Olivia DrakeJeanine Basinger, the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, chair of the Film Studies Department, curator of Cinema Archives, discussed the life of actor Paul Newmanfor "On Point" Oct. 2 on National Public Radio. The show can be heard online here.
Robert Rosenbaum, the University Professor of Mathematics and the Sciences, emeritus, and chair of the Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS), will present the keynote address at a workshop on preventing math learning difficulties Oct. 16. In his talk, titled "The Vicious Versus," Rosenbaum will deplore "the all-too-common dichotomy that pits 'pure' mathematics against 'applied' mathematics." He will argue that "each type of mathematics enriches the other, thus illuminating the significance and beauty that give the subject its attractiveness." (more…)
David Schorr, professor of art, has a solo art exhibit titled "Goods," which runs from Oct. 16-Nov. 29 at the Mary Ryan Gallery in New York, N.Y. The exhibit features Schorr's new product paintings. An opening reception was held Oct. 16 at the gallery. Samples of his work are above.
Richard Grossman, professor and chair of economics, chaired a session at the Economic History Association annual meetings in New Haven, Conn. on "The Evolution of Health Care Practices and Institutions." The session was held in honor of Stan Lebergott, the Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, emeritus. (more…)
Two articles written by Jonna Humphries '10 appeared in New York Magazine recently. Humpries worked as an intern for the magazine as a member of their public relations department during the summer. She wrote a story about Christian Siriano, a fashion designer and Project Runway winner; and another featuring Nigel Barker, a fashion photographer and judge from America's Next Top Model who hosted a photography exhibition on Canadian seal hunting. (more…)
Wesleyan was cited in a New York Times Sept. 28 article titled "Whole Grains, Fresh Corn: School Menu on a Mission" for buying locally produced food. The article says Wesleyan is "at the head of that class."
Wesleyan is mentioned in an Oct. 5 New London, Conn. The Day article titled "Nature Reclaims What Damn Had Taken." According to the article, Wesleyan scientists are helping the Connecticut Nature Conservancy lead a long-term research project at the state's East Branch of the Eightmile River Zemko dam site to monitor the changes that take place after dam removal. The research involves tracking the new plant life, collecting samples of the fish found in the river, examining the contents of fish stomachs to learn what they're eating, and recording the river's geomorphology - the changes in the course it follows.…
ACADEMIC ADVICE: Students in the Class of 2012 had the opportunity to meet professors and acquire information on majors from all departments and programs during an Academic Forum Aug. 27 in Beckham Hall. Faculty and department representatives answered questions about course offerings and signed "permission of instructor" and "prerequisite override" forms at the two-hour event. In center, Alex Dupuy, the Class of 1958 Distinguished Professor of Sociology, chair of sociology, talks to a student about the Sociology Department's courses. Left of Dupuy, seated, is Joseph Rouse, Chair and professor, Science in Society Program, Hedding Professor of Moral Science in the…
Barry Chernoff, professor of biology, Robert Schumann Professor of Environmental Studies, director of the environmental studies certificate program, received a $6,950 renewal award to support his continued research of Fish and Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages-Zemko Dam from the Nature Conservancy.
Mark Slobin, professor of music, is the author of Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music published by Wesleyan University Press in September, 2008. The collection of essays analyzes the music of films ranging from mainstream and sub-cultural American films through case studies of those from China, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Latin American, and the Caribbean, and includes a variety of key films, periods, and studio practices. Global Soundtracks is the first anthology to suggest methods for understanding how the conventions of standard film music became localized and expanded around the world in many different periods and cinema systems, and to…
Chia Wei "Wade" Hsu '10 and Francis Starr, are co-authors of "Hierarchies of networked phases induced by multiple liquid-liquid critical points," published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105, 13711-13715. Hsu and Starr showed that by attaching specific single strands of DNA to nano-sized particles to create customizable "nano-atoms," they could generate new materials with phase diagrams never previously seen in nature. Their work is based on a massive set of computations on the new university computer cluster. Fred Ellis, professor of physics, is Hsu’s faculty advisor.
Norman Shapiro, professor of romance languages and literatures, is the editor and translator of French Women Poets of Nine Centuries published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2008. The 1,182 page book features more than 600 poems from 56 different authors. Shapiro provides a window into the development and evolution of French poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.