TELLING TIME IN ANTIQUITY

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

TELLING TIME IN ANTIQUITY

Colleagues across campus collaborate with Professor of Classical Studies Christopher Parslow to unravel the mystery of a small piece of silver plated bronze, shaped like a prosciutto, that had been buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Some ancient Romans relied on a curious object to tel…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

The Prodigal Cannon

The Douglas Cannon has been part of Wesleyan’s history for 150 years—yet generations of students have come and gone without laying eyes on the peripatetic cannon. To celebrate its anniversary, herewith is a short pri…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THE WRITE STUFF

This spring, Wesleyan will start a new chapter in its literary history with the opening of the Wesleyan R.J. Julia Bookstore on Main Street in downtown Middletown. The two-level, 12,000-square-foot open-course store …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

STEADY PROGRESS

In 2013 Antonio Farias joined the staff as vice president for equity and inclusion, and Title IX officer. Building on the work of his predecessors, he and his colleagues in the Office for Equity & Inclusion have …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Resource Center Takes Shape

Scheduled to open this coming fall, the new Resource Center is intended to serve Wesleyan students who feel themselves to be at risk, whether because of specific incidents on campus or from the persistent…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Game On

WHAT A YEAR! In April men’s and women’s lacrosse won Little Three Championships outright—the first time in history that both teams won the title in the same season. Wesleyan teams have claimed FIVE Little Three c…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

ALUMNI NEWS

What does it take to replicate the Wes experience of campuswide collaborations? [caption id="attachment_9281" align="alignnone" width="803"] The Art Girl Army board—(l. To r.) Olivia Harris, Morgan Fletcher, Ebony…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

WELL READ

Leo Durocher: Baseball’s Prodigal Son By PAUL DICKSON ‘60 BLOOMSBURY, 2017 In his newest book, Paul Dickson ’60 tells the story of one of the most memorable characters ever to walk onto a baseball field: Leo Duroche…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

BRUMBERG ’17 WINS PRINCETON IN LATIN AMERICA FELLOWSHIP

Hilary Brumberg ’17, who volunteers at Wesleyan’s Long Lane Farm, recently received a Princeton in Latin America Fellowship to develop an environmental education program in Costa Rica. As a Princeton in Latin Amer…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

WINSTON HONORED BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Krishna Winston, the Marcus L. Taft Professor of German Language and Literature, has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award is the highest tribute paid by Germany to individuals for…