2016 Issue 3 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

GEOLOGIST TO GOVERNOR: LIVING THE OPPOSITE OF WOE

Irrepressibly optimistic, funny, self-deprecating, at times self-doubting but driven to tackle difficult challenges. These qualities shine through in John Hickenlooper ’74’s autobiography, The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics. IT WAS IN a moment of self-doubt, o…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

8 WAYS STUDENTS CAN MAINTAIN HEALTHY SLEEP

Royette Tavernier, assistant professor of psychology, is director of Wesleyan’s Sleep and Psychosocial Adjustment Lab housed in Judd Hall. Here, she monitors individual sleep patterns. “COPING WI…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FLYING CARPETS BY SCHORR IN ZILKHA; NYC GALLERY IN JANUARY

PROFESSOR of Art David Schorr’s Flying Carpets—New Paintings by David Schorr opened at Wesleyan’s Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery this fall with a reception and gallery talk. is solo exhibition and the site-spec…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

AN ORGANIC DECISION PROCESS FOR JENNIFER TUCKER ’91

What does it mean for an organic chicken to live its life outside? Lest you think there is an easy answer, listen to Jennifer Tucker ’91, second-in-command at the National Organic Program of the U.S. Departm…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FECTEAU ’91, NELSON ’94 RECEIVE MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANTS

Two Wesleyan alumni are recipients of 2016 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships, commonly known as “genius grants.” Vincent Fecteau ’91 and Maggie Nelson ’94 each received a no-strings-attached $625,000 grant fo…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

Homecoming and Family Weekend

A look back at this year’s Homecoming and Family Weekend fun! …

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Gone are the days of plastic trays and mystery meat Mondays, of limited choices and uninspired institutional fare. Today’s college campus is a place where reusable to-go containers and water stations are as commonpla…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

CREAM OF THE CROP

For Ronnybrook Farm Dairy owners Kate Osofsky ’94 and her father, Rick ’66, farming is both a second career and a return to their roots. Established in 1941 and located in Ancramdale, New York, Ronnybrook Fa…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

GAME ON

Senior Devon Carrillo ’17 steps adroitly through a sea of Williams purple en route to a three-touchdown performance and 110 total yards. The Cardinals posted a record-breaking 59-14 victory over the Ephs in Williamstow…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FAMILY WEEKEND

Athletic contests, tailgating, the 24th Annual Dwight L. Greene Symposium, the 40th Annual Navaratri Festival, exhibitions, WESeminars, performances and more—and a 39—10 Cardinal football victory over Bowdoin—all mad…