Q & A: Rendering the Infinite Subtleties of Language

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Q & A: Rendering the Infinite Subtleties of Language

Winston has been translating professionally for more than 30 years. While growing up she puzzled over problems in translation at the dinner table with her parents, Richard and Clara Winston, also professional translators, whose work includes Jung’s Memories, Dreams and Reflections. As a graduate stu…

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Games Mathematicians Play

Though Carol Wood knew she kicked butt at “Bust a Move Millennium,” she never thought she’d catch the attention of the national media. But there she was in a story in the Dec. 22, New York Times. “It was during …

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Trustees Elected

Three alumni–elected trustees will join the Board of Trustees July 1: Thomas Broker ’66, Megan Norris ’83, and Isaac Shongwe ’87. Broker is professor of biochemistry and co–leader of the Virology Program in the …

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Hot Site, Cool Science

It’s become a familiar story: An earnest individual sees a way to create a new Web site that fills a perceived void. Countless hours of work lead to a launch, then the site steadily attracts a large and devoted following…

2001 Issue 2June 30, 2001March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: Hooked on the Big Tobacco Trials

Dan Zegart ’77 traces his journey from smoker to author of Civil Warriors (Delacorte Press), the story of the people who fought to hold the cigarette industry accountable. I was a fledgling newspaper reporter in June 19…

2001 Issue 2June 30, 2001March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. WENDY LUSTBADER ’76 What’s Worth Knowing (Tarcher/Putnam, 2001) As a young social work student, Wendy Lustbader was given a c…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001September 30, 2014

RESEARCH FOR NASA: Blast Off!

Five students will blast off into simulated space in March when Wesleyan’s Zero Gravity Research Team performs a series of tests in a completely gravity– free environment using a mockup of the fire extinguishers NASA has…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: What Women Really Think About Abortion

The Abortion Myth was first published in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 1998) where I’ve been living for the last eleven years. However, the kernel of the book was formed in the country of my birth, the United States. Ag…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. DANA SACHS ’84 The House on Dream Street (Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, 2000) Journalist and teacher Dana Sachs first visited…

2001 Issue 1January 24, 2001May 5, 2014

Everything Old Is New Again

Frequently overheard: “Where has the time gone?” The once gawky frosh of a generation ago who remember showing their folks around campus on a bright fall Homecoming weekend—“as if it were yesterday”—are now the parents. …