Mushrooming with Melany and Ellen
In a new children’s book by two Wesleyan alumnae, mushroom foraging becomes a gateway to the joys of nature.
Ever since she was a kid in the woods plucking morels and chanterelles, searching for mu…
Does Polling Still Work?
By Assistant Professor of Government Steven T. Moore
Surveying public opinion on political and cultural issues has become a big part of the election cycle. But how accurate is polling these days? Assuming you ask a tr…
President’s Letter: Enduring Questions, Pressing Issues
It’s very dangerous to think you have discovered the Truth with a capital “T.” This is especially so in higher education. It is, however, very important to generate questions that lead to productive inquiry. How to defin…
Editor’s Note: The Inaugural Digital Issue
One of the perks of working at a university is the feeling of renewal and reinvention that comes with the start of every new school year. Through the articles we write and the people that we interview, our communications…
Letters to the Editor: Wesleyan’s 19th-Century Impact
I’m writing humbly to ask that you correct the lead statement in the President’s Letter for the Spring 2022 Wesleyan University Magazine. Specifically, I believe that the characterization of Wesleyan as a “small, parochi…
Letters to the Editor: The Influence of Ann Wightman
I recently co-wrote a book (unrelated to my studies), and realized that whatever ability I had to write clearly and economically I owed to my college advisor, Ann Wightman, and her ruthless editing skills. In trying to s…
Leading the Charge: 50 Years after Title IX
Four generations of Wesleyan women look back on the advent of federally mandated gender equity in education and the oppo…
First, But Not Last: Jessica Rosenworcel ’93 and Lael Brainard ’83
Jessica Rosenworcel ’93 and Lael Brainard ’83 reflect on making a seat at the table for women in top U.S. government dec…
Reclaiming the Stoke
With nonprofit Surfing Moms, Amelia Rachel Hokule‘a Borofsky ’99 looks to the ocean for inspiration in rethinking mother…
Battling the Bullies of the Alt-Right
Attorney Michael Bloch ’00 has his legal eye trained on taking down some of the nation's most notorious bullies—starting…