More Moneyball, More Math Problems
In the movie adaptation of Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s seminal 2003 account of the sabermetrics revolution in baseball, actor Jonah Hill plays a newly-hired member of the Oakland Athletics in charge of…
Giving Done Right: Effective Data For Philanthropy
Philip Buchanan ’92, the president the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), has some tips on what to look for in an …
A Line in the Sand, by John F. Ross ’81
Turning a phrase well is often celebrated in our culture, as is the ability of a painter to capture an expression or a f…
Game On!
Winning Winter
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Austin Hutcherson ’21 (men’s basketball) earned First Team All-NESCAC honors this season and Tim Sesta…
The Big Hopper Reveal (video)
The 32 students in Professor Voth and Assistant Professor Moller's sections of IDEAS 170 spent half the fall semester cr…
On Solid Common Ground
A cosmic creative alumni collaboration makes a beautiful musical together: Director Tyler Thomas, choreographer Nora Tho…
President’s Letter: Interdisciplinary Education
IDEAS is now a minor, and I suspect before too long it will take its place among the interdisciplinary majors offered at the university. I can hardly wait to see what faculty and students make of this addition to our edu…
IDEAS: Putting the Art in Smart Design
Biographer Walter Isaacson—who wrote about Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Steve Jobs—has said, “Those who thriv…
Thinkers, Doers, Makers: The Inspired Ways Three Wesleyan Faculty Members Stock Young Designers’ Toolkits
The Space Between
Associate Professor of Theater Marcela Oteíza pushes her students to work across disciplines and towa…
Historical Row: The WESt Coast
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the best-known landmarks in American history, at once an engineering marvel and an aest…