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Bill FisherIn this video, Matthew Kurtz, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience and behavior, talks about his research on cognitive remediation - one of several newer psychological treatments for schizophrenia. He discusses the promising results he and his Wesleyan students have observed working with patients at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn. #THISISWHY [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7j2_94Jno[/youtube]
In this video, Wesleyan President Michael Roth speaks with Judith Butler, the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, at the Center for Humanities on Feb. 13. Their conversation ranges from Butler's earliest philosophical influences to her pioneering book, Gender Trouble, and her current work on desire and recognition. Butler taught at Wesleyan in the 1980s. #THISISWHY [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf4px4KyqbY[/youtube]
Brian KattenNick Craven '13 signed an amateur try-out contract with the Binghamton Senators of the AHL (an affiliate of the Ottawa Senators of the NHL) March 6 and played in each of the Senators games on March 8-10 as they defeated the Connecticut Whale, 3-0; knocked off the Rochester Americans, 4-3; and beat the Hershey Bears, 3-2. Craven did not score but had four shots on goal over the three games. He also had no pluses or minuses while skating a consistent shift at right wing on the fourth line. He remains under contract at this time. Craven was a first-team…
Lauren RubensteinRosenthal's book compiles decades worth of private writings from the legendary folk singer and activist
Kate CarlisleNonfiction author Hoffman wins major writing prize.
David LowThe Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University recently announced that Visiting Writer in English Adina Hoffman ’89 is one of the inaugural winners of the Windham Campbell Prizes. This new global writer’s award was created with a gift from the late Donald Windham and his partner, Sandy M. Campbell, and is now one of the largest literary prizes in the world. Nine $150,000 prizes were awarded for outstanding achievement in fiction, nonfiction, and drama and recognize writers from all stages of their careers. The recipients range in ages from 33 to 87. Writers were considered from around…
Hadler discusses how roommates can be helpful guides to international students
Longitudinal study of Harvard men: "the secret to a happy life is relationships, relationships, relationships"
A book published by Wesleyan University Press, titled, Making Freedom: The Extraordinary Life of Venture Smith, will be distributed for free to about 850 municipal, middle school and high school libraries statewide. The books are being donated through the generosity of an anonymous donor. The book is about the life of Venture Smith, "an African slave who bought his freedom and became a prominent farmer and trader in 18th century Connecticut," according to The Day of New London, Conn., which wrote about an event in Hartford announcing the book's distribution. At the event, Suzanna Tamminen, director and editor-in-chief of Wesleyan University Press, was…
Review: "Reed demonstrates her ability here to write fiction that reflects its time" but is never dated