Halloween Haunted Tower at Wellesley College Oct 31, 2009
Wellesley College Bell Tower, 106 Central St., Wellesley (enter Green Hall from the academic quad). 617-584-7961. (Boston Globe)
Linda K. Vaughan, 71; led Wellesley College athletics Oct 31, 2009
As chairperson and director of Wellesley College s athletic department from 1973-1990, Linda K. Vaughan was a catalyst for change, planning and raising funds for the construction of its Keohane Athletic Center, improving the status of its club teams to varsity level, and hiring some of the college s first full-time athletic trainers, varsity coaches, and assistant athletic directors. A noted researcher and author in the field of sports psychology and founding co-chair of the Friends of Wellesley... (Boston Globe)
Amid tumult, a degree of stability Oct 30, 2009
Schools should also explore opportunities to partner with other colleges to hold down operating costs by sharing resources, technology services, and even faculty appointments - an idea advocated during this week s New England Board of Higher Education conference in Boston and something Wellesley College, Olin College of Engineering, and Babson College have begun to do. Colleges also need to be prepared for more volatility in the financial markets and reassess the amount of risk they are... (Boston Globe)
Hillary Clinton: Corn tastes better in Karachi Oct 29, 2009
There was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telling TV viewers in Pakistan that some of her best friends at Wellesley College were Pakistani, and that she and Bill Clinton had Pakistani friends bring Pakistani food to the White House. I love the food, she told Pakistan s Dawn TV before her visit this week to that crucial country. (Boston Globe)
Lawmakes eye longstanding exemptions for revenue Oct 29, 2009
I think it s crazy, said Karl Case, a Wellesley College economics professor. What s the difference between a good and service today. (Burlington Union, MA)
Needham roundup: Golfers advance to States; swimmers take BSC Carey title Oct 29, 2009
The Rockets improved to 8-1-1 and will next swim at the BSC Championships at Wellesley college on Nov. 8 at 8 a.m.. BOYS SOCCER. (Needham Tab, MA)
Nancy Longley Agnew Oct 28, 2009
Mrs. Agnew graduated from Wellesley College in 1950, and in 1968 earned an MBA at New York University ... In 1981 she became Director of Communications and Director of Corporate and Foundation Giving at Wellesley College ... There will be a memorial service at St Andrew s Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Road, Wellesley MA 02483 in Wellesley on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Wellesley College or to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Wellesley, MA.. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Levine’s return to BSO is delayed until January Oct 27, 2009
It must be very sad for him, to miss all of this must be very humiliating for him, said Rachel Jacoff, a professor of Italian literature at Wellesley College who regularly attends BSO performances. If he comes back and he s really OK, that s one thing. (Boston Globe)
Wellesley College students receive EPA solar energy system award Oct 27, 2009
Students at Wellesley College were awarded $10,000 from the EPA to design a solar energy system that can be used for heating and cooking in rural and urban areas of the Himalayas and elsewhere. The Wellesley solar project was one of two projects in New England and 43 nationwide to receive grants targeted to teams of college and university students across the country who will design creative technologies to help the developed and developing world. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Wellesley College economics professors offer insights on current financial crisis Oct 27, 2009
By the Wellesley College Office of Public Affairs GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 27, 2009 @ 06:00 AM ... The following is from the Wellesley College Office of Public Affairs ... To answer these questions, Wellesley College economics professors will discuss where we are in the financial crisis in a panel discussion, The Great Recession: Back from the Edge or Off the Cliff Again. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Wellesley takes Seven Sisters rowing title Oct 26, 2009
On Saturday, the Wellesley College crew team won the 2009 Seven Sisters Championship Regatta on the Charles River for its first title since 2001. Wellesley finished in a team total tie for first place, but captured championship honors with a 26-second edge over Mount Holyoke in the first varsity race. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Obituary: Elizabeth A. Bette (OConnell) Barrett Oct 25, 2009
She worked for several years as a registered nurse at the Haynes Memorial Hospital in Brighton and the Wellesley College infirmary. She was a parishioner at St. Paul s Church in Wellesley and for many years she was a member of the St. Paul s Book Club and a religious education instructor. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Swine flu going to school Oct 23, 2009
Wellesley College, where a student tested positive for the virus earlier in the semester, also has five to eight students who currently have flu-like illness, said Arlie Corday, director of communications and public relations. At Brandeis University in Waltham, as of Oct. 16, 113 students had flu-like illness since the start of the fall semester, with five students currently under care, according to the health center Web site. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Longbottom casts spell at 'Potter' exhibit Oct 23, 2009
Maysles at Wellesley Filmmaker Albert Maysles, who made the 1976 documentary Grey Gardens (on which Drew Barrymore s recent HBO drama was based), was at Wellesley College on Wednesday night as part of the New Directions in Documentary Film Festival and Symposium. His keynote speech was called Handheld and from the Heart. (Boston Globe)
Gallery Glimpses: Oct. 22 Oct 23, 2009
This fall, the Davis Museum & Cultural Center at Wellesley College will have four diverse offerings: two new exhibitions, Cell Tango and 21 Etchings and Poems (through Dec. 13); and two new installations Christine Hiebert s Reconnaissance: Three Wall Drawings ; and Michael Singer s Ritual Series/Retelling, (both on view through summer 2010) ... Cell Tango is funded by Wellesley College Friends of Art and The Sandra Cohen Bakalar 55 Fund for Art ... This exhibition and related programs are funded... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Religion: Oct. 22 Oct 23, 2009
Sunday Nov.1 at 7:30 pm Marjorie Agosin, award winning poet, human rights activist and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College will speak in the Meet the Author series at Temple Reyim. Agosin will present two books: her latest entitled Of Earth and Sea: A Chilean Memoir (2009); and an earlier memoir, The Alphabet in my Hands: A Writers Life (2000). (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
More women with young children plan to relaunch careers Oct 22, 2009
Several local schools, including Babson College, Wellesley College, and Brandeis University, are responding with specialized career counseling programs for their alumni, and more than 75 women have graduated from Bentley University s More Opportunities for Mothers workshops, a four-part series run by the Waltham school s Women s Leadership Institute the last three years. The current More Opportunities for Mothers session has enrolled two dozen women, including Brown and Peabody, who met in a... (Boston Globe)
UOP On List Of Beautiful Campuses Oct 21, 2009
UOP's red-brick-and-ivy campus is what its founding trustees would call Gothic College, patterned after Yale University and Wellesley College -- Nos. 6 and 7 in the rankings. (KCRA 3, CA)
Linda K. Vaughan Oct 21, 2009
Dr. Vaughan was Professor Emerita of the Department of Physical Education and Athletics at Wellesley College, and was Chair/Athletic Director of the Department from 1973 to 1990 ... After receiving her Master's Degree in 1962, she came to Wellesley College as an instructor of Physical Education ... Dr. Vaughan returned to Wellesley College in 1973, as Chair/Athletic Director of the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Harvard University Paid $500 Million to Exit Backfired Interest-Rate Swap Oct 19, 2009
Harvard Management Co., which administers the endowment, has been run since July 2008 by , former chief investment officer of nearby Wellesley College. She took over from , now chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., which oversees the worlds largest bond fund from Newport Beach, California. (Bloomberg)
In search of that word on the tip of your tongue Oct 19, 2009
Jennie Pyers signs with a young deaf boy in Nicaragua. Pyers studied bilingual sign language speakers to solve the "tip of the tongue" question. (USA Today -- Tech)
Coming up with right word is deeper than tip of your tongue Oct 19, 2009
Researcher Jennie Pyers and a deaf Nicaraguan boy talk in a sign language created there in the '70s. GOOD PERCEPTION IS KEY. (USA Today)
World class: A half-year in Vienna Oct 18, 2009
Ashley Muller of Wellesley College on Hvar island in Croatia ... Ashley Ley Muller, a senior at Wellesley College, was struck by the dietary habits of fellow students and other Austrians during her spring and summer at the University of Vienna, where she studied comparative welfare systems. (Boston Globe)
Wellesley's Home of Distinction now open Oct 17, 2009
Parlor concert performed by the Wellesley College Chamber singers. Thursday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Eco-chic, new construction colonial in Wellesley Oct 16, 2009
Close by: Close to Wellesley College, with easy access to routes 9, 128, 135, 495 and the Mass. Pike. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Admission blogs on the rise at other universities Oct 14, 2009
She suggested me, and then the communications department contacted me and invited me to apply, explained Temple Price, a freshman at Wellesley College. At MIT, the application process is more competitive. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Former Wellesley College student accused of attempted murder arrested on probation violation Oct 14, 2009
A former Wellesley College student accused of trying to kill her boyfriend in his MIT dorm room two years ago was arrested this weekend on a probation violation warrant, police said. Anna L. Tang, 22, of 58 Bishop St., was arrested at her home at 6:05 p.m. Saturday on a Middlesex Superior Court warrant, police said. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Recessionmay force older workers out Oct 14, 2009
Those people, the risk that theyre subject to is not the stock market, its the labor market, said Phillip Levine, a professor of economics at Wellesley College and co-author of a recent paper looking at that phenomenon. Already, there are signs some older workers are falling into that trap. (MSNBC -- Business)
What will happen to the reputation of Hyman Bloom, one of Boston’s most celebrated artists? Oct 11, 2009
Other local museums, such as the MFA, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, have their Blooms in storage (in one case, the Bloom is on loan). Several prominent critics, such as Holland Cotter of The New York Times, are known to be great admirers of Bloom (Cotter wrote an excellent introductory essay for a Bloom show at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton in 1996). (Boston Globe)
Community Bulletin Board: Oct. 8 Oct 9, 2009
Pacific Pictures, student work from the Carleton College seminar in the South Pacific, will be on exhibit through Nov. 1, in Jewett Art Gallery at Wellesley College, 106 Central St. Gallery talk is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., by Fred Hagstrom, professor of art at Carleton College ... Wellesley Kiwanis Club meets Thursdays, at 12:15 p.m., for luncheon and a program at the Wellesley College Alumni Club, 727 Washington St. The public is invited to attend ... Introduction to Plant Ecology will be... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Wellesley College museum installation displays roiling arrangements of cellphone photos Oct 9, 2009
Alex Goodman, a Wellesley College student, with Cell Tango, an installation of constantly changing cellphone photos, including her cupcake image (below) ... Goodman, 21, a senior at Wellesley College, uses the image as the wallpaper on her cellphone ... CELL TANGO At the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, through Dec. 13. (Boston Globe)
Save-A-Date: Oct. 8 Oct 9, 2009
Oct. 17: Wellesley College Botanic Gardens presents Elements of Drawing: Getting It Right with Jeanne Kunze ... Fee is $225 for Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture or Arnold Arboretum members, $275 for nonmembers ... Class takes place at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
A Place To Grow Childcare celebrates 30 years Oct 8, 2009
Recently divorced, Foley said one day it dawned on her to start a business using the skills she d learned raising three daughters and earning a degree in psychology from Wellesley College. I was the mother in the neighborhood who had all the children at her house, said Foley. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Wellesley honors Oct 8, 2009
Kellaway is a senior at Wellesley College, where she is majoring in computer science. The recipients of the Vanguard Scholarship and Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship awards were selected from a pool of more than 200 applicants. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
A renowned advocate for poetry comes to Wellesley High School Oct 7, 2009
A New Jersey native, Pinsky taught at Wellesley College and the University of California, Berkley, He now teaches at Boston University and poetry editor of the online magazine Slate. At WHS, every student attended Pinsky s presentation, requiring two separate assemblies, one for ninth and 10th graders, the second for 11th and 12th graders. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Postcomers Club of Wellesley luncheon slated for Oct. 20 Oct 7, 2009
The Postcomers Club of Wellesley will have a luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 11:30 a.m. at the Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington St. (Route 16). Magician Gil Stubbs of Wellesley will perform. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
HINGHAM YESTERDAYS: Price of rubber boots, shoes soars Oct 6, 2009
Miss Caroline Harris, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Harris of Miles road, has returned to her junior year at Wellesley College. Congratulations are being received by Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick Paine of Martin s lane on the birth of a son, born September 19th at the Quincy City Hospital. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Explore the art and science of plants this fall at Wellesley College Oct 5, 2009
In this hands-on Introduction to Plant Ecology, explore key concepts with environmental scientist and Wellesley College Visiting Scholar Katie Alt Griffith. This three-morning course will begin each day with a lecture, and then move outdoors into the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens for observational studies and other structured activities in the field ... The fee is $75 for Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture or Arnold Arboretum members, $90 for non-members. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Another Inconvenient Truth: The World's Growing Population Poses a Malthusian Dilemma Oct 3, 2009
Genetically modified varieties currently illegal in most of Africa, according to political scientist Robert Paarlberg of Wellesley College might boost yields. Such biotechnology is "critical for achieving the ecological intensification required to meet human food demand on a global scale," argues of the University of Nebraska Lincoln. (Scientific American)
Wellesley teen walking in support of aunt who is breast cancer survivor Oct 2, 2009
Still in the process of seeing what colleges would be a good fit for her, she said she s considering Middlebury, Georgetown and Wellesley colleges. I know that Wellesley College is a great school ... Dana Hall was originally founded as a prep school for Wellesley College, so I would love to go there. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Two monkeys see a more colorful world Oct 1, 2009
Bevil Conway, a neuroscientist at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, says the experiment shows that seeing in full color only requires the addition of a gene for detecting certain colors of light. Before the experiment, scientists were not sure whether the monkey s brains would know how to handle new colors but the monkeys seemed to be able to see and understand the new colors right away. (Science News for Kids)
For the record Sep 30, 2009
Correction: An editorial Tuesday misspelled Wellesley College s motto. It is Non ministrari sed ministrare. (Boston Globe)
Community Bulletin Board: Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
Wellesley Kiwanis Club meets Thursdays, at 12:15 p.m., for luncheon and a program at the Wellesley College Alumni Club, 727 Washington St. The public is invited to attend ... Human Love, Divine Beloved Performing Love Poems to God will be presented at 7 p.m., in Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College ... The panel discussion Russia Now: The Current State of the Former Soviet Union, takes place at 7:30 p.m., in Pendleton Atrium on the Wellesley College campus. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Save-A-Date: Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
Oct. 4: Triple Helix piano trio: Concert From Roots to Blossoms: The Flowering of Modernity Nourished by the Romantic Spirit takes place at 7 p.m., in Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College, 106 Central St. Concerts are free and open to the public ... Oct. 5: Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College hosts Jamaican-American novelist Colin Channer who will present a monologue titled How to Beat a Child the Right and Proper Way, a contrarian look at mother-daughter relationships, at 7... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Carnival family carves out a living Sep 21, 2009
Mitchell, 34, grew up in New York and majored in film at prestigious Wellesley College. She moved to Phoenix for family reasons and "because I had to meet Steve," she said, looking at him with a smile. (AZCentral -- News)
A study in contrast Sep 20, 2009
Red is the most salient color, says Bevil Conway, assistant professor of neuroscience at Wellesley College. It indicates intensity. (Boston Globe)
12 college students reported flu-like illness Sep 20, 2009
WELLESLEY Twelve Wellesley College students, down from the 20 reported Friday, have reported swine flu-like symptoms. Earlier this week, nearly 60 students said they had flu-like symptoms, the college reported. (Boston Globe)
The flu returns to Wellesley after summer break Sep 19, 2009
The flu is rearing its head again at Wellesley College. Since the start of school, around 60 students at Wellesley College have reported having flu-like like symptoms, with one case confirmed as H1N1, said college spokeswoman Arlie Corday. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Mexico to Unveil Housing Index Soon to Bolster Mortgage-Backed Debt Market Sep 19, 2009
chief economist at MacroMarkets LLC and a professor at Yale University, and , an economics professor at Wellesley College, created the home-price index based on research from the 1980s. Having a housing price index is a major asset that drives consumer spending and that matters for the mortgage market, Case said in a telephone interview today. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Column: Finding the right camping experience for Wellesley's fifth-graders Sep 18, 2009
The four programs under consideration are: Hale Reservation, in Westwood (which would include a long day on the third day with BBQ and bonfire); Plum Island in Newburyport; Thompson Island day camp (which would include two days of in-class instruction and one day on Thompson Island) and Wellesley College Botanical Garden. Dr. McFall presented these alternatives to elementary school principals last month and to Central Council last week. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Gallery Glimpses Sep 18, 2009
By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Sep 17, 2009 @ 02:27 PM. A Z Fine Arts, 339 Washington St., will be hosting free artists series on Saturdays through Oct. 3. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
The Blue Jays Fall, 3-2 To Amherst Sep 12, 2009
The Blue Jays return to the court at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow to face host Wellesley College. Amherst will play Wesleyan at noon. (Hopkinssports.com)
Braintree boys' cross country team gets new coach Sep 12, 2009
While she was a sophomore at Wellesley College, she began her coaching career, heading the program at the Dana Hall School in Wellesley. I coached there as varsity coach for six years, said Vanderspek. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Case: Commercial Real Estate Next to Fall Sep 11, 2009
Wellesley College economics professor Karl Case, co-founder of the S-Shiller Home Price Index, says commercial real estate absolutely could be the next domino to fall. Its not as big as residential, he pointed out in an interview with Dan Mangru of Moneynews. (Newsmax)
Olin, Babson, Wellesley tout collaboration Sep 11, 2009
Wicked Local staff photo by Kate Flock Olin College President, Richard Miller, Wellesley College President, Kim Bottomly, and Babson College President, Leonard Schlesinger, answer questions about a new collaboration among the schools, which was announced in the Wellesley Room of Olin Hall at Babson College, Sept. 9, 2009 ... A large chocolate cake with the logos of the three colleges Babson College, Wellesley College and Olin College sat on a table in the conference room as faculty, staff and... (Needham Tab, MA)
George Kidder; attorney helped guide and strengthen BSO, 84 Sep 11, 2009
Mr. Kidder served on many other boards, including some associated with Harvard Law School, WGBH, Wellesley College, the Episcopal Divinity School, and St. Mark s School. Dad was just a wonderful man who found time in what was an extraordinarily busy schedule for family, for work, for friends, and for the various charities with which he worked over so many years, said his son Stephen of Belmont. (Boston Globe)
Carolyn B. Duane Sep 11, 2009
She became a student at Abbot Academy (now Andover), where after graduation she studied at Wellesley College. She obtained her degree in education from Boston University and later taught preschoolers at the Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Key to happiness? Be kind, exercise Sep 10, 2009
Put your pessimism to work, says Julie Norem, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Defensive pessimists expect the worst and expend lots of energy mentally rehearsing how things might go wrong. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Wellesley College alumnae appointed to U.S. Foreign Service Sep 10, 2009
Wellesley College graduates Jessica Berlow 03, Jennifer Jensen 09 and Katherine Musgrove 09 have received appointments to the United States Foreign Service joining the ranks of another famous Wellesley diplomat. It just seemed fitting that we will be serving under (Secretary of State) Hillary Clinton, really letting Wellesley leave its mark on the State Department, Jensen said. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
State insurance chief heads to Northeastern Sep 10, 2009
She attended Wellesley College before earning her law degree. As commissioner, Burnes earned about $127,000 last year. (Boston Globe)
Colleges find juicy titles swell enrollment Sep 8, 2009
The dean s office monitors enrollment, and humanities tend to suffer, said Nicolas de Warren, philosophy professor at Wellesley College who is coteaching The Stars and the Sages: Philosophy and the Cosmos. With such a rich offering of courses, there s a kind of competition, and titles that speak immediately to students can make a difference. (Boston Globe)
Three college presidents will host Babson-Olin-Wellesley collaboration celebration Sep 8, 2009
Babson, Olin and Wellesley college presidents are holding a community celebration of their new three-college agreement that builds on geographic proximity and complementary educational strengths to explore an expanded partnership among the three institutions on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 1:30 p.m. ... For more information, contact Babson College at 781-239-4549 or ; Olin College at 781-292-2255 or ; or Wellesley College at 781-283-3321 or. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Americans abroad on their perfect days Sep 6, 2009
ELIZABETH KANE Wellesley College. PARIS My ideal day in Paris would be spent in the 14th arrondissement, the quarter that I called home. (Boston Globe)
Sherborn Lifetime Learning plans casual education courses Sep 5, 2009
Instructor: Maud Chaplin, Wellesley College professor of Philosophy Emerita, taught at Wellesley for 40 years. She is Wellesley College ombudswoman, the author of numerous publications and a sought-after speaker at many forums. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Housing's Hidden Strength Sep 5, 2009
"The tiers are really revealing," says economist Karl E. Case of Wellesley College, who developed the index with Yale University economist Robert J. Shiller. "[The rising prices] can't be just first-time buyers." While prices could fall after the expiration of the tax credit, says Case, "It's not a knockout blow if the expansion is broad-based.". (BusinessWeek)
