On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 17, a senior house on Brainerd Avenue had a carbon monoxide leak, leading to an evacuation of the building. Debbra Goh ’24, the only resident who had been staying in her house on Brainerd Avenue for an extended period of time that day, recounted having a headache and feeling dizzy. […]
Members of the Black Student Union, Ujamma (BSU), worked with University administrators to arrange events throughout February in celebration of Black History Month (BHM). The calendar included workshops, discussion spaces, social gatherings, film screenings, and performing arts events. The planning committee consisted of Alise Mackey ’24, Shekinah Mba ’26, Oluchi Chukwuemeka ’25, Tre Studgeon ’26, […]
At an event organized by the student group Code_Wes and the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Senior Research Scientist at Google Vinodkumar Prabhakaran gave a lecture on Thursday, Feb. 29 about artificial intelligence (AI), titled “Culture as a Lens on Responsible AI.” Members of Code_Wes, faculty and students of the department, and others attended the […]
A student filed a Title IX report against board of trustees Chair John B. Frank ’78 P’12 with the University Title IX office on Sept. 21, 2023. In the report, the student alleged that Frank made inappropriate physical contact with them in February 2023 at a board meeting in the Daniel Family Commons, where the student was […]
The Office of Health Education (WesWell) hosted its second annual Sex Carnival on Friday, Feb. 23 in Beckham Hall. Despite the day’s pleasant and relatively warm weather, which may have kept some outside basking in the sun, over 250 Wesleyan community members visited Beckham over the two-hour run of the Carnival. The Sex Carnival included 34 […]
On Saturday, Feb. 10, Wesleyan University released the results for the class of 2028 Early Decision II (EDII) applicant pool. There were 135 students admitted through the process, and no more offers of admission will be extended until the release of Regular Decision results later in the spring. While the Office of Admission declined to share […]
To commemorate Black History Month, the Connecticut Black and Brown Student Union facilitated a workshop entitled “The Cry Is Always the Same: We Want To Be Free” on Wednesday, Feb. 21 in the Daniel Family Commons. The event, part of an annual series, was intended to open up a discussion regarding over-policing and the school-to-prison pipeline […]
The University hosted the Democracy in Action Convening on Friday, Feb. 16 and Saturday, Feb. 17. The convention—which featured perspectives from students, faculty, and others on the connections between activism, media, and education in shaping democracy today—was a work in progress for a long time, with the University promoting it through emails, posters, and social media campaigns. Events included workshops, panels, […]
Two fire alarms went off in Fauver Apartments on Sunday, Feb. 11. One was after an electrical discharge in a basement apartment at 1:04 a.m., and one resulted from a microwave fire at 2:50 p.m. Both alarms led to a total evacuation of the building. The First Alarm Two types of fire alarms can go […]
Three shots were fired from a BB gun at two west-facing windows of a classroom in the Van Vleck Observatory (VVO) sometime before Thursday, Feb. 8. The shots were reported to the Office of Public Safety (PSafe) on Friday, Feb. 9 after they were discovered by Professor of Astronomy Seth Redfield. There are no suspects at […]