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Online ExclusivesDecember 3, 2019December 3, 2019

When Worlds Collide: Collaboration and Coincidence in a Mystery from the Skies

By Rielly Wieners ’18 The origins of the Arizona Meteor Crater were a puzzle to the scientific community well into the 19th century. Formerly known as Coon Mountain, the massive hole in the desert …

Online ExclusivesSeptember 17, 2019September 17, 2019

“There’s No Place Like Home”: Jeanine Basinger and Lea Carlson

If you want to know how the College of Film and the Moving Image functions on a day-to-day basis, talk with Lea Carlson.…

2019 Issue 2September 3, 2019

Wesleyan Was Here: Albuquerque, 8th and Mountain

Whether it’s building a troll under a bridge in Seattle or rehabbing a neighborhood in Albuquerque (see below), Wesleyan…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019September 17, 2019

Mapmaking’s Double Edge

Associate Professor of the Practice in Earth and Environmental Sciences Kim Diver and Sam Raby ’17 use cutting-edge visu…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

A Smooth Crossover: From the Court Room to Defending NBA Players’ Rights

Following a 30-year career as a renowned trial lawyer, Michele Roberts ’77 is leading the National Basketball Players As…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

Next-Generation Analytics Do and Don’t Make a Difference for Chicago Cubs GM Jed Hoyer ’96

After championships in two of the sport’s most historic and dedicated cities (and, if you believe in such things, helpin…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

How Field Yates ’09 Defies the Odds in the Sports Industry

Field Yates ’09 was a two-sport athlete and psychology major at Wesleyan. He now uses his people skills and sports insig…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019July 26, 2019

The Why Axis: Cutting-Edge Science at Wesleyan

In search of photonic breakthroughs, Professor of Physics Tsampikos Kottos often finds himself learning the most from ch…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019

Be it double majors or data analysis minors, incoming Wesleyan students are continually diversifying their range of study. "The ability to analyze quantitative and digital data quickly and accurately is more important…

2019 Issue 1May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

More Moneyball, More Math Problems

In the movie adaptation of Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s seminal 2003 account of the sabermetrics revolution in baseball, a…