Olivia DrakeWesleyan University Press received a $50,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, to support publication of five books in 2010, as part of a new series. The grant includes fuding for four distinct types of poetry book, including second books and translations, and for a book in any genre by a Connecticut author. Together the books will be known as the “The Driftless Series.” Driftless books for 2010 will include: Exposition Park by Roberto Tejada, Rococo and Other Worlds by Afzal Ahmed Syed, translated by Musharraf Farooqi, Elegguas by Kamau Brathwaite, A Spicing of Birds: Poems by Emily Dickinson,…
The Green Street Arts Center received an award for $9,112 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism on Oct. 29. The one-year grant will fund Green Street's Afterschool Program.
Richard Grossman, professor of economics, was interviewed on five radio stations in November on the fiscal crisis facing states. The stations include WOOD Grand Rapids, Mich.; WHAS Louisville, Ky.; WHJJ Providence, R.I.; WCHV Charlottesville, Va. and WSYR Syracuse, N.Y.
Johan Varekamp, the Harold T. Stearns Professor in Earth Science, and Ellen Thomas, research professor of earth and environmental sciences, presented papers at the Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation in Portland, Ore. Nov. 1-5. Their talks were titled "Proxies for Eutrophication in Long Island Sound" and " Hypoxia in Long Island Sound - Since When and Why."
Wesleyan University was named the 2009 Most Vegetarian-Friendly College in the United States by Peta2. According to the Peta2 website, “the acclaimed liberal arts college, which has a history of social justice activism, lives up to the hype when it comes to vegan options. Some of the creative choices offered include veggie chicken red curry with steamed broccolini and organic jasmine rice, three-mushroom vegan ragu with penne pasta, and barbecue seitan. Following last year’s second-place finish, Dining Services officials pulled out all of the stops in 2009, even setting up voting stations around campus to rally support from their well-fed…
David PesciFoyle talks about the factors affecting Sen. Dodd's dropping poll numbers
Joss Whedon '87 receives prestigious Vanguard Award from the Producer's Guild
Russell Perkins '09, COL, has been awarded a 2010 Rhodes Scholarship.
President Roth reviews Breger's "A Dream of Undying Fame" for The Los Angeles Times
The Career Resources Director discusses a phenomenon: alumni turning to colleges for job search networking
Feature on a grant-funded prison education program created by two Wesleyan students.
The Wesleyan Theater Department presented Caryl Churchill's The Skriker Nov. 19, 20, 21 and 22 in the Center for the Arts Theater. The play was directed by Bob Bresnick, visiting assistant professor in theater with costume designs and puppet designs by Leslie Weinberg, artist in residence in theater. Churchill describes the title character in The Skriker as a "polluted, not-believed-in nature spirit who comes up to the world to get love, attention and revenge." The Skriker tries to enlist the help of two friends: one pregnant and one who has killed her child. With tragic poetry and stunning linguistic pyrotechnics, the play…