Foyle talks about the factors affecting Sen. Dodd's dropping poll numbers

Suzanne O'Connell, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, director, service learning center, has an opinion piece in The Hartford Courant that tells residents and law-makers about a proven, environmentally-friendly method for reducing carbon emissions and raising revenue that's also incredibly cheap to implement.

The Department of Film Studies Elia Kazan Centennial, which opens Saturday, Sept. 12, was the focus of a feature in The Hartford Courant. A seminal director and founder of the Actors Studio, Kazan was both a brilliant and influential figure in film. He was also surrounded by controversy during his career, especially during the 1950s and the investigations by House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee. Kazan was also a "fixture" at Wesleyan, where he often came to write and speak to the classes of Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies. His personal papers reside in the Wesleyan…

The Hartford Courant profiled the ground-breaking stem cell research of Laura Grabel, Lauren B. Dachs Professor of Science in Society, professor of biology, and Janice Naegle, professor of biology, professor neuroscience and behavior, as well as the work of Gloster Aaron, assistant professor of biology, assistant professor of neuroscience and behavior. Wesleyan, along with Yale University and The University of Connecticut, has received grants from the State Stem Cell Initiative, a program that allows scientists to research human stem cell lines. Grabel, Naegele and Aaron are doing research aimed at replicating cells that would ultimately help cure a form a…

The unique use of virtual reality by Matthew Kurtz, assistant professor of psychology and assistant professor of neuroscience and behavior, was part of a feature by The Hartford Courant. Kurtz is employing virtual reality systems to help schizophrenics.

In The Hartford Courant, William Johnston, professor and chair of history who studies the history of disease, discussed the flu epidemic of 1918-19 that swept the world killing an estimated 20 million people and how it compares to recent worldwide flu outbreaks.

Elizabeth McAlister, associate professor of religion and expert on Vodou and Haitian culture, discusses perceptions regarding zombies and Vodou as they gain attention in a new book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which is adapted from the Jane Austen classic.