Professors’ Bookshelf: Authors Curran, Finn, Glick, and Scheibe

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

Professors’ Bookshelf: Authors Curran, Finn, Glick, and Scheibe

Andrew S. Curran, William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely (Other Press, 2019) In this biography of French philosopher Denis Diderot&nbs…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

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…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

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 …

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

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…

2018 Issue 3December 4, 2018December 7, 2018

Alumni Bookshelf

Helen Riess ’78 with Liz Neporent The Empathy Effect: 7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, …

2018 Issue 3December 4, 2018December 7, 2018

Faculty Bookshelf

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Professor and Chair of American Studies and Professor, Anthropology Paradoxes of Hawaiian Soverei…

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018May 21, 2019

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 …

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018May 21, 2019

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…

2018 Issue 2September 7, 2018May 21, 2019

Well Read, by Laurie Kenney

Stephanie Mohr ’93 First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery Harvard University Press, 2018 Tiny, sh…

2018 Issue 1May 10, 2018December 12, 2018

POETS’ CORNER: DAVID LEE GARRISON ’80 AND KEVIN PRUFER ’92

Reunion Photo by David Lee Garrison ’80 We remember classes, football games, proms, and graduation, but we need…