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ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD

As he did during all four of Martin Luther King’s visits to Wesleyan, Professor John Maguire opened his house at 44 Home Avenue for people to meet the Reverend. Between phone calls, the Reverend Dr. King sat and talked with students, faculty and community activists, offering advice and encouragement…
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Designed to Grow

BY BRIAN SCHWARTZ | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT ADAM MAYER IN A SLEEPY BUT RESURGENT NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN, in a granitic old building at the end of a residential street, the employees of a local clothing company are busy …
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Scaling the Heights

IT’S NOT EVERY DAY THAT BIG-NAME theater producers offer $2.5 million to stage a young artist’s first major show. But that’s exactly what happened to Lin-Manuel Miranda ’02 and the creative team of In the Heights, a vibr…
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The Race

NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. APRIL 1986. The water rushes by a mere six inches below me. I do not notice. I have spent hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours in this position. I am the “seven man” in an eight-man racing shell,…
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Honorary Degrees

At the 175th Commencement ceremony, Wesleyan awarded honorary degrees to JEWEL PLUMMER COBB P’79, renowned as a teacher, a research biologist, and an advocate for the participation of women and members of minority gro…
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