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CFA Spring Preview: Exploring How Art Creates Knowledge
This semester at the Center for the Arts will be filled with convenings, exhibitions, and live performances of commissioned works. Artist in residence Anna Deavere Smith Hon. '97 is one of several artists who will be in conversations about the arts on campus this spring.
January 21, 2025
Campus Sustainability Work on the Rise
Wesleyan continues to make strides on its sustainability goals, especially in its pursuit of furthering environmental education. This past academic year, more than 1,700 students engaged in one or more sustainability courses, research projects, internships, workshops, or volunteer activities.
January 22, 2025
Moving Toward that Goal with MLK
President Michael S. Roth ’78 wrote about the ways Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings dovetail with liberal arts education in a blog post on Jan. 20. “[King] always recognized that resilience and hope are essential in the attempt to build the nation to which we aspire,” Roth wrote.“'Education is our way to keep “moving toward that goal” as Dr. King saw all those years ago.”
January 20, 2025
Taming Chaos in Physical Systems Through Artificial Intelligence
December 04, 2024
Wes in the News
New York Times
President Michael S. Roth ’78 called for wider access to higher education in a piece for The New York Times on anti-elitism. Roth highlighted Wesleyan’s partnership with the National Education Equity Lab, a nonprofit that offers free college classes to Title I high school students to increase educational opportunities for low-income students. “Education transforms lives; we just need to make it more widely available.”
Los Angeles Times
Distinguished Associate Professor of the Bailey College of the Environment and Earth and Environmental Sciences Helen Poulos, a plant ecologist, spoke with the Los Angeles Times for a story on fire prevention following the Palisades fire in January. “It’s very simple. When we talk about that wildland urban interface, cutting funding means you have more risk to communities,” Poulos said.
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