Benjamin TraversRachel Levenson '12, saw a need for an elevated, intellectual based conversation on how to evaluate programs, scale up effective programs, and allocate funds in a way that will have the biggest positive impact. Levenson designed The Forum For International Development to create a space at Wesleyan for that discussion so people could learn from each other as well as from speakers that Wesleyan Students brought in from all over the country. [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riwhO7r0YlU[/youtube]
Olivia DrakeFive Indian Americans, including Wesleyan's William "Vijay" Pinch, will be felicitated by the Connecticut chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) for their achievements and contributions at an awards banquet April 28. William "Vijay" Pinch will be honored with a Friend of India award at a banquet in Stamford, Conn. "The award selection is a rigorous process conducted by an independent committee which evaluates all nominations and we are glad we select the best possible candidates every year," said GOPIO-Connecticut president Shailesh Naik in a Times of India article. Pinch, professor of history and chair of…
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Lauren RubensteinMike Singer, associate professor of biology; Tim Farkas ’08, MA ’10 and Christian Skorik ’09, MA ’10 are the authors of "Tritrophic Interactions at a Community Level: Effects of Host Plant Species Quality on Bird Predation of Caterpillars," published in the March issue of The American Naturalist. Researchers at the University of California at Irvine also contributed to the report. Researchers report that a tree is not a tree is not a tree when it comes to birds foraging for tree-feeding caterpillars. With help from a small army of students, the scientists ran a field experiment in Connecticut forests over two…
Join Wesleyan students and faculty members at the "Celebration of Science Theses" April 19. The seventh annual event will feature 15 seniors and BA/MA students from the Natural Science and Mathematics departments presenting posters on their research to the Wesleyan community. Among them will be computer science major Micah Wylde '12 presenting "Safe Motion Planning for Autonomous Driving" and molecular biology and biochemistry major Sophia Levan '12 presenting "The Carbohydrate-Binding Activity of Vibrio Cholerae Cytolysin." The event takes place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Exley Science Center's lobby. Refreshments will be provided. See photos of the 2011 event online here. In addition, the…