Yesterday afternoon, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sierra Bell provided students with an anthropological perspective on the Tea Party movement and its theories on power in a lecture entitled “This is Gonna Sound Like a Conspiracy Theory.” Bell is also the author of the book “Apocalyptic Politics: Liberty and Truth in Tea Party America,” which […]
Following a long search process, the University has appointed a new Caleb T. Winchester University Librarian. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Joyce Jacobsen announced the decision in an all-campus email on Thursday. Andrew W. White will officially assume his new role this summer. White will take the place of Diane Clare, who has […]
Over 70 students from six different New England universities came to campus to participate in DataFest, an annual analytical competition sponsored by the University’s Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC). This year, participants gathered in Exley Science Center Fishbowl from April 6 to 7 to develop and present creative, data-driven projects. Student teams from Wesleyan, Yale University, University […]
Imam Sami Shamma, a Chaplain in the Connecticut Department of Corrections, hosted a lecture entitled “Muslim Prisoners in Post-Trump America,” on Wednesday, April 18. The talk was organized by the Office of the Muslim Chaplain and the Center for Prison Education (CPE). “So, this talk is obviously especially pertinent right now in this time of […]
Last Thursday, faculty and students gathered in the Wasch Center for Retired Faculty to hear Lauren B. Dachs Professor of Science and Society; Professor of Biology; and Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Laura Grabel discuss her research focusing on current stem cell therapies and the political and religious aspects of stem cell research. Grabel, who […]
Jonathan Chester, a photographer, environmentalist, climber, and father of Cormac Chester ’20, shared stories from his life and work on Friday, April 13 in Shanklin Hall. The event, entitled “An Evening in Antarctica with Jonathan Chester,” was sponsored by the Green Fund, WESU, Climate Action Group, the Wesleyan Sustainability Office, the College of the Environment, […]
In 2009, Johanna Justin-Jinich ’10 was shot and killed while working an afternoon shift at Red & Black Cafe. Now, nine years later, the man responsible for her death could be transferred out of the maximum-security facility where he has been held for the past six years. At his hearing on March 16, Stephen Morgan’s […]
Wesleyan Students for Ending Mass Incarceration (SEMI) held an hours-long sit-in and rally at the Office of Admission to protest the University’s mandatory “box” on the Common Application. The “box” requires applicants to indicate whether or not they have been convicted of a crime. The demonstration culminated in a conversation with President Michael Roth ’78, who […]
The University’s Center for Prison Education (CPE) received a four-year $1 million grant on Tuesday. The significant boost in funding will allow the program to expand its efforts to provide inmates in the state’s correctional facilities with postsecondary educational opportunities. The program will use the money to invest in new technology resources, higher stipends for faculty, […]
Sociology Professor Emeritus Alex Dupuy held a lecture entitled “Haiti: Migration, and Globalization” in the Fries Center for Global Studies on Thursday, April 12. The event was sponsored by the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life and Wesleyan World Wednesdays. Dupuy writes broadly on social, economic, and political developments in Haiti and the […]