborne viruses
The 2025 Trailblazers guest editor uses computational models to study lung chemistry while building resources that help blind scientists succeed
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 18d
Happy First Day of Fall, Wellesley! 🍁 🍂
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 20d
Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau was included on the 2025 ALX100: an annual list of 100 Latino leaders making a difference across Massachusetts, named by nonpartisan, collaborative nonprofit We Are ALX. Congrats, Petra!
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 22d
New research from biology professor Steven Biller suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

https://apnews.com/article/phytoplankton-prochlorococcus-decline-food-web-warming-oceans-c9e31c10b3ff9d613b41517836d55122
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 22d
On September 2, seniors donned their black graduation gowns and, together with hundreds of members of the incoming green class and other students, headed to convocation, Wellesley’s traditional ceremony to mark the beginning of the academic year.

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Convocation 2025 Highlight Reel
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Wellesley Centers for Women @wcwonline.bsky.social · Sep 8
💬 We interviewed newly minted author and Associate Research Scientist Kate Price, a member of our Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative! She’ll be at @wellesley.edu on Thursday, September 18 to discuss her memoir This Happened to Me: A Reckoning. #nonfiction #booksky #devpsyc #cogsci
An Interview with Kate Price Associate Research Scientist and author of memoir This Happened To Me: A Reckoning Content warning: This Q&A discusses human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. ate, your memoir This Happened to Me was released last month! Tell us what it’s about. My memoir is about healing and truth. My father sexually abused me from a very young age until he left our family when I was 12. During this time, he also sold me for sex to truckers along a highway that ran near our house in northern Appalachia. I wrote this book to provide a “roadmap” of my healing for anyone affected by trauma, particularly familial child sex trafficking survivors. It’s about how I’ve taken what happened to me and made it my life’s mission to ensure it doesn’t happen to other children. The book has been featured in The Washington Post and WBUR’s Here and Now. How do you feel now that it’s out in the world? I feel tremendously grateful. When someone tells me that my story allowed them to tell their own story, or that they now better understand the experience of a friend or family member who went through something similar, I feel immense gratitude. What are you working on next? I’m doing work I’m passionate about: researching the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) by family members, and particularly how it stays hidden. With a better understanding of that, we can equip service providers, child protective services, and law enforcement to respond better to protect children, families, and their communities.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 22d
To see our tracking and access our data, check out The Big Green Machine. It is a joint project between myself and my @wellesley.edu research students.

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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · Aug 25
At The Big Green Machine, my @wellesley.edu students and I are tracking 607 clean energy manufacturing projects in North America.

Let us know what we are missing, what we’ve got wrong, and what needs updating and access our full dataset and interactive dashboard. 🔌💡
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.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · Sep 5
somehow I always end up working at institutions during their sesquicentennial celebrations. (First the Noble & Greenough School, now @wellesley.edu.) www.wellesley.edu/news/kicking...
Kicking off Wellesley’s sesquicentennial!
Convocation 2025 marked the beginning of the academic year and the College’s 150th anniversary
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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · Sep 5
30 years ago, Sec. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social made history at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing

Last March, the IGP Women’s Initiative, @giwps.bsky.social, @gwlvoices.bsky.social, Vital Voices, & @wellesley.edu convened leaders and activists to reflect on progress made since then
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · Aug 15
Professors Chipo Dendere and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social‬ write for TIME about the dangers of Trump’s brain drain: “In short, countries push enormous artistic or scientific talent out at their own expense.”

https://time.com/7298847/history-dangers-trumps-brain-drain/
History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump's Brain Drain
Historically, when academics and notable figures flee instability, their home countries often suffer.
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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · Aug 14
An increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for colleges in the U.S. Phillip Levine, @wellesley.edu, says these universities are going to be looking for savings wherever possible. #EdPolicy

@cheymumph.bsky.social , @apnews.com :
College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aid
An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges.
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · Aug 13
After surviving the personal tragedy of losing her parents in a village massacre, Chantale Zuzi ’25 became a refugee at age 13— fleeing to Uganda with her siblings and stepping into the role of caregiver and advocate. Now, she is the founder of Refugee Can Be.

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Ep. 22: A refugee can be anything, with Chantale Zuzi
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · Aug 11
“Projects are being paused, cancelled, and closed at a rate 6x more than during the same period in 2024,” states The Big Green Machine, @jayturner.bsky.social's website that tracks U.S. clean energy investments.

More from @politico.com:

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The battery belt is getting skinnier
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · Aug 8
Are Wellesley’s dorms haunted? Is Andy Shennan’s British accent fake?

When a college has been around for 150 years, some lore is bound to have accumulated. Wellesley’s oral history is rife with legends—some true, some false, and some somewhere in between.

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The Stuff of Legend
As the College enters its sesquicentennial year, E.B. Bartels ’10 got to the bottom of some of Wellesley's most famous lore.
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · Aug 7
The phrase "joy is resistance" has been popping up all over the place lately. But what, exactly, does it mean? Learn more from @kcarterjackson.bsky.social on NPR’s Code Switch:

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Is joy an act of resistance? : Code Switch
The phrase "joy is resistance" has been popping up all over the place lately. But what, exactly, does it mean? In this episode, we're unpacking what joy is, when it can actually be used as a tool for ...
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 7
The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.

Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · Aug 5
Novelist @thebestjasmine.bsky.social ’97 along with more than 70 writers wrote an open letter about AI to literary publishers, demanding that publishing houses never release books that were created by machines. Listen to her conversation at the link below:

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More than 70 writers send open letter about AI to literary publishers
More than 70 writers wrote an open letter outlining their issues with the use of A.I. in the literary world. Their main demand is for publishing houses to never release books created by machines.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 2
The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.

Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · Aug 4
Grateful to be on @velshimsnbc.bsky.social again and have my work with my colleague Chipo Dendere spotlighted. These are perilous times, but we can't leave.

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"Velshi" on MSNBC @velshimsnbc.bsky.social · Aug 3
The U.S. is set to lose thousands of highly trained professionals to other nations due to Trump policies. @kcarterjackson.bsky.social‬ says it will be “a huge detriment to American society.” Ray Suarez says the harm won’t "show up tomorrow, next week, or even next month. This is a long term game."
‘Huge detriment to American society’: Trump’s second term leading to a brain drain
Elections have consequences, and the latest consequence of Donald Trump's return to the White House is America’s brain drain. The U.S. is set to lose thousands of highly trained, intelligent professionals to other nations because of his policies. Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson tells Ali Velshi, “It is a huge detriment to American society, and that advantage we've held for decades could be lost.” "We got so good at this for so long that we forgot that we were doing it,’ says Ray Suarez. The U.S. is making the lives of foreign students and workers “complicated and hard when other countries are ready to put out the welcome mat.”
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