Olivia DrakeCary Grant and Ingrid Bergman star in Notorious. The film will be shown free on July 9 as part of the second annual Wesleyan Summer Film Series. Posted 06/25/08 Ingrid Bergman and four legendary leading men are coming to campus thanks to the Center for Film Studies and the City of Middletown. Ingrid Bergman and her Hollywood Leading Men is the title of the second annual Wesleyan Summer Film Series. The free event will be held at Center for Film Studies Goldsmith Family Cinema and feature four films starring Bergman that will be screened on successive Wednesday nights in July…
John Hammond, Help Desk manager in Information Technology Services, says techniques for solving computing issues are always changing with advances in technology. Posted 06/04/08 Q: John, what is the ITS Help Desk and whom does it support?A: The Helpdesk has two groups, the Student Helpdesk and the Administrative Helpdesk. Together we support all Wesleyan students and administrative staff.Q: Who staffs the desk, and when is it open? A: The Student Helpdesk is staffed by student Helpdesk consultants who are available Monday-Thursday 10 a.m to 10 p.m; Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.…
Doug Allen, assistant facilities manager in chemistry, fills a powerful spectroscopic instrument with liquid nitrogen in the basement of Hall-Atwater Laboratory. The spectrometer is used by chemistry and molecular biology and biophysics students for nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. Posted 06/03/08 Q: Doug, when did you begin your Wesleyan career?A: I came to Wesleyan in 2002.Q: Youre currently the assistant to the facilities manager, Donald Albert. Together, what are your job objectives?A: Im very grateful that I can work with some one as generous with their time and talent as Don is. We are responsible for the Hall-Atwater/Shanklin Laboratory buildings.…
Ian Renner '08 will observe, assist and run theater activities for child laborers in Egypt as a 2008-09 Fulbright scholar. Posted 06/03/08 In Egypt, about 300,000 children spend their days laboring six days a week to help support their families and shoulder significant responsibilities at home. As a recent Fulbright scholar, Ian Renner 08 will spend the 2008-09 academic year helping some of these children regain their childhood through theater. He is one of 13 Wesleyan students and recent graduates to receive scholarships under the auspices of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Administered by the Institute for International Education,…
Senator Barack Obama delivered the 176th commencement speech May 25. Posted 06/03/08 When a pinch hitter comes into a game, it's usually a crucial moment hope balanced against uncertainty. At Wesleyan's 176th Commencement May 25, the hope shone through, and by all accounts, the pinch hitter sent a grand slam far over the fences. "I have the distinct honor today of pinch-hitting for one of my personal heroes and a hero to this country, Senator Edward Kennedy," said U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "He called me up a few days ago and I said that Id be happy to…
Alice Hadler is Wesleyan's associate dean for International Student Affairs, adjunct instructor in English and coordinator of the Writing Program Language Services for Non-Native Speakers. Posted 06/03/08 Q: Alice, youre associate dean for International Student Affairs, adjunct instructor in English and the coordinator of the Writing Program Language Services for Non-Native Speakers. How do you manage these three roles?A: Theres a huge amount of overlap among the three roles. The most time-absorbing and perhaps primary one is the teaching position. Teaching writing is very labor-intensive, but also extremely rewarding. Developing new writing courses is also great fun but a…
At right, Ann Campbell Burke, associate professor of biology, and biology graduate student Frank Tulenko, look over Tulenko's research poster explaining how lamprey embryos develop. Tulenko is continuing this research at the RIKEN Institute in Kobe, Japan this summer. Posted 06/03/08 In the past 350 million years of vertebrate evolution, the musculoskeletal system has morphed significantly across taxonomic groups. The first vertebrates, had no jaws or paired fins, and are represented today by the eel-like aquatic the lamprey that continues to thrive with its archaic cartilage jowls. As a recipient of an East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S.…
Posted 06/03/08 A Wesleyan faculty member with Hawaiian ancestry is a founding member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA).J. Kehaulani Kauanui, associate professor of anthropology, associate professor of American studies, is one of six scholars to co-create the professional organization for faculty and researchers who work in American Indian, Native American, First Nations, and Aboriginal or Indigenous studies. The association was officially launched on April 11. "It is clear that scholars in these linked fields are at critical mass, and that the intellectual work has matured in a way that makes the importance of our multi-faceted epistemological…
Fred Cohan, professor of biology, searches for microbe samples in Death Valley, Calif. Posted 06/03/08 While exploring Death Valleys parched landscape, Professor of Biology Fred Cohan collected samples of compacted clay from the dry grounds. He sought a bacterium that is closely related to the microbe Bacillus subtilis, previously isolated from neighboring, gravel-based terrains. B. subtilis has similar genes and DNA as the bacteria Cohan discovered living in the clay soils, but Cohan argues that the clay-thriving microbe represents an ecologically-distinct ecotype of bacteria that has adapted to the low-nutrient habitat. We have identified and confirmed that Bacillus living in…
CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: Adam Black '09 leads a Japanese song titled "Sakura" during the Cherry Blossom Festival April 29 in the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies. In Japan, "Hanami" is the traditional custom of celebrating the beauty of cherry blossoms with food, song and parties. Some celebrate the event by taking walks near the trees and renewing their spirits. Students, such as Elizabeth Goldgar '11, took turn reading poems during the festival, which was attended by more than 50 students from several majors. The students read poems in Japanese and translated them into English. Chia-Wei "Wade" Hsu '10…
Professor Emeritus Robert Rosenbaum was honored by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents during a banquet May 8. Posted 05/15/08 The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) has awarded Robert Rosenbaum its Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his exemplary career, with its many contributions to math and science education. Rosenbaum, chair and founder of the Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS), and the University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics, emeritus, received the award May 8 at the organizations annual awards banquet in Groton, Conn. Extending a well-known aphorism of Henry Adams, I remark that…
The Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies Celebrates its 20th Anniversary with the Freeman family from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 24. Posted 05/15/08 What began in an empty, shingle-style home on the edge of campus 20 years ago has prospered into a central hub for East-Asian-focused lectures, tea ceremonies, exhibitions, student performances, and programs to introduce school-aged children to new cultures. This year, the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies celebrates two decades of existence. Wesleyan will honor the Freeman family for their unique legacy of excellence during an open house and reception May 24. The…