David PesciMarwa Aly, Wesleyan's Muslim Chaplain, discussed what it's like to be a Muslim Chaplain at American universities, and details some of the challenges she faced in general growing up as a Muslim student in the American school systems.
Jared Radin '12 is among those interviewed in a Newsweek story about kids who grew up in the wake of the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Claire Potter, professor of history, professor of American studies, is cited in the on-going discussion that has been churning for a few months in literary circles regarding American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, a frequent critic of academic feminism, who believes, according to The New Yorker, that many feminist scholars are " 'impervious to reasoned criticism' (she thinks they take things way too personally, and, consumed with effrontery, are unable to correct themselves)." This included Sommers’ critique of particular scholar's assertion that abuse began with the fabled founder of Rome, Romulus and a massive digression on whether such a…
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews The Battle for America 2008 by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. The book chronicles the two years leading up to the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, with heavy emphasis on the candidacies of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama.
Peter Rutland, Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic Thought, professor of government, discussed for Russia Today TV, some of the issues that have exacerbated the tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Olivia DrakeAn essay titled "Romance Crushed" by Marie Mencher ’12, a prospective Spanish major, was published in the July 20 edition of The New York Times. "He left, I ran up to my room and put the Indigo Girls’ 'Mystery' on repeat for the next half-hour, and sobbed. I made awful, croaking, animal noises and screamed into my pillow, but running through my mind were these beautiful simple thoughts like, 'We were so close.' An extended excerpt of the essay is online here.
Elizabeth McAlister, professor of religion, associate professor of African American studies, associate professor of American Studies, continues her participation in a round table on Haitian culture in The New Yorker, discussing the music of revolution in Haiti and why it is so important within the culture.
Extra-solar planets was the theme of StarConn, an all-day convention and astronomy celebration held at Wesleyan on June 4. The event was an outreach effort presented by the Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford with the help of the university. The event featured lectures and a two-hour observing session with the 20-inch Clark refractor at Wesleyan's Van Vleck Observatory. Seth Redfield, assistant professor of astronomy, was one of the speakers at the event. He is featured in a June 4 Meriden Record Journal article about StarConn. The article is online here.
Peter Rutland, Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic Thought, professor of government, has co-written an opinion piece for the Moscow Times where he reviews U.S. President Barak Obama's recent trip to Russia.
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Michael Schama's new book The American Future, which Roth says is powerful and offers "promising vistas."
Richard Grossman, professor and chair of economics, made an appearance on public radio's "MarketPlace" to comment on how the federal government gauges when to ease up on the stimulus spending program.
The San Francisco Chronicle has published Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth's review of Geoffrey Nunberg's The Years of Talking Dangerously. The book is a "new collection of essays and commentaries explores how we have attempted to combine, divide or dismiss parts of the world simply by talking about them."