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ED HEFFERNAN ’84:  FOSTERING A STRONG ENDOWMENT
Category 2014 Issue 2Posted on July 15, 2014July 16, 2014

ED HEFFERNAN ’84: FOSTERING A STRONG ENDOWMENT

[caption id="attachment_4242" align="alignleft" width="441"] Ed Heffernan ‘84[/caption] On the eve of his 30th Reunion, Ed Heffernan ‘84, a consistent substantial donor to the Wesleyan Fund and to …
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LIBERAL  EDUCATION?
Category 2014 Issue 2Posted on July 10, 2014July 16, 2014

LIBERAL EDUCATION?

The broad contextual education that Wesleyan and peer institutions offer is frequently critiqued, sometimes even excoria…
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PUTTING  SOCIAL  PSYCHOLOGY  INTO  ACTION
Category 2014 Issue 2Posted on July 10, 2014July 18, 2014

PUTTING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY INTO ACTION

[caption id="attachment_4132" align="alignleft" width="1690"] Scott Plous’ Social Psychology MOOC was the most popular e…
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Category Connect With WesleyanPosted on March 4, 2014March 4, 2014

WESLEYAN’S LEGACY FAMILIES FILLED

On the Sunday of Homecoming/Family Weekend Wesleyan’s Legacy families filled Denison Terrace with their smiles—no doubt made wider by Wesleyan’s Little Three football win the day before. Gathered in family groupings, b…
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Category 2014 Issue 1Posted on February 26, 2014February 28, 2014

A HEALTHY APPETITE FOR SCIENCE: MARY ROACH ’81

  [caption id="attachment_1767" align="alignleft" width="240"] Reviewers have consistently praised Mary Roach ’81 for her insightful research into quirky topics.[/caption] Have you ever wondered why humans prefer …
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Category 2014 Issue 1Posted on February 26, 2014February 26, 2014

THE COST OF NOT LEARNING FROM THE PAST

[caption id="attachment_1776" align="alignleft" width="245"] RIchard Grossman, professor of economics.[/caption] On Saturday, June 28, 1919, the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdina…
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Category 2014 Issue 1Posted on February 26, 2014February 26, 2014

UNLEASHING THE POWER OF STATS

[caption id="attachment_1770" align="alignleft" width="238"] Psychologist Lisa Dierker.[/caption] There are “number” people, and there are “word” people. Left brains, and right brains. “Quants” and English majors. Or so…
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Category 2014 Issue 1Posted on February 26, 2014March 7, 2014

WEAR THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE: ALOK APPADURAI ’00

By Todd Stone ’05.  Alok Appadurai ’00 recently said that for most everything he has done professionally, he’s been able to take out his business card, look anybody in the eye, and say: “This is the work I do and I’m pr…
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Category 2014 Issue 1Posted on February 26, 2014March 7, 2014

A SITE FOR HAPPINESS NATALY KOGAN ’98

In Nataly Kogan’s native Russia, there’s a saying: “To write is like to pee. You should only do it if you can’t hold it anymore.” She gives the same advice to young people who ask her about starting a business. [caption…
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Category 2014 Issue 1Posted on February 26, 2014February 26, 2014

RIDING HIGH WITH RYE: SIVAN COTEL ’05

Down a steep drop on an unimproved road in rural Vermont lies a picturesque 500-acre farm where Sivan Cotel ’05 is toiling with a small group of business partners to build a brand for a beverage most associated with the …
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