Short Features – Page 26 – Wesleyan University Magazine

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 services to or contributions enhancing that country’s standing abroad and its r…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

REMEMBERING DR. PETER NOWELL ’48

Acclaimed cancer researcher Dr. Peter Nowell ’48, the Gaylord P. and Mary Louise Harnwell Emeritus Professor and former chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at t…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

REMEMBERING WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER ’54

Actor William Christopher ’54, best known for his role as Father Francis Mulcahy in the popular television series M*A*S*H, died December 31, 2016, at his home in Pasadena, Calif. Christopher’s Father Mulcahy was a Rom…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

FERNALD ’50 LEAVES FINANCIAL AID ENDOWMENT OF $25 MILLION

Peter Fernald ’50 arrived at Wesleyan in 1946 from Illinois as a recipient of financial aid. He was awarded a Thorndike Regional Scholarship to promote geographic diversity. More than once in subsequent years he told …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

ALL-STAR, ALL-ALUMNI COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE HAMILTON PRIZE RECIPIENT

This spring, Wesleyan’s inaugural Hamilton Prize Selection Committee will choose the first recipient of the Wesleyan University Hamilton Prize for Creativity—a four-year full-tuition scholarship that will be awarded…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

GEOLOGIST TO GOVERNOR: LIVING THE OPPOSITE OF WOE

Irrepressibly optimistic, funny, self-deprecating, at times self-doubting but driven to tackle difficult challenges. These qualities shine through in John Hickenlooper ’74’s autobiography, The Opposite of W…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

8 WAYS STUDENTS CAN MAINTAIN HEALTHY SLEEP

Royette Tavernier, assistant professor of psychology, is director of Wesleyan’s Sleep and Psychosocial Adjustment Lab housed in Judd Hall. Here, she monitors individual sleep patterns. “COPING WI…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FLYING CARPETS BY SCHORR IN ZILKHA; NYC GALLERY IN JANUARY

PROFESSOR of Art David Schorr’s Flying Carpets—New Paintings by David Schorr opened at Wesleyan’s Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery this fall with a reception and gallery talk. is solo exhibition and the site-spec…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

AN ORGANIC DECISION PROCESS FOR JENNIFER TUCKER ’91

What does it mean for an organic chicken to live its life outside? Lest you think there is an easy answer, listen to Jennifer Tucker ’91, second-in-command at the National Organic Program of the U.S. Departm…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

FECTEAU ’91, NELSON ’94 RECEIVE MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANTS

Two Wesleyan alumni are recipients of 2016 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships, commonly known as “genius grants.” Vincent Fecteau ’91 and Maggie Nelson ’94 each received a no-strings-attached $625,000 grant fo…