Scholar Athlete
[caption id="attachment_802" align="alignleft" width="300"] Midfielder Rory O’Neill ’13. Photo: John Van Vlack.[/caption]
Midfielder Rory O’Neill ’13, a soccer player “since before I can remember…
Fat Studies and Thin Privledge
[caption id="attachment_794" align="alignleft" width="300"] Abigail C. Saguy ’92. Photo: Dotan Saguy.[/caption]
In her new book, What’s Wrong with Fat?, (Oxford University Press) Abigail C. Saguy ’92 provides a co…
JUST PUBLISHED
Paul Dickson’61
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick • WALKER AND COMPANY, 2012
In writing this first major biography of one of the most influential and smartest figures in baseball history, Dickson used primary so…
Sarah Hann ’95 and Harlan Weaver ’99: “Animal Studies Fellowship Draws Alumni to Campus”
Sarah Hann ’95, a veterinarian with a specialty in acupuncture who is concerned with current agricultural practices, and Harlan Weaver ’99, a newly minted Ph.D. in the history of consciousness and the companion of two “p…
SCHOLAR ATHLETE: SIERRA LIVIOUS ’14
Sierra Livious ’14 is the Wesleyan record holder for the outdoor shot put (39- 10) and the indoor pentathlon (3,157 points). In 2011-2012, she was all-New England Division III indoors in both the shot put (6th) and the p…
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
As with many Wesleyan alumni, my first involvement with Wesleyan after graduation came through the Office of Admission. Although Wesleyan is some- what of a secret in Michigan, I was able to meet several aspiring applica…
Conversations: Music and Public Life
Spanning the 2012–2013 academic year, Music & Public Life is a series of events, lectures, exhibitions, and courses celebrating Wesleyan’s rich musical cul- ture and examining the role music plays in public life arou…
BETWEEN THE LINES: THE VIRAL TRIFECTA BY JOHN HLINKO ’89
In Share, Retweet, Repeat: Get Your Message Read and Spread (Prentice Hall Press, 2012), John Hlinko offers an essential guide to viral marketing for anyone who wants to spread a message, whether it be for a political mo…
Broadway’s Star Producer
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Wesleyan alumni had the special treat of attending two wonderful Broadway productions co-produced by Jeffrey Richards ’69.
On February 19, they attended a matinee performance of the vibrant new produc…
Ripple Effects
By Tom Christopher
IT TAKES COURAGE—and chutzpah—to quote to a Wesleyan audience Ronald Reagan’s assertions about trees being the worst polluters. But James Workman is intent on upsetting the status quo. That, in a fund…