Bill HolderCanadian dance critic Michael Crabb previews "Fallen Rain," a production by Artist in Residence Hari Krishnan that will be performed this weekend in Toronto.
Benjamin Travers[youtube width="640" height="410"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKCySqHK74M&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] View dozens more videos on the Wesleyan YouTube Channel.
[youtube width="640" height="410"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW-jXRUhWTA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Wesleyan's student-run fire arts and performance group Prometheus practices the art of fire-spinning and object manipulation. The students featured are Gabriel Urbina, Kimberly Prosise, David Foregger, Jesse Friedman, Spencer Ewall, Pei Liu and Chinh Duong. View dozens more videos on the Wesleyan YouTube Channel.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses Shining Hope for Communities, led by Kennedy Odede '12 and Jessica Posner '09.
"Head Count" a blog on the Chronicle of Higher Education website, is following Wesleyan's new director of financial aid as he settles into his job.
Olivia DrakeMichaelle Biddle, collections conservator and head of Preservation Services in Olin Library, is the author of "Inks in the Islamic Manuscripts of Northern Nigeria - Old Recipes, Modern Analysis and Medicine," published in the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 2 in July 2011. The study is online here. This study is concerned with what specific materials were used in fabricating the inks used in the surviving, largely undated Northern Nigerian manuscripts written in Arabic script. These manuscripts belong to the West African tradition of Islamic culture and scholarship, of which Timbuktu, Mali, was a key center. Technical materials analysis, recipes from ethno-cultural studies,…
David PesciIndonesia's Mount Tambora is rumbling, which may have implications for the Pacific Rim and the world
Foreign aid, usually an effective leverage tool, is not working for the U.S. with the Palestinian Authority
If the sense that President Obama is weak on Russia lingers, it could be an issue in 2012
At 8:50 a.m., Jimmy Albrecht '15 began lugging in boxes of clothing, canvas totes of athletic equipment, a 3.1 cubic-square-foot fridge, an X-Box, microwave, bedding, toiletries and six - make that eight - pairs of shoes, into his new student residence in Clark Hall. "Oh, there's another pair over there. And there's another pair. Jimmy, you're going to need a shoe rack," says his mother, Sharon, who drove Jimmy to Wesleyan from their home in Chicago, Ill. Jimmy's father, George, also helped with the unloading. "Our Jeep was so packed with stuff, there wasn't even room for a toothbrush back…
"Drug Design from Transition State Analysis" will be the central topic of the 12th annual Molecular Biophysics and Biological Chemistry Retreat Sept. 22. The public is invited to the retreat, which will be held at Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown. Faculty from chemistry, physics and biology will present lectures. (more…)
In attempt to increase awareness and understanding of global issues, the Wesleyan International Relations Association created a forum to allow top academics and commentators to discuss global issues with the Wesleyan community. This year, the 33-member association is hosting a conference titled “Deciphering Pakistan and U.S.-Pakistan Relations,” Sept. 30-Oct. 1. "This year we’re focusing on Pakistan because of the strategic importance of the region," says association founder and president Ali Chaudhry '12. "We feel that it is a country that most people are interested in learning about. However, many people do not have enough information about Pakistan, which often leads…