Olivia DrakeGary Yohe, the Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics, was quoted in a Nov. 3 New York Times article titled "Obama Administration Weighs Costs of Doing Nothing." The article examined the Obama Administration's inaction on significant climate change measures and how it is "struggling to reach its own conclusion," a stark difference from the President's campaign rhetoric of speedy action on climate change issues. The sticking point appears to be the cost versus benefit calculations or "social costs" of deciding whether to enact specific measures. Yohe says, in part, that the difficulty lies in objectively quantifying these costs. "You can't really quantify…
Corrina KerrJoel Pfister's book The Yale Indian: The Education of Henry Roe Cloud was published by Duke University Press in June 2009. Pfister is the chair of the English Department and the Kenan Professor of the Humanities, along with being professor of American studies.
David PesciRich Benjamin ’93 on his book, "Searching for Whitopia," an exploration of white-dominated enclaves.
President Michael S. Roth shares a heartfelt story about the vote on Maine's gay marriage initiative.
Majora Carter ’88 delivered the keynote address titled "Green the Ghetto and How Much It Won’t Cost Us" during the 17th Annual Dwight L. Greene Symposium Nov. 7 in Memorial Chapel. Carter is the founder of Sustainable South Bronx and River Heroes, host of Eco-Heroes on Sundance Channel and The Promised Land on National Public Radio. Carter founded and led Sustainable South Bronx from 2001 to 2008, and is currently president of her own economic development consulting group. The well-received presentation was preceded by Wesleyan President Michael Roth's announcement of the College of the Environment. The symposium, held in honor of…
Gary Yohe: Federal cost vs. benefit formulas may not tell the whole story on climate change.
Julie Lasky '82 will be one of the exhibit curators at the opening of the new Holon Design Museum in Israel.
Angus McCullough '10 is a finalist in a redesign contest for the Grand Concourse in Bronx, N.Y.
ABC News Reporter Bill Blakemore '65 will deliver a presentation titled "The Psychologies of Global Warming" in Memorial Chapel at 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. Blakemore has been reporting on climate change for the last several years. His talk will include "examples displaying different 'psychologies, as well as manmade global warming’s place in the long history of narcissistic insults to humanity itself.'”
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviewed Daniel Goldhagen's Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the the Ongoing Assault on Humanity recently for The San Francisco Chronicle. In the book, Goldhagen attempts to show that "that genocide is an extension of the politics of 'eliminationism,' which is decisively shaped by political leaders and fueled by profound and widely shared hatred. However, Roth found Goldhagen simple-minded in many of his conclusions and proposed solutions.
(Photos courtesy of Megan Kelly '06)
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, director of private lessons, chamber music and ensembles, adjunct professor of music and Wesleyan Orchestra and Wesleyan Concert Choir music director, is mentioned in the October 2009 issue of Gramophone, the world's leading classical music magazine. Gil-Ordóñez directed the Washington D.C.-based Post-Classical Ensemble, which performed a newly-recorded soundtrack to Aaron Copland's 1939 documentary film, The City. The article says, "In what can only be called a spectacular improvement from the original monaural recording (which is included on the DVD as an extra), the newly performed score showcases every aspect of Copland's Americana style, from majestic splendor accompanying wide-angle…