Wesleyan University Magazine

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

National Debate, Wish Upon A Stem Cell

While the U.S. Congress continues to debate policy regarding human embryonic stem cell research, federally funded researchers nationwide, including some at Wesleyan, remain tantalized by possible scientific advances. At present, research is limited to the 60 human stem cell lines already in existenc…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Q & A: A View Within the Gate

New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg spent the 1999–00 admission cycle observing Wesleyan’s inner workings. He found surprise and reassurance, chronicled in his new book, The Gatekeepers. Motivate…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

COL Faculty Member, Hope Weissman Dies

Hope Weissman, associate professor of letters and of women’s studies, died July 24 at the age of 58 of complications following surgery. Weissman, who received Wesleyan’s 1999 Binswanger Prize for Excellence in T…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Food for Thought

DURING HIS 1995 SABBATICAL, PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT JOHN FINN did something a bit unusual for a constitutional law scholar of his age and reputation: He went to culinary school. Three days a week for nine months he took…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Campaign Artistry

THE SHUTTER CLICKS AND BROOKS KRAFT '87 CAPTURES President George W. Bush whispering in the ear of Senator Ted Kennedy, the president's hand lightly resting on the senator's shoulder as both men smile. It's a quintessent…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

What’s Eating Us?

"A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK EATING DISORDERS are based in vanity," says Professor of Psychology Ruth Striegel-Moore. "Bulimia is ‘the stupid thing vain women do.' But they're really disorders of identity." That crucial insig…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Critical Care

DR. JOSEPH J. FINS '82 WAS A FIRST-YEAR FELLOW in general internal medicine in New York when Eunice Thomas*, a black woman from Guyana with a problem-plagued medical history, was wheeled in by her daughter, Jennifer. Str…

2002 Issue 3July 30, 2002March 23, 2015

Clueing in the Undergrads

Dear Alumni, I find it hard to believe, but I graduated from Wesleyan 20 years ago. At that time, I didn’t even know about the Alumni Association, let alone consider the existence of a group brought together across the …

2002 Issue 3July 30, 2002March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. DOMINIQUE BROWNING ’77 Around the House and in the Garden (Scribner, 2002) For several years, House & Garden editor–in–chie…

2002 Issue 3July 30, 2002March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: Rediscovering an Amazing Life

In her acclaimed new book, Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth–Century Congo (Viking, 2002), Pagan Kennedy ’84 resurrects the story of a forgotten African American explorer. I met William Henry…