On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the President’s Office and Provost’s Office jointly announced that the board of trustees will grant tenure to seven faculty members on July 1, 2025. The awarding of tenure is the culmination of an approximately six-year tenure-track assistant professorship in which the professor’s work is scrutinized by both University faculty and external evaluators. At the end of […]
In a campus-wide email on Wednesday, Feb. 26, President Michael Roth ’78 announced that Protect Democracy Executive Director Ian Bassin ’98, former National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard ’83 P’22, and University of Southern California Distinguished Professor of English Percival Everett will be awarded with honorary degrees from the University at the 193rd commencement ceremony on […]
Throughout the month of March, the University is celebrating Women’s History Month (WHM) with a variety of art, activities, lectures, and events. Celebrations began with a Kick-Off event on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Daniel Family Commons. The 2025 Women’s History Month Committee was made up of both faculty from the […]
On Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, a Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) Referendum titled “Increasing the Accessibility of Narcan” passed with 568 affirmative votes to 9 negative votes, according to an email sent to the student body on the same day. The referendum focused on expanding direct Narcan access to residence halls and other high-traffic buildings on campus. Narcan is the brand name […]
On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the University hosted a Q&A in Ring Family Performing Arts Hall with Mauricio Noroña, Director of the Immigration Rights Advocacy Clinic and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Touro University. Some student organizers shared their personal connection to the immigration debate. “I personally got involved because this is an issue that’s very common among Latin American […]
At 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, approximately 50 students and faculty members gathered outside Usdan for a rally hosted by individuals associated with Wesleyan Young Socialists, CT Palestine Solidarity Coalition, Beyond Empire, Students for Justice in Palestine, Wesleyan Refugee Project, CT Labor for Palestine, and CT Students for Palestine. Flyers informing students of the protest details were […]
On Monday, Feb. 24 at 12:15 p.m., student organizers and faculty held a vigil at the Zelnick Pavilion to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion and occupation of Ukraine. Organized by Oleksandra Volakova ’27 and Kseniia Guliaeva ’25 and co-sponsored by the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Department (REES), the Dance Department, and the Fries Center for […]
In a flood of over 2000 emails that began on Wednesday, Feb. 19, over 20 University administrators were asked to intervene in a pro-Palestine protest planned for Monday, Feb. 24. The protest was organized by individuals affiliated with the Wesleyan Young Socialists, Wesleyan Students for Justice in Palestine, Beyond Empire, and the Wesleyan Refugee Project, as […]
As President Donald Trump’s first month in office comes to a close, his whirlwind of executive orders targeting diversity initiatives, scientific research, and immigration, among other issues, has caused chaos and confusion at universities across the nation. Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination by sex and sets guidelines for sexual misconduct reporting and […]
As part of the University’s first-ever Sex Week program, students celebrated Valentine’s Day at the third annual Sex Carnival, sponsored by WesWell. From 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., over 200 students, faculty, and staff walked through the event, which included representatives from both University groups and outside organizations ranging from Adolescent Sexual Health Awareness Group (ASHA) to […]