David PesciEric Mangini '94 was introduced as the new head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Mangini, who had finished the season as coach of the New York Jets was scooped up by the Browns just nine days after he left the Jets. Michael Arce of the Columbus Dispatch lauds Mangini's roots here at Wesleyan and in Connecticut. More coverage, including clips from Mangini's press conference and Mangini talking about his start in professional football can be found here.
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.
Ron Kuivila, chair of music, and Barry Chernoff, professor of biology and Robert Schumann Professor of Environmental Studies, were featured on WNPR recently regarding a musical installation called "The Weather at Six" which is part of the Feet to the Fire project. The Weather at Six uses the Wesleyan carillon for' a sonic interpretation of the weather of the last 130 years and is designed to get people to think about global warming.'
A recent article posted by Fox News discussing this year award-winning films identified by the National Board of Reviev (NBR), Director-Actor Clint Eastwood lauded NBR member Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, who is a champion of Eastwood's work and has secured his work for the Wesleyan Film Archives, "You don't say no to Jeanine Basinger."
Olivia DrakeDan Lachman '09 was featured in an a Oct. 12 Washington Post article titled Making it: A college student takes aim at his future by starting a profitable clothing business". Lachman, 21, started his company, Sharp Shirter, in 2005. He creates clothing designs and laptop skins. According to the article, "after college, Dan plans to move to Philadelphia and continue expanding Sharp Shirter while perhaps working for a start-up company that's further along so he can learn more about running a business. Ultimately, he wants to run Sharp Shirter online from South Africa, where his father was born and where…
Assistant Professor of Government Melayne Price comments in the New Britian Herald and Middletown Press on the significance of President-elect Obama and whether or not his election represents a mandate.
Scott Plous, professor of psychology, is quoted extensively in a piece in The Philadelphia Inquirer on bias and how it affects all of us.
Anorexics can be male, old, Latino, black or pregnant. A new book undercuts old stereotypes.
patHighlights activity engaging freshman to become more aware of climate change and global warming.
The climate change debate, while very public and very political, is not the place for hyperbole and hysteria; it's time to move on...
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." Read More