Wesleyan University Magazine

2009 Issue 1January 29, 2009September 29, 2014

CONVERSATIONS: Recession in Historial Perspective

Another Great Depression? Richard Grossman, professor of economics, doesn’t think so. By David Pesci Richard Grossman, professor and chair of economics, specializes in economic history, among other areas. He came to Wesleyan in 1990, following a stint as a visiting international economist at the U…

2009 Issue 1January 29, 2009September 24, 2015

LETTER HOME: Living in the Navel of the World

By Alexandra Edwards ’95 It’s one of those days on Easter Island when the wind and rain argue against continuing to work outside. We’ve spent half the day wondering what to do, accomplishing other chores in the meantime…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: WILLIAM MANCHESTER, THE WRITER AT WESLEYAN

William Manchester was a well-known figure on the Wesleyan University campus for nearly 50 years. He served first as an editor of university publications, then as a fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies, later as adj…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

RELIGION

Professor of Religion Jan Willis, who has devoted part of the last seven years to helping a group of elderly Ladakhi nuns, was honored as an “Outstanding Woman in Buddhism” for the year 2009 for making an “exceptional co…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

THE “WU” MYSTERY

When John Chambless was rummaging through a pile of old books at his mother’s home in Newark, Del., one mammoth album with an ornate and intertwined “WU” stuck out. Curious, he opened it and discovered more than 50 black…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

ART

In her first solo photography exhibition, held this winter at Wesleyan’s Zilkha Gallery, Sasha Rudensky ’01 presented Remains (2004–08), which explores the political and social transformation of the former Soviet Union b…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

EAST ASIAN STUDIES

Thirty years ago, the United States opened its first embassy in the People’s Republic of China as our nation began reestablishing its relations with the country. Vera Schwarcz, professor of history and East Asian studies…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

CREATIVE WRITING

John M. Shapiro ’74 and Shonni J. Silverberg ’76, MD, of New York City, have made a gift of $3.5 million to transform the teaching of writing at Wesleyan and endow the Shapiro Creative Writing Center. “During my…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

Leaving his mark on the world of road racing in April 1968, when he captured the title in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:22.17, Ambrose “Amby” Burfoot ’68 became the first collegian to win the world’s oldest contin…

2009 Issue 1January 20, 2009May 16, 2014

ADMISSION

In November, when the first round of early decision applications concluded, the Wesleyan admission staff saw that applications were up 34 percent from the previous year. The staff maintained cautious enthusiasm. …