David PesciWhat has been the success of 'leading from behind' in President Obama's domestic and foreign policy?
A feature celebrates the musical innovator, recording artist, composer, and renowned professor
An examination of 300 years of urban pollution becomes a case study presented at a national conference
The newly formed Campus Activities Committee is hosting two events – FREE for Wesleyan staff and faculty – the only requirement is that you register! Wesleyan vs. Bates - Free Tickets and Lunch On Saturday, October 15, join members of the Wesleyan community, their families and friends for a home football game. Game tickets and lunch are free – hot dogs, pizza and cold drinks will be available at the varsity sports team concession stands, and raffle prizes will be awarded at half-time! Please register by noon on Thursday, October 13, by completing this form. Taste of Middletown on Campus…
The renowned entrepreneur and his family create a center for those who want to innovate for social change
The researcher says a new study may change the way we look at the evolution of water on the earth
Government professor says Americans embrace nationalism, though prefer to call it "patriotism"
With an orchestra conducted by Taylor Ho Bynum '98, the festival celebrates Braxton's avant-garde work
Bill HolderWesleyan has received a $2 million challenge grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help endow the Center for the Humanities. The grant requires Wesleyan to raise an additional $4 million in endowment funds over the next four years. “This grant is a welcome acknowledgement of the Center’s leadership role in keeping humanities scholarship at the center of the most interesting trends in American intellectual life,” said Wesleyan President Michael Roth. “Scores of Humanities Centers across the country have adopted the Wesleyan model, and I am deeply grateful to the Mellon Foundation for affirming the importance of this work.”…
Olivia DrakeFor 15 minutes, Elizabeth Milroy, professor of art history, describes the life, artistic techniques and style of abstract expressionist painter and printmaker Helen Frankenthaler. "Here, we see her thinking about framing and edging," Milroy says, pointing at a lithograph in the Davison Art Center. "She emulates Chinese characters in this print. She bring out lusciousness in lithography." As part of the new series, "Artful Lunch," faculty briefly speak about an artist, and display one example of the artist's work from the Davison Art Center's collection. The series is sponsored and hosted by the Friends of the Davison Art Center as…
Construction on the former squash building continues, and according to construction manager Alan Rubacha, everything is on schedule. The building is expected to reopen as the Career Center, Art History Department and College of Letters in January 2012 - just three months away. "You can see over here where the five classrooms are going to go, and this will be a conference room that will hold between eight and 10 people," Rubacha says during first-floor building tour. "And over there, that's the main entry. There's going to be a big bronze door." On Sept. 16 and Sept. 23, Rubacha led…
Stacey Close, a professor of history, philosophy and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University, will spend the current academic year at Wesleyan as an ACE Fellow. Sponsored by the American Council on Education, the program prepares fellows to serve American colleges and universities in leadership positions. “It's a pleasure to welcome Stacey Close to campus,” says President Michael S. Roth. “Wesleyan will surely benefit from the expertise he brings, and I hope he will fulfill his professional goals through his association with us.” Close has served as director of faculty development at Eastern’s Center for Educational Excellence and as…