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Category 2023 Fall IssuePosted on November 7, 2023November 8, 2023

Letter to the Editor: What is Religion?

I was disappointed in the lack of intellectual rigor displayed by members of the Religion Department when they collectively responded to the question, “What is religion?” Arthur McGill, a former professor of religion, would have had no problem with such a question: He would have said that religion …
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Category 2023 Summer IssuePosted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

From the Editor: Learning from Difference

Here in the UComms offices, we’ve been thinking a lot about culture and community: what it means to be in community with one another, what it takes to build a community, and how we push and also sustain each other t…
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Category 2023 Summer IssuePosted on June 15, 2023July 7, 2023

From the President: Race & College Admissions

Preparing for a Supreme Court Decision Earlier this spring I was joined by Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez ’96, vice president and dean of admission and financial aid, to discuss the then still-pending ruling by the Supre…
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Letters to the Editor
Category 2023 Summer IssuePosted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

Letters to the Editor

In the absence of any Letters to the Editor for this issue, we turned to ChatGPT for a humorous look at the AI versi…
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Category 2023 Spring IssuePosted on February 24, 2023February 27, 2023

President’s Letter: Pragmatic Liberal Education

Colleges and universities in the United States come in many forms, but one of their most distinctive elements is pragmatic liberal education. This form of learning—no matter what you are studying—combines the acquis…
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Category 2023 Spring IssuePosted on February 24, 2023February 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: The Best of Both Worlds

After the heady launch of our new digital-only issue in fall 2022, I must admit that there is a certain comfort in returning to print for this issue. As with everything, there are pros and cons to be considered in any n…
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Category 2022 Fall IssuePosted on November 1, 2022November 16, 2022

President’s Letter: Enduring Questions, Pressing Issues

It’s very dangerous to think you have discovered the Truth with a capital “T.” This is especially so in higher education. It is, however, very important to generate questions that lead to productive inquiry. How to defin…
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Category 2022 Fall IssuePosted on November 1, 2022November 16, 2022

Editor’s Note: The Inaugural Digital Issue

One of the perks of working at a university is the feeling of renewal and reinvention that comes with the start of every new school year. Through the articles we write and the people that we interview, our communications…
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Category 2022 Fall IssuePosted on November 1, 2022November 16, 2022

Letters to the Editor: Wesleyan’s 19th-Century Impact

I’m writing humbly to ask that you correct the lead statement in the President’s Letter for the Spring 2022 Wesleyan University Magazine. Specifically, I believe that the characterization of Wesleyan as a “small, parochi…
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Category 2022 Fall IssuePosted on November 1, 2022November 16, 2022

Letters to the Editor: The Influence of Ann Wightman

I recently co-wrote a book (unrelated to my studies), and realized that whatever ability I had to write clearly and economically I owed to my college advisor, Ann Wightman, and her ruthless editing skills. In trying to s…
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