Wesleyan Grows

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 28, 2014

Wesleyan Grows

By Katherine Jamieson ’96 In 1995, when Anya Fernald decided to take a year off from Wesleyan, she didn’t go off traveling or enroll in another university. She went to bake bread in California, Montana, and Greece. While other students in the College of Social Studies major were writing theses on c…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 28, 2014

Check It Twice

Ten high school seniors in the Facing History School in Manhattan are eyeing David Gonzalez with a show–me look that suggests he doesn’t have long to grab their attention even though their English teacher is scanning the…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 28, 2014

A Remarkably Musical Campus

“Wesleyan has always been a remarkably musical campus,” writes Mark Slobin, the Richard K. Winslow Professor of Music. Slobin is the author of a new book that examines this living legacy, Music at Wesleyan: From Glee Clu…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 28, 2014

Lab of Ideas

By Herb Brody | Photography by Bill Burkhart The next time you’re bumped from an airline flight, don’t think of it as bad luck. You’re just the victim of a poorly worked out constraint satisfaction problem. A flight boo…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010September 29, 2014

Reflections: Circling Back and Giving Due

At the end of June I concluded my term as chair of your alumni association. I was privileged to serve Wesleyan and her many devoted alumni. It was an experience I will long cherish. But to be frank, the thought of decrea…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010September 29, 2014

LETTER HOME: Alida Jay Boye ’76

“The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Mali and continues to recommend against all travel to the north of the country due to kidnapping threats against Westerners. . .U.S. citizens are spe…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010September 29, 2014

CONVERSATIONS: Historical Consequences of Sibling Rivalry

In Lenin’s Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution (W. W. Norton, 2010), Philip Pomper, William Armstrong Professor of History emeritus, tells the tragic story of Alexander Ulyanov, a brilliant young scientist who…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: CLEMENT VOSE AND THE COLLECTION ON LEGAL CHANGE

Trick question: What do the 18th-century British legal reformer Lord Mansfield, migratory birds, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Prohibition repeal in the United States have to do with each other? Answer: All can be studie…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010September 29, 2014

SCHOLAR ATHLETE

For Meaghan Dendy ’10, dedication to her studies, sports, and community cross all seasons. On the softball field, she was the Cardinal career record–holder for hits (188), runs scored (134), RBI (78), doubles (31), and p…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

Cutting Carbon Yurt By Yurt April Allderice ’94: Carbon Market Entrepreneur

April Allderdice ’94 had not ridden horseback in years, but that didn’t dampen her enthusiasm for a ride on the Mongolian steppe, a vast grassland. A sense of adventure, after all, is exactly what an entrepreneur needs. …