David PesciImagine this architectural challenge: create a site-appropriate structure for a former cranberry bog covered with 3 feet of water; use durable and sustainable materials and construction technologies as extensively as possible; work within a budget and; make it optimal for observing Redwing Blackbirds, Scarlet Tanagers, Hooded Mergansers, and the occasional Great Blue Heron. (more…)
Olivia DrakeDuring a restless winter day in northeast Vermont, Katherine Bascom ‘10 had an indoor wrestling match with her overly energetic dog, Ori. Midway through the contest, Bascom grabbed a camera off her nightstand and began snapping some shots. One of these photographs, a close-up action-shot of Ori, is the page 36 feature photo of Wesleyan’s new, student-run magazine called Exposure. (more…)
Corrina KerrWesleyan students and administrators are committed to getting everyone registered to vote and to the polls for this November’s election. According to Chris Goy '09, founding member of WesVotes, the university is assisting with the voting registration effort more than it has in the past.
Wesleyan’s second annual Interfaith Fast-a-Thon will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25, and culminate with a Ramadan Banquet. Participants will fast for one day and donate the cost of meals to local charities. The day’s events will conclude at 5:45 p.m. with a ‘Break-fast Banquet’ at Beckham Hall catered by the Middletown’s Haveli India restaurant. (more…)
Students living in Wesleyan's program house, ”Earth House,” want to promote the values of eating fresh, healthy foods in Middletown. They had ideas to create a bulk food education program, an easy nutritional cooking class and help 20 local residents obtain fresh foods in their homes. During a workshop held Sept. 6, the students turned their ideas into a plan of action. Titled "Global Citizenship: Engaging in Local Social Issues with Global Implications," the day-long event helped Earth House and fellow program houses design realistic programs that could be accomplished during the academic year. (more…)
Lily Mandlin ’10 browses through several herb- and honey-based soaps, creams and oils, smiling with every sniff. But one fragrance stands out among the others. "Oooh, I like this one," she says spritzing a lavender linen spray. "Lavender. It's a natural way to de-stress." The spray, created and sold by Nature’s Edge Farm of Canterbury, Conn., was just one item Mandlin purchased during the Wesleyan Farmers Market Sept. 10 on campus. She also purchased freshly-picked corn, zucchini, goat cheese and "beautiful French bread shaped like a chain of leaves." (more…)
Associate Provost Paula Lawson died suddenly Sept. 21. Lawson graduated from Carleton College with a degree in psychology and held a M. Ed. degree from Harvard University. She served as a coordinator of Academic Student Services in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern University and as a research associate in the Office of Academic Affairs, the Institute for Social Research, and the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. (more…)
A memorial service for Katharina "Kay" Butterfield, wife of Wesleyan's 11th President Victor L. Butterfield and the first lady of Wesleyan for 24 years, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The service will begin at 11 a.m. am at the First Church Congregational, 190 Court Street, Middletown, with a reception immediately following in the church's Memorial Room. (more…)
John SetzerIn the United States, Deaf people have had the ability to communicate by using sign language since the early 1800s. But in Central America’s largest nation of Nicaragua, the Deaf community had no formalized language until 30 years ago. This emerging language, known as Nicaraguan Sign Language, is the topic of a recent study by Anna Shusterman, assistant professor of psychology, and psychology major Lisa Drennan ’09. The language was first created by local children to communicate with their friends and family and is rapidly changing. “Nicaraguan Sign Language is certainly not a hodge-podge of different sign languages – it…
Yonatan Malin, assistant professor of music, will speak Oct. 20 on "Music Theory and Humanistic Study: A Brief History and Some Reflections" during the Center for Humanities Fall Lecture Series. Posted 09/04/08 Wesleyan's Center for the Humanities Fall Lecture Series: Figuring "The Human" begins Sept. 8. with a presentation by Nancy Armstrong, professor of English at Duke University, titled: "Darwins Paradox." The event will be at 8 p.m. at Russell House. The fall lecture series is part of the Center for the Humanities 50th anniversary celebration. The lectures are free and the public is welcome to attend. Additional presentations in…
Posted 09/04/08 When a 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook China in May, more than 10,000 people died, and thousands remained trapped under rubble and debris. On the other side of the world, Wesleyan computer science students helped write the software used to coordinate volunteers for relief efforts. The software is part of Sahana, an open-source information technology system that was built to aid in the recovery effort following the 2004 Asian tsunami. The students contributed as part of the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) project, a joint venture between the computer science departments of Wesleyan, Trinity College and Connecticut College,…
Andrea Domanick 10 participated in a National Public Radio internship this summer working on the program All Things Considered. Posted 09/04/08 Shes already produced a story about Muslim voters role in the upcoming election and reported on gender identity at some of Baltimores most colorful ballroom events. But this is only the beginning for Wesleyan student Andrea Domanick 10, who plans to pursue a career in broadcast journalism post Wesleyan. As a summer intern for National Public Radio, Domanick worked for All Things Considered, NPRs signature afternoon newscast that reaches 11.5 million listeners weekly. She was one of 55 college…