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2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Scenes from Shangri-La, by Michael Yamashita ’71

Michael Yamashita ’71 (©Michael Yamashita) For more than 35 years, photographer Michael Yamashita ’71 has worked for National Geographic, tackling assignments in war zones, deserts, and mountains on …

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020May 3, 2020

Tuned IN

Question: Is WESU-FM, 88.1, the oldest college radio station? Answer: Maybe. Station Manager Benjamin Michael, who ha…

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020July 13, 2022

Student Artists’ Books: Advocacy Through Creativity

Each year, our Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) staff work with Wesleyan faculty to teach between 80 and 12…

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020May 3, 2020

The Gift of Godot

When still an undergrad biology major at Wesleyan, Jay Levy ’60, Hon. ’96, MD followed an intriguing literary reference …

2020 Issue 1April 24, 2020May 1, 2020

Gilbert Parker ’49: The “Finest Compass”

Thomas Kail ’99 writes a tribute to Gilbert Parker ’49, who passed away on October 29, 2019. (Photo courtesy Jod…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019May 1, 2020

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 a…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019July 13, 2022

(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…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019July 13, 2022

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…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019December 5, 2019

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…