Cynthia RockwellThomas Cowhey ’94 was appointed vice president of Aetna Investor Relations, responsible for maintaining the company’s relationship with the investor and analyst communities. Cowhey, who joined Aetna in 2007, has most recently served the company as managing director of new business development. Prior to his affiliation with Aetna, he was a principal with Legacy Partners Group, an independent investment banking firm, and also had been a vice president at Credit Suisse First Boston. At Wesleyan, he majored in economics. He holds an MBA, with a concentration in health sector management, from Duke. Aetna Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer…
Olivia DrakeSeveral distinguished alumni have been declared the winners of their elections this week. They include: John Hickenlooper ’74 – elected Governor of Colorado; Michael Bennet ’87 – elected Senator from Colorado; Peter Shumlin ’79 – elected Governor of Vermont; Kathleen Clyde ’01 – elected to the Ohio State House of Representatives; Matt Lesser (in-process) – re-elected to Connecticut House of Representatives; and Dan Wolf ’79 – elected to state senate in Massachusetts representing the Cape and Islands.
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Wesleyan alumna Rashida Shaw '99 returned to her alma mater this fall as an instructor of theater. Shaw, who graduated with a bachelor of arts in sociology and theater from Wesleyan, also has a master of arts in theater from Northwestern University. She will receive an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in theater and drama from Northwestern's Theater and Drama Program in Spring 2011. Upon completion of her dissertation, titled “Theatrical Events and African American Audiences: A Study of Contemporary ‘Chitlin Circuit’ Theatre," Shaw will become a tenure-track assistant professor of theater at Wesleyan (view video below). (more…)
A Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) award will fund a biomedical research project on tobacco-related illnesses. On Oct. 26, Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) presented Manju Hingorani, associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, with one of the eight awards, supported by the Connecticut DPH Biomedical Trust Fund. Hingorani received a $165,083 grant to promote understanding of the mechanisms whereby DNA mismatch repair suppresses carcinogenesis and development of refractory cancers. "While we have made considerable progress in the area of tobacco use prevention, tobacco-related illnesses continue to be the leading causes of disability and death," said Senator Crisco, sponsor of…
Dana Royer, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, assistant professor of environmental studies, accepted the gold Donath Medal at the Geological Society of America’s (GSA) annual meeting in Denver, Colo. Nov. 1. The award came with a cash prize of $10,000. The award recognizes a scientist, aged 35 or younger, for outstanding original research marking a major advance in the earth sciences. On a GSA press release, Peter D. Wilf of Pennsylvania State University said, “Dana is a true innovator who successfully tackles extremely important questions in paleoclimatology and paleoecology, in part using paleobotanical proxies calibrated with a remarkable…