David PesciMTV's game "Fantasy Election '12" is designed to inform, energize younger voters
Professor of Theater Ron Jenkins worked with inmates to share and create works of drama
“When one surfaces on the national stage, most people tend to view the event as a sort of political phenomenon,” Leah Wright says. “They look at it with nearly the same disbelief and surprise as they would do with a unicorn sighting.” The phenomenon Wright is referring to? Why black Republicans, of course. “When we see a Herman Cain, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice or Allen West appear on the national scene, the news media and many people tend to view these individuals as extreme outliers. In reality they are much more common than we are led to believe,” says Wright,…
Visiting writer in theater wins prestigious award for her play "Water by the Spoonful"
Biology Professor Fred Cohan says the popular movie and book hold fascinating lessons for scientists
Magda Teter, Chair of Medieval Studies, Jeremy Zwelling Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of History, Professor of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Elizabeth Willis, Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing, Professor of English, have both been awarded 2012 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. According to the Guggenheim Foundation, the prestigious academic honor is presented to scholars “who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Teter is the author of Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Sinners on Trial (Harvard University Press, 2011), and a co-editor of…
Prof. Lim argues that Justice Scalia's famous question was never adequately answered
Three Wesleyan labs combine expertise in hopes of using stem cells against epilepsy
Casey Feldman ’12, Sky Stallbaumer ’12, and "Peace Museum" latest band to gain attention
What would you get if you took the feel of the famous "TED" talks but gave them a distinctly Wesleyan flavor? Wesleyan Thinks Big. Wesleyan Thinks Big is a new type of lecture series designed to give audiences presentations by popular faculty in a never-before seen format. According to the event's website, Wesleyan Thinks Big will feature fun and exciting faculty presentations with no slides, no handouts, and no Moodle. It will be an evening of "six faculty members, nominated by students, delivering nine-minute lectures on topics that excites and inspires the professors, even if it’s not something they talk…
Much like the primaries for both sides in 2008, this race looks to continue its jockeying right into June. But through it there is one resource that provides some clarity, at least when it comes to the money being spent on campaign ads: The Wesleyan Media Project. Created in 2010, The Wesleyan Media Project is a nonpartisan, academically-based effort designed to television track advertising in all federal elections. It is directed by Erika Franklin Fowler, assistant professor of government. The co-directors include Michael Franz, associate professor of government at Bowdoin College, and Travis Ridout, associate professor of political science at…
In an episode of WNPR’s “Where We Live,” Sarah Croucher, assistant professor anthropology, assistant professor archeology, discusses the upcoming dig at Beman Triangle, a site in Middletown, Conn. that was the center of the city’s African American community in the 19th and early 20th century.