Lauren RubensteinLim: Modern presidents put too much stake in applause rendering platitudes when delivering speeches
Jeanine Basinger discusses her new book along with Wesleyan's many successful film alumni
President Roth reviews a new book by Jim Holt that takes on one of the biggest questions
Academics shared views on the Second Amendment, U.S. gun deaths and the movement for gun control
Gallim choreographer and founder Andrea Miller called "a wild child of movement innovation"
Odede '12 now works to provide education, health care, sanitation in the Kenyan slum where he grew up
Review: "...her prose is carefully shaped, with the clarity of diamonds. Often dark, but always worth reading"
Site tracks the retirement of research chimps to sanctuary, following NIH announcement
Basinger "brilliantly demonstrates Hollywood's abiding ambivalence" about marriage
Lim: Obama looks to be following FDR's bold example, not Clinton's cautious one, for his second term
For alumni seeking to relive their days in the classroom, parents interested to see first-hand what their Wesleyan students are learning, and prospective students—or anyone else—curious about the Wesleyan experience, here’s your chance. Beginning Feb. 4, two Wesleyan professors—President Michael Roth and Associate Professor of Film Studies Scott Higgins—will open their virtual classrooms on Coursera. In September 2012, Wesleyan announced a new partnership with Coursera, a company offering the public access to free MOOCs (massive open online courses) taught by professors from top colleges and universities. Wesleyan is the first liberal arts institution focused on the undergraduate experience to offer…
As their “Money and Social Change” class drew to a close in mid-December, 15 Wesleyan students and their professor presented four local non-profit organizations with a surprise gift for the holidays: $10,000 in unsolicited grants. The funds were provided to the class by the Learning by Giving Foundation, established in 2011 by Doris Buffett, Warren Buffett's oldest sister. The foundation aims to promote the study of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy by undergraduate students, giving them first-hand experience in “the art, science and business of philanthropy.” This year for the first time, Wesleyan partnered with the foundation through the service learning…