Dean of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Martha S. Gilmore appeared on NPR's “Morning Edition” on April 5 for the show’s series on The Science of Siblings, analyzing Earth’s “twin” Venus. n.pr/44i7Yu8

Congratulations to The New York Times reporter Hannah Dreier '08 for being awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for a “series of stories revealing the stunning reach of migrant child labor across the U.S. — and the corporate and governmental failures that perpetuate it.”

'Choosing a college based on where you feel comfortable is a mistake...Education should help you find ways of shaping change, not just ways of coping with it.' - President Michael S Roth via The New York Times. nyti.ms/3y8xIgv

Jeanine Basinger, Corwin Fuller Professor of Film Studies, Emerita, will receive the Turner Class Movies Classic Film Festival’s Robert Osborne Award. Basinger founded Wesleyan’s Film Studies Department and ushered it into a “film powerhouse.” bit.ly/44i3JPe

President Michael S Roth urged for the defense of academic freedom and democracy in a piece for TIME: “If we are to strengthen our democracy and the educational institutions that depend on it, we must learn to practice freedom, better.” bit.ly/3y4xZko

Since its founding by students in 2009, Wesleyan CPE has been an agent of intellectual growth for hundreds of men and women in the Cheshire and York Correctional Institutions by providing access to a liberal arts education. magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/03/02/fre…

In honor of #EarthMonth , WesThrift and SewWhat organized a Trashion Show where participants had only two rules: they could only use trash or second-hand clothing and the outfit must be created the day of the event. #EarthDay

Assistant Professor of Art Tammy Nguyen’s newest art exhibition, A Comedy for Mortals: Purgatorio, opened at the Lehmann Maupin art gallery in London, England in March. newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/03/wes…

Today we welcomed back Secretary Miguel Cardona and Governor Ned Lamont to discuss opportunities with the prison education partnership between CT State Middlesex and Wesleyan University. To date, over 50 students have earned their associates degree through Center for Prison Education (CPE).

Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy Thomas Becker wrote a piece for the Hartford Courant on reports of ethnic cleansing of Armenian inhabitants of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by the government of Azerbaijan. courant.com/2024/03/05/tho…

TODAY IS THE DAY 🏑🚜💙

Wesleyan Athletics is thrilled to announce the renovation of 2 fields with the major upgrades including a state-of-the-art blue AstroTurf surface for Field Hockey along with an improved grass practice field for varsity Men's and Women's Soccer 👏

Congratulations to Gad Nkurunziza ’27 for being awarded the 2024 Davis Project for Peace grant for his Youth AgriChange Network (YAN) project. In the first part of his program, “One Chicken Per Family,” he’s hoping to gift one chicken to over 200 families. bit.ly/3Ji21DT

Hundreds of people from the on-campus and Middletown community gathered on Foss Hill to watch the solar eclipse hosted by the Van Vleck Observatory and Russell Library.

FRIDAY FEATURE | Evan Diaz of Wesleyan Athletics baseball is in the spotlight

➡️Wears #14 to represent his Father
➡️Attends Wesleyan University and plays baseball with his twin brother Ethan
➡️Will intern at Citigroup in NYC this summer

Details > nescac.com/news/2024/3/29…