2012 Issue 1

UPFRONT

President’s Letter • Michael S. Roth ’78

(Your) Brain on Culture • David Coombs

Wesleyan Receives $2 Million challenge for Humanities Program • Cynthia Rockwell

New Paintings by David Schorr at Davison Art Center in Early 2012 • Cynthia Rockwell

From Mourning To Celebration: A Posthumous Book • Cynthia Rockwell

Malamut’s Astronomy Draws on Hubble Observations • David Pesci

Seeking Truth with The Innocence Project • Cynthia Rockwell

Recollections of Wesleyan in the 1930s • Cynthia Rockwell

HISTORICAL ROW: WESLEYAN’S TIME MACHINE • Suzy Taraba ’77

SCHOLAR ATHLETE: Laura Kurash ’13 • Magazine Editor

Conversations: Peter Rutland • David Pesci

Just Published • David Low

Letter Home • Sherry Sybertz ’10

CONNECT WITH WESLEYAN

Message from the Chair • Michael Klingher

“Amazing Stories” of Social Entrepreneurs • Magazine Editor

Kail ’99 Directs Broadway Basketball Play and Interviews Stage Directors • Magazine Editor

PROFILES

Permaculture Takes Root in the Westco Courtyard • Yael Chanoff

Center for Prison Education • Jim Smith

FEATURES

Teen Health: Providing Help Through Schools • Eve Abrams ’93

A Soldier’s Pain, A Therapist’s Story • Eric Goldscheider

Capturing the Genius of an American Icon • David Low ’76

Digital Wesleyan’s New York Network • Erica Brown ’81