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193rd Commencement Honorary Degree Recipients
Ian Bassin ’98, executive director of Protect Democracy, Lael Brainard ’83, P’22, who served as director of the National Economic Council under President Joe Biden, and Percival Everett, celebrated author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California will receive honorary degrees during Wesleyan University’s 193rd Commencement ceremony on May 25. Bassin will also deliver the Commencement address.
February 26, 2025
CoDES Faculty Debut Computational Knitting Machine
Students are now able to explore the intersection of knitting and computing in Wesleyan’s new Textiles Hub in the Exley Science Center, run by the College of Design and Engineering Studies (CoDES) program.
February 26, 2025
President Roth: Stand With Ukraine!
President Michael S. Roth ’78 wrote a blog reflecting on the three-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “It’s hard to believe, that after all the pain and suffering of the last three years of war, the American administration seems ready to betray Ukraine,” Roth wrote.
February 24, 2025
Wesleyan Named Fulbright Top Producer for Sixth Year
February 25, 2025
Theodore Shaw ’76 Gives Annual MLK Talk
February 19, 2025
Wes in the News
ABC News
Professor of Government Erika Franklin Fowler co-wrote a piece for ABC News outlining five years of research by the Wesleyan Media Project tracking the way media has covered structural racism since 2020.
Dia Foundation
Renée Green ’81 will have her first major solo museum exhibition “Renée Green: The Equator Has Moved” in New York at the Dia Beacon, starting on March 7, according to the Dia Foundation. The exhibition will include her paintings from the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as newly commissioned works.
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