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2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

FACULTY-STUDENT TEAM DISCOVERS SUPER-EARTHS

A team of scientists from Wesleyan, led by Associate Professor of Astronomy Seth Redfield and graduate student Prajwal Niraula, has coauthored a paper on the discovery of three planets, or super-Ear…

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

JAZZ MUSICIAN SOREY MA’11 WINS MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP

Tyshawn Sorey MA ’11, who joined Wesleyan’s faculty this fall as assistant professor of music, has been awarded a fellow…

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI: TALA GIVES CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, BY JIM H. SMITH

No one has ever questioned Jenipher’s work ethic. For decades, the 65-year-old Kenyan woman has operated a food stall in the central business district of downtown Nairobi. It has given her the wherewithal to support a fa…

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: OPENING THE DOOR(S) TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Students walk past them and through them during their years on campus. So how well do you know these iconic Wesleyan building entryways? For more information about each building, visit bit.ly/2mQfSd0. …

2017 Issue 3December 12, 2017December 12, 2018

GOING UNDERGROUND: C-CERT EXPLORES CLOSED BUTTERFIELD BASEMENT & TUNNEL SYSTEM BY OLIVIA DRAKE

On Oct. 17, Wesleyan’s Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT) toured the basement level, or “tunnels” of th…

2017 Issue 3August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

YOU CAN’T SOLVE A PROBLEM UNLESS YOU TALK ABOUT IT: A CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE WITH BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM ’75

Beverly Daniel Tatum ‘75, Hon. ‘15, P’04, PhD, is a psychologist and author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Togeth…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

JOHN ’62, GINA DRISCOLL RECEIVE BALDWIN MEDAL

During the 185th Commencement ceremony on May 28, John ’62 and Gina Driscoll were honored with the Raymond E. Baldwin Medal, the highest award of the Alumni Association. John and Gina have each provided exemplary service…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

GIFTS FOR THE COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Wesleyan’s College of the Environment (COE) has received two major gifts that together will provide $6.5 million in endowment to support its programs. Essel Bailey ’66 and his wife, Menakka, have increased their suppo…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

FRIES CENTER FOR GLOBAL STUDIES COMMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP IN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD

[caption id="attachment_8505" align="alignnone" width="1400"] PHOTO: Rebecca Goldfarb Terry '19 During the dedication of the Fries Center for Global Studies, Trustee Mike Fries ’85 spoke on how Wesleyan had enlarged his …

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

MEET HAMILTON PRIZE WINNER AUDREY PRATT ’21

When 18-year-old Audrey Pratt of Needham, Mass., received a ticket to see Hamilton for her birthday, she never dared dream that Lin- Manuel Miranda ’02, Thomas Kail ’99, and members of the all-alumni Hamilton P…