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Wesleyan Senior Studies Texas Book Challenges
Book challenges—where outsiders seek removal of a book from libraries or schools—have surged in recent years. In his senior thesis, Darin Iraj ’24 explores how small groups play an outsized role in this national movement.
May 2, 2024
Faculty Achievements in Academic Year 2023-24
Wesleyan's faculty have contributed thought-leadership, scholarship, and research to their various fields. Here is a selection of some of their notable publications, honors, lectures, and performances from throughout the year.
May 2, 2024
Books by Wesleyan Authors Coggins ’85, P’15, ’22, Gumbiner ’11, and LaBennett ’94
Here is a selection of books written by Wesleyan alumni—Chris Coggins ’85, P’15, ’22, Daniel Gumbiner ’11, and Oneka LaBennett ’94—on climate change, nature conservation, and environmentalism in honor of Earth Month.
April 23, 2024
Wes in the News
CNN
As many colleges across the country have seen protesting on their campuses, Michael S. Roth ’78 appeared on CNN’s “The Assignment with Audie Cornish” to talk about free speech and the campus climate at Wesleyan. “It’s so much better that [Wesleyan students] are worried about Gaza than just getting an A on a paper. It’s so much better that they care.”
The Hollywood Reporter
Two-time Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne is set to make his first documentary in 2025—a film on Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, Emerita, Jeanine Basinger’s 60-year career spanning her days as a movie theater usher in South Dakota to building one of the nation’s first film studies programs, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Wesleyan Faculty, Alumnus Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in Choreography, Theatre
Democracy Demands Passionate Defense, Says Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker
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Wesleyan Celebrates Homecoming and Family Weekend
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At WesFest, Admitted Students Share Opinions on Diversity of Thought, Open Curriculum
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