Running on Principle
With a strong background in civics and keen insight into the minds of younger voters, longtime educator William Murphy ’60 decided to take on Donald Trump for the presidency.
Nearly 60 years of tea…
Game On
TIM SESTAK ’20
Men’s Hockey Maynard Award
MACKENZIE MITCHELL ’20
Women’s Soccer Maynard Award
AB…
“Gandhi and Guerrilla”: Present-Day Echoes of the Mayday Protests
Debates over Black Lives Matter tactics and approaches to public dissent have parallels in historic civil diso…
Lessons from Thoreau, Social-Distancing Pioneer (Sort Of)
Bob Pepperman Taylor ’80, P’06 brings a classic text into a contemporary light.
In his new book, Lessons fr…
Making an Impact for Cape Cod Residents
For the Daniel family, civic action has meant rallying their community in support of financial stability for yea…
Unprecedented, but Not Unparalleled
Photo caption: Red Cross volunteers inspect equipment for Wesleyan during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The location is t…
A Rare Find in the Military Archives: A Little-Known Poem by Dudley Randall
Photo of Dudley Randall circa 1972 courtesy Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.
Visiting Assistant Pr…
Remembering Norm Shapiro
At our Boston-area literary translators’ group meetings, Norman Shapiro was a rare participant, but he always meant to show up, usually when he had a new book he wanted to advertise. I used to say of him that he was like…
Behind the Scenes: Wesleyan Videographer Hohne Takes Film to Sundance
Dennis Hohne (above, right), one of the three videographers in Wesleyan’s Office of Communications, took time aw…
Art is Not Convenient (video)
Associate Professor of Dance Hari Krishnan describes art's role in expressing and driving social change, and how his rec…