Last November, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems by Jean Valentine, published by Wesleyan University Press, was awarded the prestigious National Book Award. At the Press, the announcement was a cause for cele…
“My mother has called me ‘Miss Universe’ since I was 2,” admits Tricia Homer ’04 with a laugh. She is now just one contest away from the possibility of making this title her own, worldwide. In November, Homer was crowned…
Melting glaciers and disappearing polar ice are two tangible signs of a virtually undisputed phenomenon—the earth is warming. Yet scientists cannot give policy makers the certainty they seek about how much warming, when,…