Calibrating Your Inner Compass
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on ...
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Winning a Fight? Better Lie Down and Play Dead
After 43 days, the federal government has reopened, ending a historically long shutdown that is only rivaled by the 35-day ...
Should Gaydar Exist? Assuming Others’ Sexuality Limits Our Possible Range of Expression
Gaydar is the social convention of assuming someone’s sexual orientation, usually based on their appearance. I believe that gaydar is ...
WesCeleb: Lael Blackmore ’26 on Choreographing Sugarplums, Volunteering in Hospice Care, and Love of Opera
If she’s not pirouetting on stage, harmonizing with the Onomatopoeians, or cramming for her next neuroscience test, Lael Blackmore ’26 ...
From the Argives: When Middletown Had a Trolley From the Butterfields to Main Street
How do you get from the Butterfields to Main Street, or from Main Street to New York? A century ago, ...
I Guess We Are in A Sex Recession Now
A friend recently informed me about the surge in articles about Gen Z’s “sex recession.” Naturally, I fell down a ...
Make a Difference Here and Now
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on ...
Emmy Award–Winning, Former MSNBC President Rashida Jones Talks Leadership and Media
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Emmy Award–winning television executive Rashida Jones visited the University as a part of the newly rededicated ...
Ruth Fortune Discusses Immigrating to the United States, Functional Policymaking, and Running for Congress as an Underdog
In July, Hartford Board of Education mayoral appointee and Wiggin and Dana associate Ruth Fortune filed papers to run as ...
A Personal Reflection on Political Life in Trump’s America
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on ...