Lauren RubensteinRosenthal's book compiles decades worth of private writings from the legendary folk singer and activist
Kate CarlisleNonfiction author Hoffman wins major writing prize.
David LowThe Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University recently announced that Visiting Writer in English Adina Hoffman ’89 is one of the inaugural winners of the Windham Campbell Prizes. This new global writer’s award was created with a gift from the late Donald Windham and his partner, Sandy M. Campbell, and is now one of the largest literary prizes in the world. Nine $150,000 prizes were awarded for outstanding achievement in fiction, nonfiction, and drama and recognize writers from all stages of their careers. The recipients range in ages from 33 to 87. Writers were considered from around…
Hadler discusses how roommates can be helpful guides to international students
Longitudinal study of Harvard men: "the secret to a happy life is relationships, relationships, relationships"
A book published by Wesleyan University Press, titled, Making Freedom: The Extraordinary Life of Venture Smith, will be distributed for free to about 850 municipal, middle school and high school libraries statewide. The books are being donated through the generosity of an anonymous donor. The book is about the life of Venture Smith, "an African slave who bought his freedom and became a prominent farmer and trader in 18th century Connecticut," according to The Day of New London, Conn., which wrote about an event in Hartford announcing the book's distribution. At the event, Suzanna Tamminen, director and editor-in-chief of Wesleyan University Press, was…
Review: "Reed demonstrates her ability here to write fiction that reflects its time" but is never dated
Prof. William Pinch describes the history and traditions of Sadhus, or Hindu holy men
On Feb. 27, City of Middletown Mayor Dan Drew issued a proclamation to thank three Wesleyan students for their service to the city assisting in sales agreement documentation and language translation between International Lubricant, Inc. and Chinese investors. Mayor Drew declared Feb. 27, 2013 as "Yejing Gu ('14), Michael You Rong Leung ('15) and Meiyi Cheng ('13) Day." See this document for more information.
Sculptor Lucy Orta discusses her new exhibit opening at Wesleyan's Center for the Arts
The president signaled he will make tough decisions on issues like budget, immigration and climate change
Wesleyan has announced the establishment of a new College of Film and the Moving Image, which includes the Film Studies Department, the Center for Film Studies, the Cinema Archives and the Wesleyan Film Series. "We're excited to bring together all the great things we've been doing around film—the Film Studies major and minor, the Cinema Archives and the Wesleyan Film Series—under the umbrella of the College of Film and the Moving Image,” said President Michael Roth. “The film curriculum is already so very strong, anchored in liberal learning and connected with the making of new work for cinema, television, and…