Unprecedented, but Not Unparalleled
Photo caption: Red Cross volunteers inspect equipment for Wesleyan during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The location is the parish house behind Middletown’s Church of the Holy Trinity on Main Street. P…
Author: Magazine Editor
Remembering Norm Shapiro
At our Boston-area literary translators’ group meetings, Norman Shapiro was a rare participant, but he always meant to show up, usually when he had a new book he wanted to advertise. I used to say of him that he was like…
Art is Not Convenient (video)
Associate Professor of Dance Hari Krishnan describes art's role in expressing and driving social change, and how his rec…
Toward a Theory of Everything
In supergravity, Daniel Z. Freedman '60 made one of the most significant physics discoveries of the 20th century. A sing…
Game On: First-Timers
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In the fall, three first-…
Katie Vasquez ’20: Psychology Research Can Guide Us in Normalizing Generosity
Every year, hundreds of Wesleyan seniors produce thesis projects and performances on a wide range of topics. For her sen…
Bright Ideas
Creativity often comes from a lot of hard work with a dash of kismet mixed in. Here, members of Wesleyan's creative comm…
Inspiration for Hannah’s War: Dr. Lise Meitner
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Profound Collaboration: The Creative Campus Initiative
A central focus for the Center for the Arts since 2006, the Creative Campus Initiative (CCI) pushes the envelope on wher…
Three Bronze Stars: Lovett ’45 Recalls WWII Medic Service in Italy
[caption id="attachment_16069" align="alignleft" width="983"] Francis Lovett '45[/caption]
Francis Lovett ’45, who graduated from Wesleyan in 1948 after serving with the elite 10th Mountain Division in Italy during Wo…