David PesciAssist. Prof. Laura Stark talks about the evolution of IRBs and discusses some fascinating medical history
Asst. Prof. of Astronomy discusses interstellar clouds and how they affect the Sun and Earth
The Wesleyan Media Project's latest results shows effect of Citizens United Decision
The Economics Professor takes some climate change skeptics and their OpEd to task
Seth Redfield, assistant professor of astronomy, participated in NASA's press conference that will detail the most recent findings from its IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) mission on Jan. 31. According to NASA mission samples and examines "material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space." Redfield's research focuses on the interstellar boundary and interstellar dust clouds, known as local interstellar medium. NASA officials asked him to present at the press event as an independent researcher who is not directly involved in the mission. NASA's full release on the event can be found here.
The 2012 Ring Family Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival begins Feb. 2
Asst. Prof. Laura Stark discusses recent cases of misconduct in scientific research
Olivia Drake"Her name is Sally. She's bleeding. She's stuck under a concrete slab and she can't move her leg," says Krystal-Gayle O'Neill, area coordinator in Residential Life as she examines a woman trapped under explosion debris. "Let's get some cribbing material," suggests Doug Allen, assistant to the facilities manager in the Department of Chemistry. Noel Garrett, dean for the Class of 2015, inserts wood blocks, one at a time, underneath a concrete slab, hoping to stabilize the heavy obstruction. "Sally, if it hurts let me know," he says. "We're going to get you out of here." For 15 minutes, the Wesleyan…
Lauren RubensteinA word of caution to the caterpillar munching on that delicious, nutritious black cherry tree: watch out for hungry birds. Michael Singer, associate professor of biology, is the lead author of a new study published in The American Naturalist on the effect of a caterpillar’s choice of feeding spot on its chances of becoming bird food. The article found that on balance, nutritious trees, like black cherry, can increase by 90 percent a caterpillar’s risk of being taken by foraging birds. According to the article, this effect is seen because the most nutritious tree species harbor the greatest number of…
David LowThe most recent work by Professor of Art David Schorr will be shown in February and March 2012 in the exhibition APOTHECARY (storehouse) at Davison Art Center. The show features more than 75 paintings of antique apothecary bottles that have been meticulously executed by Schorr in gouache and silverpoint on luxurious, colored Fabriano Roma papers. The exhibit opens at noon, Feb. 3. Schorr will speak at 5:30 p.m. and the gallery will be open until 7 p.m. that day. Schorr also will speak at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Center for the Arts Hall. A 160-page full-color catalog accompanies…
MacArthur Fellow and award-winning author Edwidge Danticat will deliver a reading at 8 p.m. Feb. 8 in Memorial Chapel. Danticat, a Haitian-American writer, is the 2012 Fred B. Millett Visiting Writer. Danticat, a 2011 recipient of the Langston Hughes medal, is the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory (an Oprah Book Club selection), the story collection Krik? Krak! (a National Book Award finalist), The Farming of Bones (an American Book Award winner), and the novel-in-stories, The Dew Breaker. Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle…
This issue, we ask 5 Questions of Joseph Siry, chair and professor of art and art history. Professor Siry teaches classes about modern and American architectural and urban history. His book, Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture, was published by the University of Chicago Press in December 2011. Q: In your newly-published book, you provide an in-depth look at architect/designer Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Penn., which was constructed in 1959 and is considered one of his greatest masterpieces. What prompted you to write a book about this structure in particular? A:…