Wes in the News

Dan Wolf ‘80, talks with CNN and Fortune Magazine about learning to fly during his summers as a student at Wesleyan, how he came to create Cape Air, and some of the keys that has made the venture and his tenure as CEO so successful.

Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth has a piece in The Huffington Post on the 100th anniversary of Sigmund Freud’s only visit to the U.S. Freud came to New England 100 years ago this fall to deliver a series of lectures.

Matthew Weiner ‘87, the creator of the popular TV series ‘Mad Men’ won two Emmy awards for the show at the most recent Emmy awards ceremony. Weiner won for both best drama, and for writing.

All American Wesleyan volleyball player Lisa Drennan ‘09 has signed to play professional volleyball in Denmark this year.

In a piece in The Huffington Post, Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth recounts the strong ties Senator Edward Kennedy H’83 had with Wesleyan, and how the late Senator had the “courage to believe in the possibilities for positive change.”

Geoffrey Ginsburg ‘78 is part of a team that has developed a genetic test for influenza that identifies infection before symptoms can even arise. The advance, reported in USA Today, could offer tremendous opportunities for early treatment of flu and the potential  reduce the number of people who come down with the illness as save lives.

Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews The Battle for America 2008 by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. The book chronicles the two years leading up to the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, with heavy emphasis on the candidacies of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama.

Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Cowrin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, Curator, Cinema Archives, discusses the new film Julie and Julia, which is about the life of famed Chef Julia Child and a writer Julie Powell, who decides to try to cook every recipe in Child’s best-selling cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and then blog about her experiences. Among the movie’s producers is Lawrence Mark ‘71.

Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Michael Schama’s new book The American Future, which Roth says is powerful and offers “promising vistas.”

Drew Dominguez ‘09 is featured in an article in The Boston Globe that details how the government major and two sport star is fulfilling a childhood dream by being signed by The Boston Red Sox. He has reported to the short season low A-level minor league Lowell Spinners.