Olivia DrakeSeptember 22, 20081min
Khachig Tölölyan, professor of English, professor of letters and editor of Diaspora: A Journal of Transitional Studies, was invited to Bilbao, Spain to discuss methods of developing outreach to the Basque diasporas in Latin America and the U.S. He was invited by the research arm of the area’s autonomous Basque government because of his familiarity with the theory and practice of homeland-diaspora relations, and for having a role in analyzing the development of such relations by the Republic of Armenia. Tölölyan was one of several experts invited to meet with the Basque officials.

Olivia DrakeSeptember 22, 20081min
Robert Borello, associate director of science for Wesleyan's Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS), taught 19 teachers from Connecticut’s vocational training schools about the latest solar energy principles, technology and techniques during a day-long program Sept. 5 in Middletown. Borello demonstrated how the Earth moves in relation to the sun by using a using a mirror, a pad of paper on an easel, and a marker.

Olivia DrakeSeptember 22, 20081min
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 Hubbard Professor of Economics, emeritus, a former president of the association. Grossman opened the session with a tribute to Lebergott. Wesleyan co-sponsored the meetings with Yale and the University of California, Davis.

Olivia DrakeSeptember 4, 20088min
Anna Shusterman, left, and Lisa Drennan '09 speak to a Deaf man by using Nicaraguan Sign Language. The language is only 30 years old. Posted 09/04/08 In the United States, Deaf people have had the ability to communicate by using sign language since the early 1800s. But in Central America’s largest nation of Nicaragua, the Deaf community had no formalized language until 30 years ago. This emerging language, known as Nicaraguan Sign Language, is the topic of a recent study by Anna Shusterman, assistant professor of psychology, and psychology major Lisa Drennan ’09. The language was first created by local…

Olivia DrakeSeptember 4, 20087min
Posted 09/04/08 When a 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook China in May, more than 10,000 people died, and thousands remained trapped under rubble and debris. On the other side of the world, Wesleyan computer science students helped write the software used to coordinate volunteers for relief efforts. The software is part of Sahana, an open-source information technology system that was built to aid in the recovery effort following the 2004 Asian tsunami. The students contributed as part of the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) project, a joint venture between the computer science departments of Wesleyan, Trinity College and Connecticut College,…