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2001 Issue 3October 4, 2001May 5, 2014

New Lecture Series Brings Distinguished Speakers

A new lecture series endowed by a $1.7-million gift from Edward W. Snowdon ’33 is bringing internationally renowned intellectual and public leaders to campus. Snowdon Fellows are chosen for their intellectual stature and for offering activities that will “spark and sustain intellectual disc…

2001 Issue 3October 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Alive, On Stage: Cambodia

When Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia began its U.S. tour at the Center for the Arts this summer, the event was more than a performance. It was a rebirth. One of the many arts nearly destroyed by the country’s civi…

2001 Issue 3October 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Tutors Hear the Stories

From a modest beginning in 1978, Wesleyan’s Writing Workshop has grown to enlist more than 100 tutors per semester who help their peers say what’s on their minds. The student glances at Julie Goldberg ’00 as she…

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Tackle That Ambassador!

A Wesleyan football star finds a season of play after graduation in a seemingly unlikely place. The spring air was crisp and the crowd was beginning to gather at the field, and Tom Themistocles ’99, pro football…

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Deaths of Two Former Faculty Members

Two former faculty members died in early March: John G. Grumm, professor of government emeritus, at age 78, and Barry Kiefer, former professor of biology, at age 67. Grumm was a member of the Wesleyan faculty fr…

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 2June 30, 2001September 30, 2014

Celebrate Our Newest Alumni

Dear Fellow Alumni, As I write, we are on the eve of Reunion & Commencement 2001. For many of you, those words bring back memories of bright red gowns and a sunny day on Foss Hill. Of course, the Class of ’82 had t…

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…