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“Maria,” a new Netflix movie starring Angelina Jolie as opera superstar Maria Callas, is generating large viewership as well as awards buzz. As a psychologist, lifelong opera fan, and biographer of Callas, Wellesley professor Paul Wink says Maria is visually spectacular and raises important issues related to gender and aging.

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The extraordinary images give us an unprecedented picture of what our own galaxy might have looked like when it was being born.

Students collaborate with political science professors to survey the opinions of 18- to 35-year-old voters.

Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau explores Zumba’s vision of Latinness in new book.

Wellesley College professor Rebecca Selden examines how various fishing communities can change their fishing habits in order to adapt to climate change.

A Wellesley College professor is among a team of researchers who’ve discovered a cosmic question mark that may yield answers about how stars are born in galaxies.

Wellesley College students and alums are once again among a select group of students receiving awards to support graduate study. Here are some of this year’s fellowship recipients.

Program lets Wellesley student researchers work on projects alongside faculty.