Light By Which to Dream
[Photo by Audrey Hall]
Growing up living hand-to-mouth in a Nairobi slum, Kennedy Odede ’12 experienced true hardship and despair firsthand. But after a serendipitous encounter with Jessica Posner ’0…
Long Form
Leadership in 15 Languages: Helping Prep the Next Generation of Polyglots
Wesleyan has an unusual language requirement in that there isn’t one. But while students are not mandated to take a lang…
(Not So) Lost in Translation: Study Abroad Sets Students Up for Immersive Cultural Experiences
Photo of Cap Est, Madagascar, by Katie Toner ’20
It’s a common image on movie screens, in vacation videos, and in soc…
Wesleyan and the World in Pictures
Each year, the Fries Center for Global Studies asks Wesleyan students who have had any global experience over the previo…
The Truth About Travel
Pauline Frommer ’88 could fill several books with stories from her many years exploring the world and working at the for…
Jesse Ashlock ’99: Media Man
[Photo courtesy Jesse Ashlock ’99]
Now the US editor for Condé Nast Traveler—after five years at Travel + Leisure…
Technology as a Tool for Transcendence: William Tyner ’13
In creating a new documentary film on technology in Romania, Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow W…
Engaged Locally and Globally: The Wesleyan Refugee Project Aims to Improve Life for Displaced Peoples
Humans around the globe are experiencing unprecedented levels of displacement. Earlier this year, the UNHCR (the United …
War’s Aftermath in Artsakh: Filmmaker Documents Women Who Clear Landmines
Jesse Soursourian ’03 is back in his grandfather’s country, filming the new generation of women who leave behind cultura…
Narratio: Art Through/Beyond Displacement
Having found his way from Baghdad, to South Dakota, to Wesleyan, and having found his own voice in the process, Ahmed Ba…