Wesleyan University Magazine

2007 Issue 2June 20, 2007April 28, 2014

A Forgotten Chinese Explorer

IN HIS LATEST BOOK, Zheng He (White Star, 2006), award-winning National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita ’71 pays tribute to Admiral Zheng He, who sailed from Ming Dynasty China and made seven voyages in 28 years (1405–1433), visiting 30 countries. Before the expeditions of Columbus, da Gam…

2007 Issue 2June 20, 2007May 2, 2014

Rwanda’s Hard Recovery

IN RWANDA, MOUNTAINS STRETCH TOWARD THE HORIZON in every direction. This undulating landscape gave rise to one of the country’s early monikers, when colonial travelers labeled it “the land of a thousand hills.” The hills…

2007 Issue 2June 20, 2007May 2, 2014

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,…

2007 Issue 2June 1, 2007October 1, 2014

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…

2007 Issue 1February 6, 2007October 6, 2014

Passion for Ideas

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2007 Issue 1February 2, 2007March 23, 2015

BACKSTORY: Other People’s Lives

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2007 Issue 1January 30, 2007September 30, 2014

Dresden Dolls: A Mime Makes Music

Amanda Palmer ’98 used to earn her living by standing silent and utterly still. As “The Eight-Foot Bride” of Harvard Square–flesh painted white, draped in a gown, clasping a bouquet of daisies from a motionless perch on…

2007 Issue 1January 29, 2007September 29, 2014

SCHOLAR ATHLETE: No Time to Change

Ben Byers ’07 loves swimming so much he probably would compete in his clothes. A four-time participant in NCAA championships and an All-American (2005), he placed second this year in 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle event…

2007 Issue 1January 20, 2007May 16, 2014

Wesleyan Joins States Stem Cell Initiative

Wesleyan has gained a key role in Connecticut’s effort to foster stem cell research. Among the handful of states that have authorized research on stem cell lines other than the limited number approved by the fed…

2007 Issue 1January 20, 2007May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: LIONS, AND TIGERS, AND BEARS… OH MY!

From 1871 to 1957, the top two floors of Judd Hall housed Wesleyan’s natural history museum. Named for Orange Judd, Class of 1847, a prominent agricultural editor and publisher, as well as a generous donor, the brownston…