Olivia DrakeJuly 1, 20131min
Wesleyan hosted a science tour for Snow Elementary School students on June 19. Faculty, staff and graduate students taught the fifth graders about astronomy, biology, scientific imaging, physics and chemistry through several hands-on activities. The students also visited the Joe Webb Peoples Museum in Exley Science Center. Photos of their science tour are below: (Photos by Olivia Drake) (more…)

Bill FisherMay 26, 20132min
Twelve students participated in the Senior Week Hackathon in Exley Science Center May 18-19. For 36 hours straight, the students worked in teams of four to create different web application products. The winning team was "WesMaps+." Team members included Justin Raymond '14, Tobias Butler '13, Max Dietz '16 and Anastasis Germanidis '13. See their app online at: http://wesmapsplus.com/ Wesleyan computer science alumni Sam DeFabbia-Kane ’11, Carlo Francisco ’11, Micah Wylde ’12, and Ryan Gee ’11 judged the final apps on a scale of 1-11 in creativity, technical difficulty and polish. A video and photos of the Hackathon are below: [youtube width="640" height="420"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24UJulhFo7I[/youtube]   (more…)

Olivia DrakeMay 26, 20131min
Special Collections & Archives hosted "A Reading of Documentary Nonfiction and Poetry" on May 13. Each student in the "Creative Criticism and Inquiry: Writing Documentary Nonfiction and Poetry" course chose an archival collection from the holdings of Special Collections & Archives and wrote a creative piece inspired by the collection. The class was taught by Teagle Fellow Kate Thorpe. "The results are wonderful examples of thinking outside the box of traditional archival research," said Suzy Taraba, director of Special Collections & Archives. "The collections chosen range from Civil War letters to the Hewlett Diversity Archive." A selection of the archival…

Olivia DrakeMay 13, 20132min
The Wesleyan and local community participated in "MiddletownRemix: Hear More, See More," a festival of art and sound, on May 11 in downtown Middletown. After a year of exploring, sharing, and remixing the sounds of Middletown on the MiddletownRemix website, event attendees celebrated the city's acoustic identity at the festival, which featured four commissioned world premieres, three live DJ sets, two art/sound installations, a laptop orchestra, food trucks, graffiti art, a gallery walk and a flash mob. "MiddletownRemix" was presented by Wesleyan's Center for the Arts and Green Street Arts Center and made possible with support from the Connecticut Office…