David PesciThe Denver Mayor and Colorado gubernatorial candidate gives a few clues about his upcoming speech
Psychology researcher studies the methods, recall of a local educator who has memorized 'Paradise Lost'
He says decision to attend Wesleyan was in part influenced by a video by Wesleyan Athletes on Unigo's site.
Fisher co-founded the popular folk music quintet that had commercial and critical success in the 1960s.
Anne Mariel Peters, assistant professor of government, has been selected as a 2010-2011 Academic Fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, D.C. As an FDD fellow, Peters will participate in an intensive course on terrorism and counterterrorism at the University of Tel Aviv from May 30 to June 9. The course examines terrorism from a variety of political, academic, and law enforcement perspectives. It also includes site visits to Israeli security installations and border zones, as well as meetings with Israeli, Jordanian, Turkish and Indian officials. Peters’ expertise is in the political economies of the…
Shining Hope for Communities, a student-founded non-profit organization, has been named the winner of the 2010 Dell Social Innovation Competition. The award is based on a world-wide competition among college students who create projects that can “make the world a better place.” Shining Hope for Communities founded The Kibera School for Girls in 2009 in the Kenyan slum of Kibera, and is creating the Johanna Justin Jinich Memorial Clinic and a community center this year at the same site. Initial funding for the Kibera School for Girls was provided by the Davis 100 Projects for Peace program. The Dell award…
Meyer discusses the idea of the double or doppelganger in literature and myth.
Erica Chenoweth, assistant professor of government, recently gave a webinar for the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict titled "Why Civil Resistance Works." The presentation is drawn from research which will be used in Chenoweth's upcoming book, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Resistance, which she is writing with Maria Stephan. The book is set for publication by The Columbia University Press in 2011. Chenoweth’s research interests include terrorism, the outcomes of nonviolent and violent protest, the consequences of political violence, democratization and repression.
The Wesleyan senior blogs about one of the realities of graduation: student loan repayment
The student-created non-profit organization wins Dell's Social Innovation Competition and $50,000
The Obama Administration's 'Car Czar' Ron Bloom recognized for his management acumen
A book that Swinehart says is "one of the funniest, most heartfelt novels in recent memory."