David PesciWesleyan's Women's Ice Hockey Coach, Olympic Assist. Coach Jodi McKenna, wins silver at Vancouve
Trammell '10 says Vladimir Putin has willfully opened the gates for pollution of Russia's Lake Baikal
Prof. Pomper talks about the subject of his new book, Lenin's highly influential older brother Alexander
Roth praises Ken Gormley's book on Clinton vs. Starr for "getting the story straight and telling it well."
Kirk Swinehart calls Louis Menand's unvarnished look at American universities "deeply relevant."
Peter Rutland on why Obama's attempted 'Reset' with Russia has been a non-starter
Wesleyan Women's Hockey Coach McKenna is an assistant coach with the U.S. Women's Team
Gary Yohe discusses estimations on the costs of polar ice melts and global climate change
Olivia DrakeThis year, 10,645 seniors from around the world applied to Wesleyan University, an increase of 6 percent from 2009, which was a record year for applications, despite the sour economy. "Last year we reached an all-time high for applications, up by 22 percent, and this year is 6 percent over that," says Greg Pyke, senior associate dean of admission. Of these students, 41 percent are male and 59 percent are female. The applicant pool contains 362 candidates for the Freeman Asian Scholars program, 860 for early decision admission and 9,423 applications in the regular review process. Two-hundred-and-twenty-nine of these students…
David LowA performance/installation work by Aki Sasamoto ’04, titled "Strange Attractors" will be on view as part of the 2010 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Avenue at 75th St., 212-570-3600, www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial) from Feb. 25–May 30 in New York City. Sasamoto will be performing occasionally as part of the installation (on days of the month that contain the numbers 6, 9, 16, 19, 26 and 29) at 4 p.m., a.k.a. 16 o’clock. She applies mathematical concepts to personal life stories, while somehow making sense of her kaleidoscopic worldview. She says that her work deals with such varied…
This summer, Jourdan Khalid Hussein ’11 will be given the skills and experiences necessary to create, analyze, implement, evaluate, and affect policy in a multicultural, multiethnic society. As a Public Policy & International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellow, Hussein will spend seven weeks at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. The program’s mission is to increase leadership opportunities for future global policy leaders in both the public and nonprofit sectors by preparing students for graduate study in related fields. "The Junior Summer Institute is a highly focused and rigorous academic program that will help you…