Oct. 22, 2009 by David Pesci
This semester, Wesleyan has begun offering a linked major program for Environmental Studies. Barry Chernoff, the Robert Schumann Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, professor of biology and director of the Environmental Studies Certificate Program, explained the new major to interested students during a recent campus event.
The linked major program is the second major to a primary major. Students must complete all the requirements for graduation from their primary major in addition to those of ENVS as their second major. The basic information about the program can be found here.
Tags: Campus Community News
Posted in Administration, Faculty
Oct. 22, 2009 by David Pesci
In USA Today, Elvin Lim, assistant professor of government, discusses the dynamic between President Obama and Afghan forces commander General McChrystal regarding adjusting troop levels.
Tags: USA Today
Posted in Faculty
Oct. 14, 2009 by David Pesci
Versed, a new poetry collection by Rae Armantrout published by Wesleyan University Press, is a National Book Award Finalist. There will be a reading of the Finalists’ work on Nov. 17 at The New School in New York City. On the following day, the winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony.
Tags: Campus Community News
Posted in Administration
Oct. 13, 2009 by David Pesci
WNPR News featured a story on Jessica Posner ‘09, Wesleyan Writing Fellow, and Kennedy Odede ‘11 and the school for girls they built over the summer in Kibera, Kenya. The school, which the two students built using a Projects for Peace Grant, is up and running.
Tags: WNPR
Posted in Alumni, Students
Oct. 7, 2009 by Corrina Kerr
Laura Stark, assistant professor of sociology and Science in Society, is screening a new documentary on stem cell research policy, called “The Accidental Advocate”. All members of the Wesleyan community are welcome to view the film, which explores one person’s desire to learn more about the complex—and highly politicized—world of stem cell research.
“The filmmaker and her father (a paralyzed former physician who is the protagonist in the documentary) are scheduled to discuss the film, as well,” Stark says.
The screening begins at 5 p.m. in Film Studies 190 (Powell Family Cinema) on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Please note that the screening will be followed by a catered reception and discussion with Jessica Gerstle, the filmmaker, and her father, Dr. Claude Gerstle (the film’s protagonist). The discussion will cover health advocacy, documentary filmmaking, and the politics of stem cell research.
Laura Stark was featured in a recent profile in The Wesleyan Connection.
Tags: documentary film, Laura Stark, Science in Society, sociology, stem cell
Posted in Uncategorized
Oct. 7, 2009 by David Pesci
Wesleyan students involved in The Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) project have teamed with students from other institutions to create disaster management software for several volunteer agencies, including The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and Catholic Charities USA. The free software provides a virtual emergency response center that these organizations can use immediately after a disaster to help manage aid and logistics. The Wesleyan HFOSS group, along with analogous groups from Trinity College and Connecticut College, also received part of an $1.3 million grant to create more software of this type. Wesleyan’s HFOSS group is supervised by Norman Danner, associate professor of computer science, and Daniel Krizanc, professor of computer science.
Tags: New Scientist
Posted in Faculty, Students
Oct. 7, 2009 by David Pesci
The Wesleyan Sukkah, a structure created by the 15 students enrolled in Architecture II and working in the Wesleyan research-design-build studio, has won a 2009 “Faith and Form Award” from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The students are supervised by Elijah Huge, assistant professor of art.
Tags: The Ledger
Posted in Faculty, Students
Oct. 1, 2009 by David Pesci
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.
Tags: Fortune-CNN
Posted in Alumni
Sep. 26, 2009 by David Pesci
Former major league baseball player and current Wesleyan Football receivers coach Rico Brogna hopes to be coaching at the professional level soon – in baseball. But he is drawing leadership lessons from Wesleyan’s head football coach Frank Hauser in that quest.
Tags: The New York Times
Posted in Administration
Sep. 23, 2009 by David Pesci
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.
Tags: The Huffington Post
Posted in Administration, Alumni, Faculty
