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2017 Issue 2

MEET OUR ELEPHANTS, BY REBECCA WINKLER ’16
Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on September 6, 2017December 12, 2018

MEET OUR ELEPHANTS, BY REBECCA WINKLER ’16

Rebecca Winkler '16 writes about her experience working with the Mahouts Elephant Foundation in the latest issue of Wesleyan magazine ("Letter Home" page 68). Here, she introduces us to four elephants…
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BOOK EXCERPT: ENEMY OF THE GOOD, BY MATTHEW PALMER ’88
Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on September 6, 2017December 12, 2018

BOOK EXCERPT: ENEMY OF THE GOOD, BY MATTHEW PALMER ’88

From Enemy of the Good, by Matthew Palmer, published on May 23, 2017, by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Gr…
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BOOK EXCERPT: THE RULES DO NOT APPLY, BY ARIEL LEVY ’96
Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on September 5, 2017December 12, 2018

BOOK EXCERPT: THE RULES DO NOT APPLY, BY ARIEL LEVY ’96

An excerpt from The Rules Do Not Apply, by Ariel Levy, published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and di…
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

JOHN ’62, GINA DRISCOLL RECEIVE BALDWIN MEDAL

During the 185th Commencement ceremony on May 28, John ’62 and Gina Driscoll were honored with the Raymond E. Baldwin Medal, the highest award of the Alumni Association. John and Gina have each provided exemplary service…
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

GIFTS FOR THE COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Wesleyan’s College of the Environment (COE) has received two major gifts that together will provide $6.5 million in endowment to support its programs. Essel Bailey ’66 and his wife, Menakka, have increased their suppo…
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

FRIES CENTER FOR GLOBAL STUDIES COMMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP IN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD

[caption id="attachment_8505" align="alignnone" width="1400"] PHOTO: Rebecca Goldfarb Terry '19 During the dedication of the Fries Center for Global Studies, Trustee Mike Fries ’85 spoke on how Wesleyan had enlarged his …
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

MEET HAMILTON PRIZE WINNER AUDREY PRATT ’21

When 18-year-old Audrey Pratt of Needham, Mass., received a ticket to see Hamilton for her birthday, she never dared dream that Lin- Manuel Miranda ’02, Thomas Kail ’99, and members of the all-alumni Hamilton P…
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THE BACKSTORY: THE ASD BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLUES

BY JUDITH NEWMAN ’81 Judith Newman ’81 is the author of To Siri with Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of Machines (Harper Collins, August 2017). She lives in Manhattan with her twin sons, Henry a…
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

We hear it all the time: The cultural and economic context into which our graduates enter is a global one. For many years, Wesleyan has energetically recruited students from across the United States because we …
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Category 2017 Issue 2Posted on August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

COOK ’62 CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF MEDICAL THRILLERS WITH THE RELEASE OF CHARLATANS

In 1977, Boston ophthalmologist Dr. Robin Cook ’62 published a book that would spawn a new literary genre, change the public’s perception of medicine (and doctors), and a launch a literary career. That book was Coma—a me…
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