In the News: 2021
With our growing community of changemakers, scholars, and innovators, Wesleyan and our alumni are often in the news. Here is just a sampling of highlights from the past year:
TODD SHEPARD ’91, a pr…
Short Features
A Moment of (Wes) Zen
It seems like forever ago and just yesterday. The tree-lined pathways of College Row bear witness to the many seasons an…
Recommended Reading: Books by Hinton ’85, Kimball ’11, and Others
Alexander Laban Hinton ’85
It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the U.S. (NYU Press, 2021)
Although the election of Donald Trump in 2016 came as a surprise to many, it wasn’t a shock f…
Toward a More Human-Centered Future of Work
By Steve Cadigan ’86
Most of the discussion around the future of work today tends to be dismal. It centers on the not…
Meet Wesleyan’s Newest 2021 Board of Trustee Members
The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the University and responsible for ensuring that the University fulfills its mission, sustains its values, and appropriately balances its obligations to current and future g…
From Uncommon Journeys, Universal Truths: An Interview with Vinod Busjeet ’73
After growing up on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, Vinod Busjeet ’73 arrived in the United States in the fall of 1971—to start his first semester at Wesleyan. At the time, he was one of only a few international st…
Historical Row: Student Groups as Signs of the Times
Special Collections & Archives maintains a selection of various student group publications, including The Ankh, Foco…
The Green Heart of Gotham Beats On
Photo by Marlon Co/The New York Botanical Garden
As the head of horticulture for the New York Botanical Garden, Todd …
Game On
Courtesy Jordan Sears
During an unprecedented year with no fall and winter sports competition, Wesleyan Athletics lau…
Toward a More Reasonable World
A new book by Andy Norman ’86 makes the case for strengthening our mental immune systems.
In Mental Immunity (Harper…