How (Not) to Design a Utopia
Though we’ve seen utopias in countless works of fiction, humanity hasn’t yet found a reliable blueprint for building one in the real world. That hasn’t deterred Avery Trufelman ’13 from pursuing them.…
Author: Christian Camerota
Mapmaking’s Double Edge
Associate Professor of the Practice in Earth and Environmental Sciences Kim Diver and Sam Raby ’17 use cutting-edge visu…
A Smooth Crossover: From the Court Room to Defending NBA Players’ Rights
Following a 30-year career as a renowned trial lawyer, Michele Roberts ’77 is leading the National Basketball Players As…
Next-Generation Analytics Do and Don’t Make a Difference for Chicago Cubs GM Jed Hoyer ’96
After championships in two of the sport’s most historic and dedicated cities (and, if you believe in such things, helpin…
How Field Yates ’09 Defies the Odds in the Sports Industry
Field Yates ’09 was a two-sport athlete and psychology major at Wesleyan. He now uses his people skills and sports insig…
The Why Axis: Cutting-Edge Science at Wesleyan
In search of photonic breakthroughs, Professor of Physics Tsampikos Kottos often finds himself learning the most from ch…
Curricular Trends Over Time
Be it double majors or data analysis minors, incoming Wesleyan students are continually diversifying their range of stud…
A Tribute to Cliff Thornton’s Work at Wes
In recognition of Thornton’s long-time service to Wesleyan and his tireless dedication to financial aid and admission, t…
Editor’s Note: Difficult Problems and Creative Solutions
Despite growing up in Connecticut, most of what I knew about Wesleyan as an adolescent was that a very bright friend of mine—Nick Encalada-Malinowski ’04—chose it from many other impressive collegiate options.
Aside fro…
How Do You Define Data? (video)
Wesleyan professors use data in unique and compelling ways throughout their teaching and research. So, we asked them to …