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 in the real world. That hasn’t deterred Avery Trufelman ’13 from pursuing them.…
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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…
On the Federal Reserve Board: The Interesting Days of Lael Brainard ’83
As one of five current members of the Federal Reserve Board—which oversees the country’s central banking system—Lael Bra…
Landman ’78: How to Summit Everest
Last spring, David Landman ’78, P’13 planted a Wesleyan pennant atop Mount Everest. This was his sixth mountain in the S…
Behind the Research: A Q&A with Assistant Professor of Psychology Mike Robinson
Assistant Professor of Psychology Mike Robinson's classes and research focus on the brain mechanisms underlying motivati…
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…
More Moneyball, More Math Problems
In the movie adaptation of Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s seminal 2003 account of the sabermetrics revolution in baseball, a…
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 …