Transforming the ‘Black Butterfly’
Baltimore City native and Johns Hopkins University Professor Lawrence Jackson ’90 created the Billie Holiday Project for…
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Letter to the Editor: Civic Engagement Across the Generations
The Spring 2020 issue of Wesleyan University Magazine correctly conveys with breathless immediacy the urgency of political and cultural issues now facing the United States of Ameri…
Letter to the Editor: Justice, Hiding in Plain Sight
I write with encouraging news and a call to action. At a moment when the abject failings of the criminal legal system stand in such clear and crushing relief, the Wesleyan alumni community has an opportunity to deepen its investment in justice. We can do this—directly and impactfully—by supporting Wesleyan’s Center for Prison Ed…
Letter to the Editor: Teaching Moments in a Time of Diaspora
I met with my New School students for the last time on Wednesday, March 11. I’d instructed them to bring their laptops; we were going to have a trial “webinar.” This was ri…
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Socially Distant, Deeply Committed
The distance-learning transition has highlighted the importance of the behind-the-scenes work staff do to support students and faculty at Wesleyan.
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View AllLetter to the Editor: Civic Engagement Across the Generations
The Spring 2020 issue of Wesleyan University Magazine correctly conveys with breathless immediacy the urgency of political and cultural issues now facing the United States of America. I only hope that the sense of immedi…
Letter to the Editor: Justice, Hiding in Plain Sight
I write with encouraging news and a call to action. At a moment when the abject failings of the criminal legal system stand in such clear and crushing relief, the Wesleyan alumni community has an opportunity to deepen it…
Editor’s Note: Cultivating Equity
After her appointment in December, Nicole Stanton was slated to begin her official duties as Wesleyan’s 12th Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs on May 15, 2020. In honoring interim Provost and SVPAA R…
President’s Letter: ‘This Changes Everything’
Each year, incoming students are asked to read a common text as an intellectual introduction to Wesleyan. This year’s selection, a documentary entitled "This Changes Everything," offers an unflinching look at the impact …
Letter to the Editor: Teaching Moments in a Time of Diaspora
I met with my New School students for the last time on Wednesday, March 11. I’d instructed them to bring their laptops; we were going to have a trial “webinar.” This was right before our extended two-week break, a period in which professors would transition their courses online, and after which our classes would take pla…