Our colleague Takis Metaxas was appointed the next faculty director of the Albright Institute.  This January’s Institute featured an extensive computer science presence with 2 Wellesley CS alumnae speakers, 2 Wellesley CS faculty speakers, plus 2 other talks on topics in technology.

Navigating a Global Internet

Heather West ’07, Senior Policy Manager, Mozilla

Policy in a Bits + Atoms World

Betsy Masiello ’03, Senior Director, Public Policy & Economics, Uber

Biotechnology in the World Today

Brian Tjaden, Professor and Chair of Computer Science, Wellesley College

Building a Better World: Engineering, Leadership, and the Liberal Arts

Amy Banzaert, Director of Engineering Studies and Lecturer in Engineering, Wellesley College

(with Lyn Turbak, Associate Professor, Computer Science)

Anonymity and Reason

Harry Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Fake News, Real Consequences

Craig Silverman, Media Editor, BuzzFeed News