David PesciAnn Burke, associate professor of biology, received a three-year, $395,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the development and evolution of the shoulder girdle using transgenic mice, frog and salamander. She also received a two-year $100,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use the same amphibian systems (salamander and frog) to develop a model system for understanding body wall defects in humans.The grants will provide funds for a team of researchers at Wesleyan working with Burke on these projects, including a postdoctoral fellow, graduate students and undergraduates.
Peter Rutland, Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic Thought, professor of government, has co-written an opinion piece for the Moscow Times where he reviews U.S. President Barak Obama's recent trip to Russia.
Ann Burke, associate professor of biology, comments in Science on a new study that examines turtle embryology with an eye to the animal's evolutionary development.
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Michael Schama's new book The American Future, which Roth says is powerful and offers "promising vistas."
Joshua Boger ’73, P’06, P’09 has been elected by the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees to serve as its chair, July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011. Boger has served on the board for 10 years, previously chairing the Campus Affairs Committee and the Facilities Working Group. In addition, he has served on the Board’s Finance Committee and chaired the Science Advisory Council of the University. Boger founded and recently retired as chief executive officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Mass. Also elected to leadership positions on the Board of Trustees were Ellen Jewett ’81, who will serve as vice…
Assistant Professor of History Kirk Swinehart reviews Chloe Hooper's gripping new book Tall Man which recounts a true crime incident that brought Palm Island back into the public consciousness of Australians and made news throughout the world.
Drew Dominguez '09 is featured in an article in The Boston Globe that details how the government major and two sport star is fulfilling a childhood dream by being signed by The Boston Red Sox. He has reported to the short season low A-level minor league Lowell Spinners.
Neely Bruce, professor of music, conducted the East Coast premiere of "Orbits" a piece written in 1979 by renowned composer Henry Brant. The orchestra conducted by Bruce included 89 trombones, a soprano and an organ.
In a recent Inside Higher Education article, Claire Potter, chair and professor of American studies, professor of history, director of the Center for the Americas, comments at length about academic inquiry into LGBT struggles going back before Stonewall and into the near future.
Richard Grossman, professor and chair of economics, made an appearance on public radio's "MarketPlace" to comment on how the federal government gauges when to ease up on the stimulus spending program.
Emilio Daddario ‘39, Winthrop “Wink” Davenport ‘64, Sally Zimmer Knight ‘81, Kofi Appenteng ‘81 and the 1994 Baseball Team will all be inducted into the Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.
Ann Burke, associate professor of biology, recently received a three-year, $395,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the development and evolution of the shoulder girdle using transgenic mice, frog and salamander. The mice will be generated in collaboration with a lab at the University of Michigan and will allow Burke and her associates to turn off Hox genes, which are specific patterning genes, in specific sub populations of the embryonic mesoderm that make the musculoskeletal tissues. Comparing the dynamics of gene expression and cell interactions during the formation of the pectoral region in a variety of embryos…