UpFront – Page 39 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2006 Issue 1January 20, 2006May 16, 2014

Unprecedented Star Cluster

A 14-year study by Wesleyan researchers has revealed a phenomenon that may indicate the forming of new planets or perhaps even the existence of young planets orbiting young sun-like stars more than 1,600 light years away. The observations were presented at the American Astronomical Society …

2006 Issue 1January 20, 2006May 16, 2014

Men’s Soccer Takes NESCAC Title

NESCAC Coach of the Year Geoffrey Wheeler reports: Wesleyan captured its first ever New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship in any sport when the men’s soccer team defeated Amherst an…

2006 Issue 1January 20, 2006May 16, 2014

Largest Binge-eating Study Will Include Men

An internationally-recognized expert on eating disorders, Striegel-Moore says the four-year study will take place in Portland, Oregon, and will include male and female subjects between 18 and 50 years of age. The study i…

2006 Issue 1January 20, 2006May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: WESLEYAN’S ANNIVERSARIES

Wesleyan turns 175 in 2006. The official celebration will begin at Reunion and Commencement 2006. Institutional birthdays often occur in 25-year intervals. A quick look at the history of Wesleyan's anniversary c…

2006 Issue 1January 20, 2006April 25, 2014

Dance of the Genes

"One of the great lessons I've learned from Liz [Lerman] in the three years we've worked together is the importance of 'rattling around in somone else's universe,'" writes Center for the Arts director Pamela Tatge '84 in…