UpFront – Page 11 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

CFA RECIEVES DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION’S GRANT AWARD FOR ADAPTABILITY

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts is the recipient of a $400,000 grant recognizing the CFA as an innovator and leader among arts organizations. The unsolicited gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is one of five—totaling $3.5 million—given to arts centers around the country. It recognizes th…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

BETWEEN THE LINES: CITY PLANNER AS AGENT OF CHANGE

Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press), the fascinatin…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014March 6, 2014

NEWS LITERACY PROJECT LAUNCHES ONLINE CURRICULUM

[caption id="attachment_2038" align="alignleft" width="504"] The News Literacy Program sponsored a program at George Washington University in November on “America’s Changing Role in the World and How the Press Covers It,…

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

PRESIDENT ROTH DISCUSSES HIGHER-ED ACCESS AT WHITE HOUSE

Wesleyan President Michael Roth joined leaders from 100 universities and colleges and 40 nonprofit groups at the White House on January 16, to discuss how to promote greater access to higher education. The event was par…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013November 18, 2013

Stone Family Women: A Continuum

[caption id="attachment_691" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cornelia and the “quails” of 1897.[/caption] When S…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013February 27, 2014

SHAPIRO CREATIVE WRITING CENTER: MASTER CLASSES FOR STUDENTS

[caption id="attachment_864" align="alignleft" width="200"] Mark Doty: Photo: Starr Black[/caption] For young writers, the prospect of getting their work in front of a master (whether a Pulitzer Prize-winning a…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013November 18, 2013

From the Vault: Highlight From the Davison Art Center Collection

[caption id="attachment_687" align="alignleft" width="300"] Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761-1837) after Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806). To the Genius of Franklin (Au Génie de Franklin), 1778. Etching. Se…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

JEREMY ARNOLD ’91 Lawrence of Arabia: The Fiftieth Anniversary SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT This handsome hardboun…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013November 18, 2013

Partnership with Posse Foundation Will Recruit Veterans to Class of ’18

There are nearly three million post- 9/11 veterans in the U.S., many wishing to attend college and pursue bachelor’s degrees. Unfortunately, liberal arts colleges and universities often struggle to recruit these veterans…

2013 Issue 2October 7, 2013November 18, 2013

Wesleyan Remembers John “Jack” C. Hoy ’55

[caption id="attachment_546" align="alignleft" width="200"] John Hoy[/caption] John “Jack” C. Hoy ’55, the dean of admissions at Wesleyan in the 1960s who oversaw a radically new commitment to expanding racial, …