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Wesleyan students presented “Texts.com Presents Shrak the Musical: the Musical” May 3 in WestCo Cafe. Nick Petrillo '14, Sky McGilligan '14, Keegan Dufty '14 and Liza Pine '14 wrote, directed and acted in the musical. Charlie Kaplan '14 directed the music and co-directed the show. Ben Kafoglis '14 also wrote, directed and produced the show. (Photos by Ryan Heffernan '16) (more…)

Hilary Barth, associate professor of psychology, associate professor of neuroscience and behavior, is the co-author of of "Preschoolers trust novel members of accurate speakers’ groups and judge them favorably," published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Issue 67, pages 872-883, in 2014. The paper is based on work from BA '08/MA '09 student Keera Bhandari's thesis, and research by former undergraduates Kyle MacDonald '10 and Jenn Garcia '10, and former lab manager Elizabeth Chase. It is known that by age 3, children track a speaker's record of past accuracy and use it as a cue to current reliability. Through two different experiments,…

Wesleyan hosted the Academic Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes Reception for students May 7 in Daniel family Commons. "We gather today to honor students who represent the highest ideals of Wesleyan University―intellectual curiosity, academic excellence, creative expression, leadership, and service. While celebrating these recipients of awards, prizes, and scholarships, we also honor and thank alumni and friends whose generous contributions make these prizes possible," said Ruth Striegel Weissman, provost and vice president for academic affairs. The prizes and recipients are listed below: Butterfield Prize Established by the Class of 1967 and awarded to the graduating senior who has exemplified those qualities…

Reinhold Blümel, the Charlotte Augusta Ayres Professor of Physics, and physics graduate student Yunseong Nam are the co-authors of "Robustness of the quantum Fourier transform with respect to static gate defects," published in Physical Review A, Issue 89, in April 2014. The quantum Fourier transform (QFT) is one of the most widely used quantum algorithms, ranging from its primary role in finding the periodicity hidden in a quantum state to its use in constructing a quantum adder.

The College of the Environment has teamed up with local singer/songwriter (and mother) Rani Arbo

In this issue of The Wesleyan Connection, we speak with Oluwaremilekun "Remi" Ojurongbe of the Class of 2014. She will deliver a WESeminar at Reunion & Commencement on the topic of her capstone project, “Illegality, Criminality, and the Taxpayer’s Burden: The Incomplete U.S. Immigration Narrative.” Q: Remi, what is your major and why did you decide to write a thesis? A: I am a psychology and government double major, but I decided to conduct research in psychology mainly because of the classes that I took in the department. Courses like Professor Sarah Carney’s "Psychology in the Law," and "Cultural Psychology"…

Wesleyan students celebrated the end of the 2013-14 academic year during the annual Spring Fling, held May 8 on Foss Hill. Musicians included Chance The Rapper, tUnE-yArDs, and DJ S-Type. Read more about the bands in this Wesleyan Argus article. Photos of Spring Fling are below: (Photos by Olivia Drake) (more…)

Manju Hingorani, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, received a grant worth $324,127 from the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health on May 1

Bill Craighead, assistant professor of economics, is the author of a paper titled "Monetary Rules and Sectoral Unemployment in Open Economies" published in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of Macroeconomics. Search theory has given us a more realistic mechanism to study unemployment in macroeconomic models. In this paper, Craighead integrated search theory into an “open economy” macroeconomic model – i.e., a model of an economy that interacts with the rest of the world. One important question in open economy models is what measure of inflation should monetary policy respond to – consumer prices, which include imported goods, or producer…

The Office of Human Resources reported the following new hires, advancements and transitions, and departures for April 2014: Newly hired Ryan Launder was hired as an administrative assistant for the Green Street Arts Center on April 14. Doug Gilchrist was hired as a boiler tender in the Central Power Plant - Physical Plant on April 15. Geralyn Ternullo was hired as an administrative assistant for the annual fund on April 21. Meg O’Brien was hired as an associate director of financial planning on April 28. Promotions Jennifer Curran was appointed Director of Continuing Studies. She served as Interim Director of…

More than 170 student athletes were honored for excellence in academic achievement and outstanding athletic performance at a banquet May 1 in Beckham Hall. Those invited to the gathering were members of the sophomore, junior and senior classes who had distinguished themselves both in the classroom with a minimium GPA of 3.2 and in athletic competition as a significant contributor to the success of their chosen sport(s). During the banquet, the Wesleyan Athletics Department awarded John Steele '14 and Mary Foster '14 with the Roger Maynard Memorial Award, presented annunally to the top senior male and female scholar-athlete at the…

The Neuroscience and Behavior Program hosted a senior symposium/dinner on May 1. Seventeen students delivered research poster presentations and six seniors made formal presentations during dinner. The event took place in the Daniel Family Commons. Photos of the event are below: (Photos by Ryan Heffernan '16) (more…)

Seniors Write, Direct, Act in “Shrak the Musical”

Barth, Alumni Co-Author Paper on Preschoolers’ Trust

Students Honored For Academic Achievement with Awards, Fellowships

Blümel, Nam Published in Physical Review A

COE, Musician/Fellow Launch Online Environmental Teaching Tool for Kids

Ojurongbe ’14 to Speak on Media Depictions of Immigration

Students Celebrate at Spring Fling

State Grant will Support Hingorani’s Research on Lynch Syndrome

Craighead’s Paper Published in Macroeconomics Journal

Staff on the Move

Student Athletes Honored for Athletic Performance, Academics

Neuroscience Students Present Research at Senior Symposium/Dinner