Wesleyan University’s major pairings are visualized in an interactive graph, with dot sizes representing major popularity, and the thickness of lines between dots indicates the frequency of specific major combinations. This visualization allows you to easily identify popular major combinations and trends in interdisciplinary studies at Wesleyan University. Data retrieved from Wesleyan’s major reports page. STEM (NSM…
StarGayzing makes the skies more inclusive
The year was 1771, and Edmund Halley was on the verge of accomplishing what no one had done before: accurately calculating the distance between Earth and the sun. History books focus on the moment of his epiphany—the second the numbers all came together—but his discovery was decades in the making: astronomers had been working on…
New student group focuses on getting students into research on campus
“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…
NASA’s Efforts to Repair: Response to “NASA Is Recruiting a New Class of Astronauts”
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…
Professor Oteíza Brings the Arts to STE(A)M
Professor Oteíza’s teaching is a prime example of finding the intersectionality between different – even seemingly opposite – disciplines like theater and the IDEAS program.