Hope in an African Slum (video)
Following their serendipitous encounter in Kenya, Kennedy Odede ’12 and Jessica Posner ’09 have expanded the impact of their organization, SHOFCO (Shining Hope for Communities), to serve more than 3…
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When Worlds Collide: Collaboration and Coincidence in a Mystery from the Skies
By Rielly Wieners ’18
The origins of the Arizona Meteor Crater were a puzzle to the scientific community well into th…
“There’s No Place Like Home”: Jeanine Basinger and Lea Carlson
If you want to know how the College of Film and the Moving Image functions on a day-to-day basis, talk with Lea Carlson.…
Wesleyan Was Here: Albuquerque, 8th and Mountain
Whether it’s building a troll under a bridge in Seattle or rehabbing a neighborhood in Albuquerque (see below), Wesleyan…
Helping Working Elephants Return to the Wild
Rebecca Winkler ’16 initially wrote about her experience with Mahouts Elephant Foundation, a UK nonprofit and Thai found…
A Graphic Novel that Captivates
“The best graphic novels suggest rather than decree. They allow readers to search for truth in what is shown and said, b…
How (Not) to Design a Utopia
Though we’ve seen utopias in countless works of fiction, humanity hasn’t yet found a reliable blueprint for building one…
Alarming Bias in Predictive Policing
Rashida Richardson ’08, director of policy research at the AI Now Institute at New York University, examines the underly…
7 Transformative Keys to Increasing Empathy
Using neuroscience-based research and an acronym, Helen Riess '78, MD, teaches E.M.P.A.T.H.Y.® as a way to improve …
Microsoft Data Scientist Jennifer Chayes ’78 Elected to National Academy of Sciences
The head of Microsoft Research New England, NYC, Montreal, Jennifer Chayes brings FATE—fairness, accountability, transpa…