2007 Issue 1

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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…

From 1871 to 1957, the top two floors of Judd Hall housed Wesleyan’s natural history museum. Named for Orange Judd, Class of 1847, a prominent agricultural editor and publisher, as well as a generous donor, the brownston…

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…

AT 3:45 P.M., MICHAEL ROTH ’78 WAS HURRYING TO FINISH HIS LUNCH, an orange-colored soup in a plastic take-out container. Finding any time at all to eat had been difficult that day because he had flown from Los Angeles ba…

BANANAS ARE THE NUMBER-ONE SELLING ITEM AT PEAPOD, the Internet’s leading grocery service. You might imagine that consumers would want to choose their own bananas to avoid bruised fruit. That they trust Peapod to avoid…