Wesleyan University Magazine

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

Perkins ’09 Awarded Rhodes Scholarship

Russell Perkins ’09, a high honors graduate from Evanston, Ill., and COL major, has been awarded a 2010 Rhodes Scholarship. Perkins co–founded Wesleyan’s Center for Prison Education, which offers Wesleyan courses at Connecticut’s Cheshire Correctional Institution. In addition to offering ed…

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

Shapiro Receives Translation Award

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) has presented the 2009 National Translation Award to Norman Shapiro, professor of romance languages and literatures, for French Women Poets of Nine Centuries: The Dist…

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

Wesleyan Hosts First WSJ/Unigo Webcast

Wesleyan hosted the first Wall Street Journal/Unigo webcast on Dec. 2 in the Usdan University Center. This event, an interactive panel on admissions, featured the chief admissions officers from Wesleyan, Princeto…

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

Bergman’s ’76 Bas–Relief Adorns Massachusetts State House

The Massachusetts State House now hosts a bronze bas–relief sculpture by Meredith Gang Bergmann ’76 that honors slain labor leader Edward Cohen and the Massachusetts labor movement. The plaque, unveiled late in 2…

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

TV Hit show How I Met Your Mother, Created by Bays ’97 and Thomas ’97, Reaches Its 100th Episode

The successful CBS sitcom, How I Met Your Mother, had its milestone 100th episode on January 11, 2009. The show was created by Carter Bays ’97 and Craig Thomas ’97, who serve as executive producers and writers for the pr…

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

WESeminar

Tom Matlack ’86, a former rower on a Wesleyan championship team who looks the part with a tall and muscular build, came to campus in the fall on a publicity tour for a project that poses the question: What does i…

2010 Issue 1January 20, 2010April 16, 2014

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Recently I wrote to the Wesleyan community about our focus on building the endowment over the next decade. I indicated that our goal now is to direct no more than 25 percent of gift income toward operating expenses. This…

2010 Issue 1January 15, 2010September 29, 2014

CONVERSATIONS: American Writers and the Presidency

By David Low ’76 In his latest book, A Pinnacle of Feeling: American Literature and Presidential Government (Princeton University Press), Professor of English and American Studies Sean McCann examines 20th–century Ameri…

2010 Issue 1January 15, 2010September 29, 2014

FIVE QUESTIONS: Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience & Behavior Barbara Juhasz

Q1: What drove you to explore reading and eye tracking? BARBARA JUHASZ: At Binghamton University I had the opportunity to participate in a project examining eye movements and reading, conducted in the laboratory of Al…

2010 Issue 1January 15, 2010September 29, 2014

SCHOLAR ATHLETE

Dan Storms ’10 takes seriously both his swimming and his preparation for the LSAT. A four–year letterwinner specializing in the sprint freestyle, he is team co–captain this year. Last year, he finished fourth in the 200–…