Yesterday | The Swellesley Report
Wellesley College Theatre presents Waiting for the Parade
Wellesley College Theatre is proud to present Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell.
NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA
Another tax grab that could hurt our downtowns
In a desperate search for money to fill the holes in the state budget, Massachusetts lawmakers are looking for new ways to tax.
Pearson to lead discussion on the - race card'
The bets are high, and in the next round you can pass or play the card. Which will you choose? Senior Brittanie Pearson is trying to educate students on the concepts of white privilege and race relations through a oeThe Race Card: Who holds the privileged hand?a Pearson said the conference is a platform for students to evaluate how race influences ...
Wartime China's Elegant Enigma
Illustrated. 787 pages. Simon & Schuster. $35. Excerpt: 'The Last Empress' Sigrid Estrada Hannah Pakula Soong Mei-ling, better known to history as Mme.
Record Loan Volume, Stabilizing Asset Quality Headline Preliminary Third Quarter Data Trends
Lydia Cole's work as an Industry Analyst at Callahan specializes in leading the company's ongoing research activities in credit union delivery channel trends and credit union service organizations nationwide.
Scenes near and far inspire watercolors by Marilyn Foley
During the past 72 years, nationally-acclaimed artist Marilyn Foley has experimented with oil painting, sculpture, mosaics and frescoes.
Claim: Barack Obama's thesis for Columbia University, entitled "Aristocracy Reborn," noted that America's founding fathers "did not allow for economic freedom." FALSE Example: [Collected via e-mail, October 2009] I saw someone online claim that the following is a quote from Barack Obama's thesis at Columbia contains the following segment: "... the ...
Paulson, Portland should be a good fit -- if he figures out how things work here
Merritt Paulson should be a good fit for Portland. Sure, he's rich. His father worked for George Bush.
Econ 223: Latest In Changing Financial World
NPR's Tovia Smith last week introduced us to Anne Witte, an economics professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Relaunching your career after kids
Liz Brown , 39, of Dedham, with daughter, Rachel Adler, 13 months, and Phoebe Peabody, 37, of Needham, with son, Asher Shillin, 13 months.
M. Bilal Kaleem entered MIT with dreams of becoming an astronaut, but the tragedies of September 11, 2001, changed his plans.
Wellesley Class Teaches Personal Finance Basics
Prof. Ann Witte created the Fundamentals of Personal Finance at Wellesley College to help students get some real life experience before they start real life.
Out of work, out of options, into retirement
Richard Freund, 67, works on one of his art pieces made from found objects in his studio in Redlands, Calif.
Colleges trying to encourage a well-balanced diet have a message for students sizing up that all-you-can-eat smorgasbord in the dining hall: What you don't know can help you.
Wellesley College library turns 100
As many alumnae will attest, the 100-year-old Margaret Clapp Library is the heart of the Wellesley College campus, gracefully bridging a print past and a digital future.
Woman Finds Stolen Bike For Sale Online
A local woman whose bike was stolen right off her front porch found the bike for sale online when she was looking for a replacement.
Bennington student answers to five burglary counts
A man whose attorney said he was a student with a full scholarship at Bennington College was arraigned on five felony counts of burglary on Wednesday.
'A house is part of your being'
Karl E Case, who with Robert J Shiller created the influential Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, is the Katharine Coman and A Barton Hepburn professor of economics at Wellesley College, where he has taught for more than 30 years.
Stolen bike found on Craigslist, for the umpteenth time
Who doesn't like bike theft story with a happy ending. Here's one from Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Wellesley Police follow Craigslist trail to recover stolen bike
Wellesley Police , with help from a heads-up victim, have tracked down an alleged bike thief in town via a Craigslist ad.
Also on Topix