Driving Force: Scott Michaud ’86
Lately, Scott Michaud ’86 has been contemplating a litany of out-of-this-world questions. How do law-abiding nations behave in space? What do international space treaties look like? How is unclaimed …
Recommended Reading: Books by Franklin ’04, Miller ’80, and Others
SAMUEL W. FRANKLIN ’04The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History(University of Chicago Press, 2023)Creativit…
Taking Things Slow: A Q&A with Author Greg Berman ’89, P’21, ’24
Greg Berman ’89, P’21, ’24, is distinguished fellow of the practice at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and co-edi…
Letter to the Editor: On Richard Slotkin
Dear Editor,
I recently participated in a Wesleyan symposium marking the 50th anniversary of Richard Slotkin’s landmark book, Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860. Rich, the…
Letter to the Editor: ASL in the ’90s
To the Editor,
My name is Alek (Friedman) Lev ’97, and I’m responding to “Signs of the Times” by Himeka Curiel. It’s wonderful to learn about the ASL classes to be taught by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Americ…
Letter to the Editor: What is Religion?
I was disappointed in the lack of intellectual rigor displayed by members of the Religion Department when they collectively responded to the question, “What is religion?” Arthur McGill, a former professor of religion, w…
Eudice Chong ’18: Post-Grad Goes Pro
When tennis pro Eudice Chong ’18 walks onto the court, it’s not obvious that she took a non-traditional route to get th…
Ghost In the Machine
By using artificial intelligence to generate text that sounds like human-authored prose, ChatGPT signals a fraught new …
From the Editor: Learning from Difference
Here in the UComms offices, we’ve been thinking a lot about culture and community: what it means to be in community with one another, what it takes to build a community, and how we push and also sustain each other t…
From the President: Race & College Admissions
Preparing for a Supreme Court Decision
Earlier this spring I was joined by Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez ’96, vice president and dean of admission and financial aid, to discuss the then still-pending ruling by the Supre…