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Glaciologist and climate scientist Alison Criscitiello ’03 scales the world's tallest mountains, pushing the limits in pursuit of high-risk, high-reward impactful science. Alison Criscitiello’s b ...
With open and airy common spaces—including a glass-walled courtyard and cafe facing an outdoor plaza, Shanklin, and Church Street—Wesleyan’s new science building is designed to be a new campus hub.
Technology influences the way we eat, sleep, exercise, and perform our daily routines. But what to do when we discover the technology we rely on is built on faulty methodology and legacy effects of ...
“Over the last several decades, thanks to the work of activist students, faculty, staff, and alumni, [Wesleyan has] become more aware of the ways in which the ideology of white supremacy has affected ...
Todd Forrest ’91 wanted to change the world. So, he became a gardener. To be fair, not just any gardener. As the head horticulturist for the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), Forrest is the caretaker ...
It was summer 2019, in the thick of the presidential primaries, and Evan Weber ’13, had an axe to grind with the Democratic campaign season. There were no events or policies that would encourage the ...
a powerful new mode of remote learning. During a regular academic year, many faculty use Wesleyan’s collections—including archaeological artifacts, ethnographic objects, fossils, and natural history ...
New York’s oldest and longest avenue is the centerpiece of this book, intended to be savored both at home and on foot. Hennessey brings his decades-long fascination with Broadway to life in 14 walks, ...
It’s springtime in Connecticut. A few days ago students enjoyed 70-degree weather and sunbathing on Foss; yesterday it snowed. These are the wonderful idiosyncrasies of living in New England and part ...
Above: Guests peruse books inside the library of The Barbizon Hotel for Women, photographed in 1950 for the New York Sunday News. A new book by Paulina Bren ’87 traces the decades-long history of the ...
2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Colin G. Campbell’s presidency. At just 35 years old, Campbell was installed as Wesleyan’s youngest president on October 20, 1970, with the ...
A new book by Ahmed M. Badr ’20 illuminates the varied experiences and perspectives of young refugees around the world through their own literary and artistic expression. Stories of refugees in the ...