Wesleyan University Magazine

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

SYLVIA RYERSON ’09: RADIO FOR THE INCARCERATED

Restorative Radio offers longform audio pieces that broadcast the sounds and voices of home to those behind prison walls. “By design, prisons are the most censored institutions in the country. Letters are screened, phone calls possibly tapped, visitation time is restricted, but radio can pene…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

PRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT AT SAN QUENTIN

“The crisis of criminal justice we are facing is a problem of dehumanization,” says Jody Lewen ’86, co-founder and executive direct of the project. Education, she says, transforms the lives of those incarcerated—but she …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Study Abroad Student Photo Contest

The Center for Global Studies invited students studying abroad to use photography to reflect on their experiences. Wesleyan students, staff, and faculty voted for their favorite images, and winners were announced in Febr…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

TELLING TIME IN ANTIQUITY

Colleagues across campus collaborate with Professor of Classical Studies Christopher Parslow to unravel the mystery of a small piece of silver plated bronze, shaped like a prosciutto, that had been buried by the erup…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

The Prodigal Cannon

The Douglas Cannon has been part of Wesleyan’s history for 150 years—yet generations of students have come and gone without laying eyes on the peripatetic cannon. To celebrate its anniversary, herewith is a short pri…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THE WRITE STUFF

This spring, Wesleyan will start a new chapter in its literary history with the opening of the Wesleyan R.J. Julia Bookstore on Main Street in downtown Middletown. The two-level, 12,000-square-foot open-course store …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Resource Center Takes Shape

Scheduled to open this coming fall, the new Resource Center is intended to serve Wesleyan students who feel themselves to be at risk, whether because of specific incidents on campus or from the persistent…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

STEADY PROGRESS

In 2013 Antonio Farias joined the staff as vice president for equity and inclusion, and Title IX officer. Building on the work of his predecessors, he and his colleagues in the Office for Equity & Inclusion have …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

WELL READ

Leo Durocher: Baseball’s Prodigal Son By PAUL DICKSON ‘60 BLOOMSBURY, 2017 In his newest book, Paul Dickson ’60 tells the story of one of the most memorable characters ever to walk onto a baseball field: Leo Duroche…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

ALUMNI NEWS

What does it take to replicate the Wes experience of campuswide collaborations? [caption id="attachment_9281" align="alignnone" width="803"] The Art Girl Army board—(l. To r.) Olivia Harris, Morgan Fletcher, Ebony…