Leading Musician T. Viswanathan Dies

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Leading Musician T. Viswanathan Dies

Tanjore Viswanathan, South Indian flutist and adjunct professor of music, died Sept. 10 at Hartford Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 75. Professor T. Viswanathan, or Viswa, as he was known to all, was born into one of the most illustrious music and dance families of South Ind…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Glass Pavilion

College Row has looked pretty much the same for generations. A quick glance at the area between Memorial Chapel and ’92 Theater, however, reveals that change is coming, most visibly through the construction of an all-wea…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Global Conflict

Hanna Ingber ’03, a major in the College of Social Studies, reports on Wesleyan’s first Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, which focused on “Cultural Roots of Global Conflict.” Attending the Shasha Seminar on gl…

2002 Issue 4December 30, 2002March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. MICHAEL LOBEL ’90 Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art (Yale University Press, 2002) In this richly …

2002 Issue 4December 30, 2002March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: My Life in Heavy Meddling

Steve Almond ’88 wrote a book about the romantic mishaps of single men. Readers asked: Is the book autobiographical? He responds with thoughts about what is really at stake in the question. This past April, Grove Press …

2002 Issue 4December 30, 2002September 30, 2014

Keep Wesleyan Front and Center

David Bartholomew ’81 writes: When friends outside of Wesleyan ask how I became chair of the Wesleyan Alumni Association, they assume that I carefully considered the decision to run for the office, campaigned eagerly, a…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

WWII Documentary, The Costs of War

“The line between the poet and the warrior is very thin,” says Richard Hanley MALS ’93, as he describes the third, and last, episode of his television documentary, Connecticut and World War II. This final segment, titled…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

40th Anniversary, Celebrate World Music

On Feb. 21-23, Wesleyan will celebrate 40 years of the World Music Program with marathon concerts, panels of distinguished musicians and scholars, and special programs. Forty years ago, in 1961, Wesleyan’s small…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

National Debate, Wish Upon A Stem Cell

While the U.S. Congress continues to debate policy regarding human embryonic stem cell research, federally funded researchers nationwide, including some at Wesleyan, remain tantalized by possible scientific advances. At …

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Q & A: A View Within the Gate

New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg spent the 1999–00 admission cycle observing Wesleyan’s inner workings. He found surprise and reassurance, chronicled in his new book, The Gatekeepers. Motivate…