A Graphic Novel that Captivates
“The best graphic novels suggest rather than decree. They allow readers to search for truth in what is shown and said, but to find it in the silence between the words, the space between the images. Th…
Books
7 Transformative Keys to Increasing Empathy
Using neuroscience-based research and an acronym, Helen Riess '78, MD, teaches E.M.P.A.T.H.Y.® as a way to improve …
Professors’ Bookshelf: Authors Curran, Finn, Glick, and Scheibe
Andrew S. Curran, William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely …
Poetry Corner: “DEVOTION (REFLECTION)” by Mark McCloughan ’10
DEVOTION (REFLECTION)
when contemplating the word devotion
and its scalloped edges, the seaside-at-sunset-
pink it of…
Giving Done Right: Effective Data For Philanthropy
Philip Buchanan ’92, the president the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), has some tips on what to look for in an …
A Line in the Sand, by John F. Ross ’81
Turning a phrase well is often celebrated in our culture, as is the ability of a painter to capture an expression or a f…
Alumni Bookshelf
Helen Riess ’78 with Liz Neporent
The Empathy Effect: 7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, …
Faculty Bookshelf
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Professor and Chair of American Studies and Professor, Anthropology
Paradoxes of Hawaiian Soverei…
The Art of the Hug
Everyone sells. Whether you are on a date or meeting a potential employer, you sell yourself. On the job, you sell your …
Democracy is not an Entertainment Product
By Steve Almond ’88, author of Bad Stories
Shortly after graduating from Wesleyan, back in 1988, I read a book that…