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The Chronicle of Higher Education features Aurora in a story about the impact of college closures on small communities, 13 Dec. 2024

MasContext in-depth essay on the uncertain future of Long Library at Wells College, 18 Nov. 2024

The Architect’s Newspaper feature: Library by Walter Netsch, and other buildings, are under threat in Aurora, NY, after Wells College’s recent closure, 6 Nov. 2024

Rome Sentinel article on the risk to historic campus buildings left unheated all winter, 18 Oct. 2024

Finger Lakes Daily News reports on the nomination of the Wells campus to the “Seven to Save” program of the Preservation League of NYS, 14 Oct. 2024

Editorial in The Auburn Citizen chastises Wells leadership, 29 August 2024

Ithaca Journal on faculty complaint to the National Labor Relations Board, 20 August 2024

Editorial in The Auburn Citizen asks for communication about Wells’ future from NYS, 25 July 2024

NPR’s 1A program featured interviews and reporting about Wells’ closure, 2 July 2024.

Ithaca Journal followed local developments in wake of closure, 21 June 2024.

Finger Lakes Times reported on concerns following Minerva’s decapitation, 19 June 2024.

Editorial: Aurora’s future without Wells, The Auburn Citizen, 16 May 2024

The Hechinger Report carried the best feature story to date on Wells’ abrupt closure, 18 May 2024.

Ongoing complete coverage of Wells College’s closure in local paper ($1 subscription required), now includes over 50 articles.

A Few Letters

Letter to the Editor: WLS responds to WCA Meeting, 21 Nov. 2024

Press Release: Campus Remains Risk, National Register listed buildings to be unheated all winter, 28 Oct. 2024

Template for writing historic preservation advocacy letter, 17 Oct. 2024

Letter of Support for the PACNY’s nomination of the Wells campus to the “Seven to Save” program, 9 Oct. 2024

Press Release: Historic Campus at Risk of Irreparable Harm, 3 Oct. 2024

Village Board Resolution requesting that the Wells archives be released into the care of the Village of Aurora, 18 September 2024, with Mayor’s cover letter and response from Chair of Wells BoT.

Letter from NYS Archivists on Wells’ archives, 28 Aug 2024

WLS offer to monitor Long Library, 12 July 2024

WLS Support for Med Center & Peachtown, 30 June 2024

Village Historian’s Letter re Wells archives, 26 June 2024

Aurora Village Board’s Letter re future of campus, 25 June 2024

WLS to Aurora BoT proposing campus zoning compromise, 5 June 2024