Ron Kuivila, chair of music, and Barry Chernoff, professor of biology and Robert Schumann Professor of Environmental Studies, were featured on WNPR recently regarding a musical installation called “The Weather at Six” which is part of the Feet to the Fire project. The Weather at Six uses the Wesleyan carillon for’ a sonic interpretation of the weather of the last 130 years and is designed to get people to think about global warming.’
Faculty
DuCille Praises Obama’s Inaugural Poet
by David Pesci •
Ann duCille, chair of English, professor of African American studies, tells The Hartford Courant that she has long been inspired by Elizabeth Alexander, who was selected by President-elect Barack Obama to present a poem at his inauguration.
Roth on “Annie Leibovitz at Work”
by David Pesci •
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Annie Leibovitz’s new book “Annie Leibovitz at Work” in the Los Angeles Times.
Yohe’s Climate Change Work Cited in NY Times
by David Pesci •
A piece by Andrew C. Rivken in The New York Times discusses the risk-management approach toward climate change that has been done by Gary Yohe, Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics. Rivken wonders if this approach is something politicians will rally behind.
Basinger Reviews Book on Director Victor Fleming
by David Pesci •
Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of film studies reviews, Michael Sragow’s Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master. Fleming directed such Hollywood classics as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind and yet remains curiously “forgotten” by most in the business according to Sragow.
Plous On the Decisions Surrounding Indecision
by David Pesci •
Scott Plous, professor of psychology, is quoted in this Washington Post piece that has the writer wondering if there is a way to make a “friend” of indecision.
Basinger: Seneca Falls, N.Y. Equals Bedford Falls?
by David Pesci •
Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, comments in USA Today on whether Frank Capra used the upstate New York town as a model for Bedford Falls in It’s a Wonderful Life.
Cutler: UAW’s Inactivity in the 80s Haunts Car Industry
by David Pesci •
Jonathan Cutler, an associate professor of sociology, wrote this OpEd for the L.A. Times that says that by failing to unionize workers of foreign car companies in the U.S., the UAW has “cut its own throat.”
Clint Eastwood: ‘You Don’t Say No to Jeanine Basinger’
by David Pesci •
A recent article posted by Fox News discussing this year award-winning films identified by the National Board of Reviev (NBR), Director-Actor Clint Eastwood lauded NBR member Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, who is a champion of Eastwood’s work and has secured his work for the Wesleyan Film Archives, “You don’t say no to Jeanine Basinger.”
Lim Reviews Books on Presidential Rhetoric
by David Pesci •
Elvin Lim, assistant professor of government, offers brief reivews for The Wall Street Journal of five notable books on presidential rhetoric.
Basinger: Obnoxious Wealth Turns Off TV Viewers
by David Pesci •
In a Los Angeles Times article, Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, discusses television shows that focus on characters and plots revolving around financial scandals and greed.
Roth: What’s a Liberal Arts Education Good For?
by David Pesci •
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth wrote a blog entry for The Huffington Post that discusses, among other things, how a liberal arts education could be an effective and ideal undergraduate experience for this century.
