Letter to the Editor: Remembering Wesleyan’s 10th Mountain Division of World War II

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Remembering Wesleyan’s 10th Mountain Division of World War II

Dear Editor: When WWII brought the Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC) to Wesleyan, many of us joined at our administrators’ urging us to stay in college. In a short time, a program by the Navy took precedence and we ERC were invited to vacate campus at semester’s close. Thirteen of us had secured the thr…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 31, 2019

Historical Row: Butterfield’s Bygone College of Quantitative Studies, by University Archivist Amanda Nelson

[caption id="attachment_13161" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] From 1963: Attending a College of Quantitative Studies tutorial group (L-R), Director of Projects Robert Singleton; Thornton Page, Hon.’ 59; and Robe…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

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 …

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

A Line in the Sand, by John F. Ross ’81

Turning a phrase well is often celebrated in our culture, as is the ability of a painter to capture an expression or a f…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019September 29, 2019

Game On!

Winning Winter [caption id="attachment_13153" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Austin Hutcherson ’21[/caption] Austin Hutcherson ’21 (men’s basketball) earned First Team All-NESCAC honors this season and Tim Sesta…

2018 Issue 3December 6, 2018December 7, 2018

On Solid Common Ground

A cosmic creative alumni collaboration makes a beautiful musical together: Director Tyler Thomas, choreographer Nora Tho…

2018 Issue 3December 4, 2018December 7, 2018

Alumni Bookshelf

Helen Riess ’78 with Liz Neporent The Empathy Effect: 7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, …

2018 Issue 3December 4, 2018December 7, 2018

Faculty Bookshelf

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Professor and Chair of American Studies and Professor, Anthropology Paradoxes of Hawaiian Soverei…

2018 Issue 3December 4, 2018December 14, 2018

Men in the Machine: Playwright Haymon ’16 Explores Kafka in Contemporary America

(Photo of Miranda Haymon ’16 by Jejomar Ysit ’19.) This September 5–17, at The Tank in New York City, Miranda Haymon …

2018 Issue 3December 4, 2018December 7, 2018

When The Plot Thickens: Little Comfort, by Edwin Hill ’93

There are essentially two approaches to designing a crime novel: “Pantsing” and “Plotting.” Pantsers fly by the seat of …