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1 month ago | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | James Sims |Andrew Chatfield |Ziba Kashef
Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the Immigrant Justice Fund, began her talk about “Championing Immigrants’ Rights in the Trump Era,” with a few statistics. She noted it had been only 34 days since Inauguration and already the president had issued 10 anti-immigrant executive orders and 36 anti-immigrant policies. “More than one a day,” she said before an audience of students, faculty, and staff at Beckham Hall on Feb. 26.
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1 month ago | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Ziba Kashef |Andrew Chatfield
You might not think of knitting as a form of programming, but it absolutely is, said Sonia Roberts, an assistant professor of Computer Science who is also a core member of the College of Design and Engineering Studies (CoDES) program. “It’s a great way to get people introduced to computing,” said Roberts. She learned to knit as a child from her mother, who was looking for a way to get her energetic daughter to sit still.
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1 month ago | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Andrew Chatfield |Ziba Kashef |Mike Mavredakis
For the sixth year in a row, Wesleyan has been recognized as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program.
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2 months ago | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Ziba Kashef |Mike Mavredakis |Andrew Chatfield
While Professor of Philosophy Stephen Angle was on sabbatical in Beijing, China in 2016-2017, he wanted to find a way to directly engage fellow experts on and advocates of Confucianism. He attended conferences and met with other Confucianists before coming up with the idea of organizing a series of dialogues about the meaning of Confucianism today. The dialogues—eight in all—culminated in Angle’s latest book Progressive Confucianism and its Critics: Dialogues from the Confucian Heartland.
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2 months ago | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Ziba Kashef |Mike Mavredakis |Andrew Chatfield
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Iris Yoon first became intrigued by topology—a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of shapes—as an undergraduate student. “I took a topology class in undergrad which was fascinating to me,” said Yoon. “And I found this field by accident.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Ziba Kashef |Mike Mavredakis
By: Phuc Ngo ’26Each semester, The Connection shares highlights, including faculty fellowships, awards, publications and other achievements, with the community. Read more about the research and accomplishments that define the intellectual life of the University. Fellowships and AwardsProfessor of Dance, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Global South Asian Studies Hari Krishnan was awarded a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Ziba Kashef
On Wednesday, Dec. 4, 15 students were formally inducted into Wesleyan’s Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society. This impressive group were early-decision inductees, meaning they met the rigorous criteria before they are expected to graduate. At the start of the event, Nadja Aksamija, associate professor of Art History and president of the Phi Beta Kappa Committee, shared that these high-achieving students joined an estimated 525,000 society members from across the country.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Ziba Kashef
For 85 years, WESU, Wesleyan’s campus radio station, has offered a mix of music and public affairs programming. This year, the station launched a new program, Engage Radio, to shine a light on the community-engaged work of its university partners and residents from across the greater Middletown community.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Jeff Harder |Mike Mavredakis |Ziba Kashef
From across the country, thousands of Wesleyan alumni and family members came together for a weekend of community, connection, and conversation during Homecoming and Family Weekend (HCFW) from Nov. 1 to Nov. 3. HCFW activities kicked off on Friday with numerous opportunities for alumni, families, and students to attend classes, open houses, exhibits, and WESeminars—presentations that allow Cardinals to revisit the classroom and experience the pragmatic liberal arts that is the essence of Wesleyan.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Andrew Chatfield |Ziba Kashef |Mike Mavredakis
Wesleyan’s holistic approach to admissions continues to support a socioeconomically diverse student body with the Class of 2028. Among the 824 first-year students and 48 transfer students who joined the campus community this fall, there are more first-generation and Pell-grant-eligible students compared to last year. A notable 16% are the first in their families to go to college, which is higher than the percentage of children of alumni.
