May 2014 – Page 3

This summer, Elaine Tsui ’15 will work on her undergraduate research in the Chemistry Department as an American Chemical Society Fellow. Tsui, who is double majoring in English and chemistry, received the fellowship from the Society's Connecticut Valley Section. Funding opportunities are available for those with interests in physics, biology, materials science, engineering and medicine. As a fellow, Tsui will conduct self-directed research under the supervision of Albert J. Fry, the E.B. Nye Professor of Chemistry. In 2013, Tsui worked with Fry as a Hughes Fellow and studied “Andodic Oxidation of 1,1-Diphenylacetone in Various Alcohols." She will continue this research for 10 weeks…

“Sporting its conspicuous red crest, the eponymous Northern Cardinal can be found year round on sweatshirts and coffee mugs across campus. In addition to the homecoming football game, the species is also commonly attracted to suburban feeders where it uses its powerful, conical bill specialized to crush seeds. The Northern Cardinal is arguably one of the most recognizable birds in North America.” So begins an entry on the Northern Cardinal, or cardinalis caridnalis, in A Field Guide to the Birds of Wesleyan, a book written and illustrated by Oliver James ’14 for the capstone project of his College of the…

Wesleyan seniors share their theses with the world on The Huffington Post

We must do better than a system that treats patients as cogs, and is blind to cost and quality

Instead of looking backwards on its 40th anniversary, CFA is charging forward with innovative programming

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As the semester ends and students head off on their summer adventures, The Wesleyan Connection checked in with several students about their summer internships. Here's a sampling of some of the exciting opportunities they will be pursuing.

Fifty years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave the baccalaureate address at Wesleyan, the university will welcome Ted Shaw ’76, one of the nation’s leading proponents for civil rights, as its 2014 Commencement speaker. Shaw has been named the Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law, and the Director of the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights after having served as professor of professional practice at Columbia University School of Law. He served for 23 years with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, concluding as director-counsel and president. He received his law degree from Columbia and started…

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Joseph Eusebio ’17 was selected to take part in the brand new Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington this summer. According to the program website, this eight-week, all-expenses-paid program will take students on a journey from the “urban jungle” to the old growth forest and back, allowing them to explore how conservation can make a difference, and how they can make a difference in conservation. Eusebio is one of only 26 students on the team, chosen from a pool of nearly 400 applicants. He said he came across the scholarship by chance while thinking about opportunities…

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Tsui ’15 to Study with Professor Fry as American Chemical Society Fellow

James ’14 Publishes Field Guide to the Birds of Wesleyan

The Thesis Project

Bush ’93 Offers a Prescription to Fix Hospitals

40 Years of the CFA

New Zilkha Exhibit Highlights CFA’s Design, Construction, Architecture

Architecture II Students Research, Design, Build “Confession” Exhibit on Campus

Students Share Their Summer 2014 Internship Opportunities

50 Years After MLK Baccalaureate Speech, Shaw to Address Graduates

Photographs, Drawing, Sculpture from Studio Art Majors Displayed

Eusebio ’17 to Study Washington’s Natural Environment as Doris Duke Conservation Scholar

Spring Blooms at the 2/3 Acre WestCo Garden