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Biology’s Coolon Studies Variation in Gene Expression
This fall, Assistant Professor of Biology Joe Coolon is teaching Principles of Biology (MB&B181) and Cell and Development Journal Club (BIOL505). (Photo by Olivia Drake) This fall, Wesleyan...
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Velez Studies Political Psychology, Racial and Ethnic Politics
Assistant Professor of Government Yamil Velez’s expertise lies at the intersection of psychology and political science. This year he is teaching Racial and Ethnic Politics and Place and Politics....
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Nobel Prize Awarded to Satoshi Omura, Wesleyan’s Max Tishler Professor of...
Satoshi Omura Hon. ’94, the honorary Max Tishler Professor of Chemistry, received a Nobel Prize on Oct. 5. Satoshi Omura was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for developing a new drug, which has...
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Basinger Praised as Iconic Film Professor in The Hollywood Reporter
Jeanine Basinger, Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies (Photo credit: Smallz + Raskind) Jeanine Basinger, Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, was recently featured in a Hollywood Reporter...
View ArticleWesleyan Hires 8 New Tenure-Track Faculty
On Feb. 2, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Joyce Jacobsen announced that Wesleyan has hired eight new tenure-track faculty in fields including African American studies, sociology and...
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Siry Speaks on Energy and Modern Architecture
As part of Wesleyan’s Earth Month celebration, the College of the Environment presented a talk on “Energy and Modern Architecture 1935-2015” April 7. Joe Siry, the Kenan Professor of the Humanities and...
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Stanton, Hoggard, Brown: ‘Storied Places’ Unites Dance, Music, Text of...
Associate Professor Nicole Stanton notes that faculty dance concerts play a crucial role in academic life: “For many of us in the dance department, this is our creative research. This how we explore...
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Slobin Honored for 45 Years at Wesleyan
Mark Slobin, second from left, was celebrated by colleagues, friends and family during a day long conference and concert April 16. Mark Slobin, the Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music, was honored April...
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Latin America, Labor and Justice, Police Reform Topics of Wesleyan Thinks Big
Faculty presented talks during Wesleyan Thinks Big April 21 in Memorial Chapel. During the TED-talk style event, Wesleyan professors lectured for 10 minutes on an experience, a personal passion or an...
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Faculty Learn How to Enhance Their Online Profiles at CFCD Workshop
Through grants, workshops, seminars, publications, and formal and informal discussions, the Center for Faculty Career Development (CFCD) aims to cultivate dialogue among Wesleyan’s faculty and...
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COE Hosts Community Discussion on Middletown’s Future
On April 26, the College of the Environment hosted a discussion on “Middletown/Mattabesset and the Connecticut River: Past, Present and Future” in the Community Health Center in Middletown. Several...
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Master Drummer Adzenyah Celebrated at Ceremony, Hall Dedication
Wesleyan President Michael Roth, at right, congratulates Abraham Adzenyah for teaching at Wesleyan 46 years and for the naming of the Abraham Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall (formerly the Center for the Arts...
View Article5 Tenure-Track Faculty Hired for Fall 2016
Wesleyan recently hired five additional tenure-track faculty who will begin their appointments during the Fall 2016 semester. They join eight other faculty who were hired in February. The new faculty...
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Morgan Speaks on Laser-Induced Breakdowns at Plasma Physics Conference
Tom Morgan Tom Morgan, Foss Professor of Physics, recently attended the 43rd Institute of Physics U.K. Plasma Physics Conference in Isle of Skye, Scotland. He presented a flash verbal presentation and...
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Wesleyan Oral History Project Available on WesScholar
The Wesleyan Oral History project features an interview with Bob Rosenbaum. Twelve oral history interviews of Wesleyan community members, including faculty emeriti and administrators, are available at...
View ArticleBonin, Louie ’15 Co-Author Paper in Journal of Comparative Economics
John Bonin, the Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Science, and his former student Dana Louie ’15, are authors of a new paper published in Journal of Comparative Economics titled,...
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Wesleyan Welcomes 55 New Faculty
This fall, Wesleyan welcomes 55 new faculty including 15 new tenured and tenure-track faculty, 33 visiting faculty and seven fellows. They come from top PhD programs throughout the country with...
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Kolcio, Stanton Create, Perform “Steppe Lands” as Freedom Dance Ukraine
Associate Professor of Dance Katja Kolcio, bottom left, and Associate Professor of Dance Nicole Stanton, bottom right, perform with Freedom Dance Ukraine this summer. The project was based on Kolcio’s...
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Weaver MALS ’75, CAS ’76 to Co-Direct Smithsonian’s Video Game Pioneers Archive
Chris Weaver MALS ’75, CAS ’76, visiting professor in the College of Integrative Sciences at Wesleyan, was appointed co-director of the Video Game Pioneers Archive at the Smithsonian Institute’s...
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Johnston, Eiko Exhibit “A Body in Fukushima” in Manhattan
From The Fukushima Project, by Eiko Otake and William Johnston: Hattachi Benten 7 August 2016 No. 0457; Photo by William Johnston. A Body in Fukushima, the collaborative work of Wesleyan...
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