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2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Remembering Wesleyan’s 10th Mountain Division of World War II

Dear Editor: When WWII brought the Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC) to Wesleyan, many of us joined at our administrators’ urging us to stay in college. In a short time, a program by the Navy took precedence and we ERC were invited to vacate campus at semester’s close. Thirteen of us had secured the thr…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 21, 2019

How Do You Define Data? (video)

Wesleyan professors use data in unique and compelling ways throughout their teaching and research. So, we asked them to define what data means to them in five words or less. Their answers range from the surprising to the…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 31, 2019

Historical Row: Butterfield’s Bygone College of Quantitative Studies, by University Archivist Amanda Nelson

[caption id="attachment_13161" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] From 1963: Attending a College of Quantitative Studies tutorial group (L-R), Director of Projects Robert Singleton; Thornton Page, Hon.’ 59; and Robe…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

More Moneyball, More Math Problems

In the movie adaptation of Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s seminal 2003 account of the sabermetrics revolution in baseball, a…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

Giving Done Right: Effective Data For Philanthropy

Philip Buchanan ’92, the president the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), has some tips on what to look for in an …

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

A Line in the Sand, by John F. Ross ’81

Turning a phrase well is often celebrated in our culture, as is the ability of a painter to capture an expression or a f…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019September 29, 2019

Game On!

Winning Winter [caption id="attachment_13153" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Austin Hutcherson ’21[/caption] Austin Hutcherson ’21 (men’s basketball) earned First Team All-NESCAC honors this season and Tim Sesta…

2018 Issue 3December 6, 2018May 21, 2019

The Big Hopper Reveal (video)

The 32 students in Professor Voth and Assistant Professor Moller's sections of IDEAS 170 spent half the fall semester cr…

2018 Issue 3December 6, 2018December 7, 2018

On Solid Common Ground

A cosmic creative alumni collaboration makes a beautiful musical together: Director Tyler Thomas, choreographer Nora Tho…

2018 Issue 3December 6, 2018December 7, 2018

President’s Letter: Interdisciplinary Education

IDEAS is now a minor, and I suspect before too long it will take its place among the interdisciplinary majors offered at the university. I can hardly wait to see what faculty and students make of this addition to our edu…