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Science Hill

It all STEMs from Science Hill. Home to Wellesley’s sciences and mathematics.

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First Year Seminar

 

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The Reimagined Science Center at Wellesley College

 

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Class Visit (Neuroscience)

Wellesley students studying in the Data Lounge, an open study space in the Science Center
Wellesley students studying in the Science Center
Inside the Global Flora Greenhouses
Wellesley students using the telescope in the Whitin Observatory
Wellesley students working in a chemistry teaching lab in the Science Center
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Undergraduate Research

Global Flora Greenhouses

Whitin Observatory

🔬 Undergraduate Research

It’s the foundation of Wellesley’s hands-on education. And it comes in many shapes and sizes. The most common? You, a team of your classmates, a professor or two, researching something like: “Adult Neural Stem Cells: Long-term Self-renewal, Replenishment by the Immune System, or Both?” in biochemistry; or "From City of the Oppressed to City of the Free: Tracing the Progress of Decolonization in African Cities" in international relations; or "To Be Totally Free: Galina Ustvolskaya, Sofia Gubaidulina, and the Pursuit of Spiritual Freedom in the Soviet Union" in music.

When does it happen?

It could happen in your first year, in a First Year Student Research Apprenticeship. Or your second, in the Sophomore Early Research Program (SERP). Or your third or fourth, in a faculty-student collaboration or an independent research project.

Isn't it just science?

Oh, and! It’s not just STEM. Students of every major engage in research. Like, say, “Coil Me Liberated: How Black Women Use Hair to Overcome Misogynoir” in Africana studies and sociology. Or “Recognizing Climate Change as an Act of Persecution: A Tuvaluan Case Study” in political science and international relations.

🌺 Global Flora Greenhouses

Featuring: The botany museum. An interdisciplinary research and teaching node. A camellia tree planted on campus in the 1870s. And, for good measure, award winning architecture.

🔭 Whitin Observatory

Wellesley to a T. All about demystifying the mysterious and bringing the awe-inspiring within reach. Here, you'll complete research projects, chart the stars, and, if you're part of the student astronomy club, turn the observatory's dome into a giant pumpkin for Halloween.

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