Olivia DrakeBy Ben Cohen '10, physical education intern Ask any group of NESCAC student-athletes why they chose their respective institutions, and each will likely mention the conference schools’ strength in both academics and athletics. But Joe Giaimo ’11 has taken things one step further. Giaimo, a captain on the Cardinal football and baseball squads, is leading a student forum this semester, CCIV420-02: "Leadership, Mentoring, and Coaching.” The forum evaluates effective forms of leadership, seeks out answers to what is leadership, defines it, dissects the changing conceptions of leadership, analyzes the psychology of leaders, and eventually discusses the difference between leadership and…
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David PesciIn this issue we ask "5 Questions" of Jennifer Tucker, associate professor of history, associate professor of science in society, and associate professor feminist, gender and sexuality studies. Q: Professor Tucker, you started off with an undergrad degree in biology but you’re on the History Department's faculty here and specialize in, among other areas, Victorian London and British cultural history. How did your interest evolve in these directions? A: I entered college with a strong interest in history, but I also loved science courses. At Stanford I combined a major in the neurosciences of visual perception and memory with coursework…
Eric GershonIn a newly published paper, Rich Olson, assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, describes studies of a toxin produced by the bacterium that causes cholera. The paper –“Crystal structure of the Vibrio cholerae cytolysin heptamer reveals common features among disparate pore-forming toxins” – is the culmination of nearly eight years work. Co-authored with Swastik De, a graduate student in Olson’s lab, the paper has been published online by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and will appear in a print edition later this spring. Olson’s lab studies the molecular details of how pathogens invade human hosts. Bacteria produce toxins to…
Charles Sanislow, assistant professor in psychology, co-authored a prospective study of personality disorders and anxiety disorders. The work, published in the May issue of the Psychological Medicine, reported results from the NIH-funded Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders, a study which Sanislow has worked on since it began in 1996. The study is online here.
An article by Masami Imai, director and chair of the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, associate professor of economics, was published in Journal of International Business Studies, Issue 42, pages 406-426, in 2011. The article is titled "Related Lending and Banking Development," and is co-authored by Robert Cull and Stephen Haber.
Wesleyan's student organization Brighter Dawns received a Davis United World College Project for Peace grant worth $10,000. The funds will support Brighter Dawns' "Water Sanitation Project" in Khalishpur, Bangladesh for eight weeks this summer. Tasmiha Khan '12 and possibly Rajeeta Iyer '12 will oversee the project, which will include building tube wells, latrines and providing health seminars and jobs for women in one of the poorest slums in Khalishpur.
Pam Tatge, director of the Center for the Arts, received a $4,750 grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts. The grant, sourced from the NEFA's Sam Miller Fearless Thinking in the Arts Fund, will support the Institute of Curatorial Practice and Performance (ICPP) Scholarship in 2011-12.