Adapted from Francesco Colonna,
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venice: Aldus Manutius ..., Dec.
1499). Courtesy of Special
Collections and Archives,
Olin
Library,
Wesleyan
University.
Digital
Incunabula
The
Best of the Wesleyan
Web
Past Picks
September 22,
1999
Queer
Alliance
Queer Alliance is a student group that plans
queer-related social and political activities to address
issues on campus and in the world. Some of our activities
include queer-related speakers, parties, petitions, and
BGLAD-Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian Awareness Days, for several
weeks in the spring. QA also acts as an organizing group for
Step 1, Diva, LBQ and GBQ.
September 10,
1999
Research
& Sponsored Programs
Paula Lawson from Academic Affairs runs this useful
site, aimed at helping faculty find external funding
opportunities.
May 12,
1999
The
Political Novel
Professor Cecilia Miller's ambitious course web sites
includes resources drawn from across the campus and across
the internet..
May 5,
1999
Social
Psychology Network
Professor Scott Plous's Social Psychology Network uses
the web to facilitate research and teaching in Social
Psychology. With over 4,000 links to psychology-related
resources, it is the largest social psychology database on
the net. It features a search engine that searches the sites
that it links to, interactive forums for discussion of
psychology-related topics, and a job posting center.
April
26, 1999
The
Library
From Lexis-Nexis to the OED, from JSTOR to the CTW
On-line Catalog, the library offers the Wesleyan Community a
vast array of high-quality information sources to further
the mission of teaching and research.
April 19,
1999
Anthony
Braxton's TriCentric Foundation
The Tri-Centric Foundation is a not-for-profit
corporation started by MacArthur Award-winning
composer/educator Anthony Braxton and a board of the
Northeast's working musicians, academics, and
administrators. Its mission is based on the premise that
musical principles inform and are informed by sociocultural
and philosophical dynamics; and that music education and
practice can be a vital force in learning to adapt to and
positively influence today's rapidly changing world.
April 12,
1999
Students
for a Free Tibet
Wesleyan's Students for a Free Tibet uses the web to
serve its mission of assisting Tibetan people in their
struggle for freedom, following the non-violent philosophy
of Tibetan Buddhism; educating and engaging campuses and
communities by sponsoring lectures,discussion groups,
concerts, Tibetan awareness weeks, cultural observances,
demonstrations and other forms of protest, and reaching out
to campuses and communities in order to mobilize student
support for the cause.
April
5, 1999
La
Unidad Latina
Wesleyan's chapter of the Lambda Upsilon Lambda
fraternity maintains a set of links to other chapters, as
well as a photo gallery, a calendar, and chapter
history.
March
1, 1999
Wesunity
The student-run Wesunity site maintains a compendium of
links and news relating to activism on campus, as well as
links to local and national resources.
February
22, 1999
Davison
Art Center
The Davison Art Center maintains a page linking to its
present exhibits, both physical and on-line, as well as
extensive visual resources, collections used in Wesleyan
courses, schedules for gallery talks, and much more.
February 16,
1999
Synthesis:
Wesleyan's Webazine of Science & Technology
Synthesis is a student magazine on science and
technology-related topics for a general audience produced as
part of the Wesleyan Science/Writing Project. It showcases
student writing by both science and non-science majors and
includes student work submitted in general education courses
offered through the Division of Natural Science and
Mathematics (NSM).
February 9, 1999
The
Wesleyan Virtual Tour
Wesleyan's admissions office provides a tour of the
campus available 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
February 2, 1999
The
Wesleyan Argus
Wesleyan's student newspaper gets their web edition out
before the print edition hits the street.