Olivia Drake
On April 29, the HIST 269 (Modern Britain: From Empire to Quagmire, 1688–Present) class visited Wesleyan's Special Collections and Archives to present five-minute talks about their final research projects. The class is taught by Jennifer Tucker, associate professor of history. At the beginning of the semester, each student chose a book from Special Collections and was required, for the assignment, to write a 20-page critical introduction to the book for modern audiences. The students shared their projects with Susan Kent, a professor from the University of Colorado at Boulder, who specializes in modern British history, focusing on gender, culture, imperialism, and politics.…
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After three days of heavy rains, the sun broke through the clouds over campus on April 23, revealing a bright spring morning. (more…)
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A Wesleyan team took the top award—“Best in Show”—during DataFest on April 7. DataFest is a data analysis competition where students are presented with a large, complex, surprise data set and work over the weekend to explore, analyze, and present their findings to a panel of judges. Teams of 3–5 students work together and compete against other teams. This year, students from Wesleyan University, Yale University, the University of Connecticut, and Bentley University participated. Under the auspices of the American Statistical Association, the event is organized by Wesleyan’s Quantitative Analysis Center The winning team was made up of Anna Zagoren '20,…
Wesleyan's students of color presented their annual SOC Fashion Show April 11 in conjunction with WesFest 2019. Models worked with designers to create styles that showcase their bodies of color. Photos of the event are below: (Photos by Rebecca Goldfarb Terry '19) (more…)
On April 4, the campus community gathered in Memorial Chapel for the 28th Annual Hugo L. Black Lecture on Freedom of Expression. This year's speaker was Jelani Cobb, the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Cobb spoke on “The Half-Life of Freedom: Race and Justice in America Today." Born and raised in Queens, New York, Cobb is a graduate of Howard University and Rutgers University, where he received his doctorate in American history. Cobb frequently writes about…
Works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History are on exhibit through April 28. Exhibitions change each week. The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday; noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday; and noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The show is free and open to the public. The exhibit includes the following artwork on display April 2 through 7: Cayla Blachman presented "Where To." Shirley See Yan Fang presented her exhibit titled "做得好." (more…)
Benjamin Travers
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