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Amanda Palmer ’98 used to earn her living by standing silent and utterly still. As “The Eight-Foot Bride” of Harvard Square–flesh painted white, draped in a gown, clasping a bouquet of daisies from a motionless perch on…

Ben Byers ’07 loves swimming so much he probably would compete in his clothes. A four-time participant in NCAA championships and an All-American (2005), he placed second this year in 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle event…

Wesleyan has gained a key role in Connecticut’s effort to foster stem cell research.   Among the handful of states that have authorized research on stem cell lines other than the limited number approved by the fed…

This designation means he is among only 43 professors working in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Guam to be considered a 2006 U.S. Professor of the Year. “It was quite a surprise, as you can imagine,” P…

Most children learn the concept of “one” soon after learning to count. Typically, about six months after that, they comprehend the idea of “two,” and about six months later they understand “three.” “Studies have establi…

BY LAURA DEMANSKI AMERICANS ARE GETTING FATTER; that much we know. In the last decade, the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—the list goes on—have do…

ANNA QUINDLEN: I’ve known Wesleyan for four years since my son arrived here as a member of the class of 2007. In what ways was Wesleyan different in 1995 when you became president? DOUGLAS J. BENNET: It was not as recog…

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“After the publication of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, I became the go-to gal for all things cadaver,” author Mary Roach ’81 confessed to those who flocked to her WESeminar at Homecoming/Family Weekend. “…