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“What does research mean to you?” To the co-founders of Wesleyan’s newest student organization, WesSir, research is aplatform for cultivating a community. Founded this summer by Shekinah Mba (’26), Ethan Chu (’26), Diana Tran (’26), LaurenEldarazi (’26), and Abigail Oduro (’27), WesSir hopes to increase students’ comfort withfinding research opportunities and contacting faculty members. In…
I recently came across the New York Times article, “NASA Is Recruiting a New Class of Astronauts,” when researching potential candidates who could be the next featured profiles for Wesleyan University’s College of Sciences’ Inclusion in STEM Initiative. I don’t know about you, but I have always been intrigued by NASA’s space program and the concept of humanity going to…
Pictured: Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal, National Women’s Hall of Fame 2019 Why does representation matter? This question may seem like it begs obvious answers, but its continued circulation throughout the American public indicates otherwise. The repetitive nature of the question reveals that there has not been a public consensus among potential answers, granted that this is…
As the first half of the 2024 spring semester draws to a close and the countdown to summer begins, an exciting opportunity awaits Wesleyan’s talented STEM student-researchers: the College of Integrative Science’s Summer in Sciences Research Program. The CIS’s program gathers over 100 Wesleyan undergraduates each summer and sponsors their research to be conducted with…
For decades, the University’s Astronomy Department has hosted public outreach programs at its home, the Van Vleck Observatory — that is, until the COVID-19 pandemic forced the observatory to close its doors. This fall, new efforts by students, faculty, and community members have led to the resurrection of public programming in full swing. The observatory…