Going the Distance: Scott Mayerowitz ’00 on a Career in Travel Journalism

2019 Issue 3January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

Going the Distance: Scott Mayerowitz ’00 on a Career in Travel Journalism

Scott Mayerowitz ’00 spent much of 2019 soaring to great heights. As the executive editorial director at The Points Guy—a points-and-miles blog turned lifestyle brand dedicated to helping readers g…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Hope in an African Slum (video)

Following their serendipitous encounter in Kenya, Kennedy Odede ’12 and Jessica Posner ’09 have expanded the impact of…

Online ExclusivesDecember 3, 2019December 3, 2019

When Worlds Collide: Collaboration and Coincidence in a Mystery from the Skies

By Rielly Wieners ’18 The origins of the Arizona Meteor Crater were a puzzle to the scientific community well into th…

Online ExclusivesSeptember 17, 2019September 17, 2019

“There’s No Place Like Home”: Jeanine Basinger and Lea Carlson

If you want to know how the College of Film and the Moving Image functions on a day-to-day basis, talk with Lea Carlson.…

2019 Issue 2September 3, 2019

Wesleyan Was Here: Albuquerque, 8th and Mountain

Whether it’s building a troll under a bridge in Seattle or rehabbing a neighborhood in Albuquerque (see below), Wesleyan…

Online ExclusivesAugust 9, 2019

Helping Working Elephants Return to the Wild

Rebecca Winkler ’16 initially wrote about her experience with Mahouts Elephant Foundation, a UK nonprofit and Thai found…

2019 Issue 2August 9, 2019August 19, 2019

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, b…

2019 Issue 1July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

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…

2019 Issue 1July 2, 2019August 9, 2019

Alarming Bias in Predictive Policing

Rashida Richardson ’08, director of policy research at the AI Now Institute at New York University, examines the underly…

2019 Issue 1July 1, 2019July 3, 2019

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 …