In dramatic fashion, the Wesleyan Men’s Basketball Team gave NESCAC rival and nationally-ranked #5 Amherst its first loss of the season with a buzzer-beating, last-second shot from 30 feet away by Jeremy Kaminer ’10. Channel 30 reported the news and offers a video highlight provided by Wesleyan’s Athletic Department. The January 6th win was the Men’s first against Amherst’s basketball team since 2001.
Students
Drennan ’09 Named Women’s Volleyball All American
by David Pesci •
Lisa Drennan ’09 was named a second team All American and became the only Wesleyan athlete ever to become a two-time NESCAC Player of the Year.
Tomasulo ’11, Ewer ’10: First-Time Presidential Voters
by David Pesci •
Gabe Tomasulo ’11 and Craig Ewer ’10 were among first-time voters in a presidential race featured in a recent newspaper story.
Lesser ’10 Elected as 100th District State Rep.
by David Pesci •
Entrepreneur Lachman ’09 Draws Interest in D.C.
by David Pesci •
Last year we wrote about budding student t-shirt and computer skin entrepreneur Dan Lachmam ’09 in the Wesleyan Connection. Now The Washington Post reports on his growing company.
Feet to the Fire
by pat •
Highlights activity engaging freshman to become more aware of climate change and global warming.
Wesleyan Students Get Photographic Exposure
by David Pesci •
Several Wesleyan University students had an idea to create a photography magazine that would showcase student work in the school and local community. That idea became a reality in May, when the first issue of Exposure was released.”
Seniors Project Takes Student Researchers to Puerto Rico
by Olivia Drake •
At left, Hannah Hastings ‘08 and Andrea Pain ‘08 snorkeled the Puerto Rico shoreline to collect seagrass as part of their earth and environmental sciences senior research seminar.
In January, Hannah Hastings ‘08 and Andrea Pain ‘08 collected seagrass from the ocean floor to study nutrient content in a dinoflagellate-rich ecosystem off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico. The seniors returned to Wesleyan and analyzed their samples for carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus levels. They discovered a high ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus compared to the normal ratio in the ocean.
”We discovered that high dinoflagellate concentrations are directly associated with elevated nitrogen to phosphorus ratios,” Pain said during Part I of the Earth and Environmental Science Departments Senior Seminar Research Project colloquium March 6. Part II of the colloquium is scheduled for March 25.
