Wesleyan University News

• Middletown Businesses Honored For Preservation Efforts (Hartford Courant)
  posted on May 17, 2012 at 07:57:00 am
  Wesleyan, O'Rourke's, Eli Cannon's Honored The Design Review and Preservation Board has given 2012 preservation awards to Wesleyan University, O'Rourke's Diner, Eli Cannon's Trading Co. and the NoRA Cupcake Company.
• Middletown's ArtFarm To Present Opera By Sri Lankan Scholar (Hartford Courant)
  posted on May 9, 2012 at 07:59:00 am
  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page Get Business Mobile Text Alerts ArtFarm will present an opera Saturday created by a Sri Lankan composer currently studying at Wesleyan University as a Fulbright scholar.
• Negative ads increase dramatically during 2012 presidential election (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on May 3, 2012 at 12:25:00 pm
  A study by Wesleyan University shows a staggering leap in negative advertising during the 2012 presidential campaign, coinciding with a huge growth in spending by outside groups eager to influence voters.
• Foodies Gathering At Wesleyan University To Talk Food (courant-dining)
  posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:17:00 am
  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page Some people eat to live; others live to eat. If your shelves are overflowing with cookbooks, your camera is always at the ready during restaurant meals and you follow a slew of celebrity chefs on Twitter, you'll fit right in at Foodstock.
• Obituary: Jane Sexton (cincinnati)
  posted on April 23, 2012 at 01:27:00 pm
  Jane Wisenall Sexton, 96, of Lexington, formerly of Covington, died April 17, 2012, at Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home in Lexington. She received a degree in English from Ohio Wesleyan University.
• CHCA’s Blankenship tosses no-hitter (cincinnati)
  posted on April 17, 2012 at 08:49:00 am
  Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy senior pitcher Matt Blankenship threw a no- hitter during the Eagle's 22-0 win over New Miami April 16. Blankenship struck out 13 as he baffled New Miami's lineup. With the win, Blankenship, who will attend Indiana Wesleyan University, moved to 3-0 on the season, while the Eagles improved to 10-4. Blankenship's 0.81
• Illinois Wesleyan suspends fraternity over conduct (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
  posted on April 10, 2012 at 11:38:00 pm
  BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Wesleyan University has suspended the campus's Sigma Pi chapter for three years following the death of one of its members.The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that the university's judicial committee found the fraternity responsible for serious violations of the student code of conduct.
• Police continue search for Wesleyan robber (Boston)
  posted on April 9, 2012 at 06:08:00 am
  Middletown police are continuing their search for a man who tied up two Wesleyan University students at gunpoint in a dormitory and stole their money and electronic devices.
• Two Wesleyan Students Robbed At Gunpoint (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 7, 2012 at 09:48:00 pm
  Two students were robbed at gunpoint at Wesleyan University's Nicholson Residence Hall at about 7 p.m. on Saturday.
• IWU's Brooks is Coach of Year (indystar)
  posted on April 3, 2012 at 07:00:00 pm
  Indiana Wesleyan University women's basketball coach Steve Brooks was named the Russell Athletic/WBCA NAIA National Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Brooks, who guided Indiana Wesleyan to a 33-3 record, was also named the WBCA NAIA National Coach of the Year in 2007 when he led IWU to a 38-0 record en route to the NAIA Division II national championship.
• Feds: Texas Wesleyan University professor traded child porn (Dallas News)
  posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:33:00 pm
  
• Wesleyan Research Suggests Stem Cells Show Promise Treating Epilepsy (courant-education)
  posted on March 27, 2012 at 06:16:00 pm
  Three Labs Team Up On Project Wesleyan University researchers have reported some encouraging results about the potential for stem cells to treat a particularly debilitating form of epilepsy.
• STAGE TUBE: Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings Cut IN THE HEIGHTS Song! (Broadway world)
  posted on March 26, 2012 at 01:26:00 pm
  Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, first worked on In the Heights, a musical that presents a portrait of the Hispanic community in Washington Heights, when he was a sophomore student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 2000.
• Mary Annette Liggett of Sewickley (tribunereview)
  posted on March 25, 2012 at 07:00:00 pm
  Mary Annette (McFarland) Liggett, 94, died Friday evening, March 23, 2012, surrounded by her family, at Masonic Village, Sewickley. She was born Dec. 20, 1917, to the late Arthur Lamont and Grace Hadley Allen McFarland. She grew up in St. Clairsville, Ohio, graduated from St. Clairsville High School and Ohio Wesleyan University (1939) with majors in English and speech, and taught school in Zanesville, Ohio, until she married the love of her life, John Samuel Liggett, on Aug. 21, 1941. Dr. Liggett preceded her in death on April 5, 2003, after 61 years of marriage. She and Dr. Liggett moved to Sewickley in 1948 and she was very
• Wesleyan Hosts "Foodstock" Food Conference May 5 (courant-dining)
  posted on March 22, 2012 at 08:16:00 am
  Wesleyan University welcomes famous food critics, bloggers, cookbook authors, mixologists, food trucks, farmers and other notable food personalities to its first FOODSTOCK event, held May 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Faculty For Wesleyan Writers Conference Announced (courant-features)
  posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:00:00 pm
  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page The annual Wesleyan Writers Conference , one of the best in the country and now in its 56th year, takes place June 14 to 17 on the Wesleyan University campus in Middletown, with a faculty of distinguished writers and seminars, lectures, readings, workshops and talks with editors, publishers and agents, plus two new panel discussions, on "How to Sell Your Book" and "The Significance of the Short Story." There will be a special one-day event on June 16.
• Mental evaluation of Marblehead suspect in Conn. shooting continues (The Daily Item)
  posted on July 20, 2011 at 07:29:01 am
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Prosecutors have not completed their long-awaited evaluation of a man charged with killing a Wesleyan University student at a bookstore near campus in 2009.
• Prosecutor: Key Report In Wesleyan Slaying Due Next Month (FOX CT Hartford)
  posted on July 19, 2011 at 04:14:06 pm
  MIDDLETOWN — A long-awaited mental health report on the man accused of fatally shooting a Wesleyan University student should be complete in about a month, Middlesex State's Attorney Timothy J. Liston said Tuesday.
• Man charged in Wesleyan killing due back in court (Greenwich Time)
  posted on July 19, 2011 at 07:23:22 am
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge is expected to hear an update on the psychiatric evaluation of a man charged with killing a Wesleyan University student at a bookstore near the campus in 2009.
• Wesleyan student visiting presidential birth sites (Boston Herald)
  posted on July 17, 2011 at 02:34:02 pm
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A Wesleyan University student is on a summertime mission to tour dozens of presidential birthplaces...
• Brighter Dawns raises thousands for Bangladesh (The Middletown Press)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 06:52:07 am
  MIDDLETOWN – Less than a year after its founding, a Wesleyan University student group is on its way to improving life for people in a Bangladesh slum.
• Local swimmers shine at Spring Invitational (Sentinel & Enterprise)
  posted on June 18, 2011 at 10:44:45 am
  Submitted report The Gardner-based Greenwood Memorial Swim Club sent members of their Elite I, Pre-National and National teams to the 2011 Senior Spring Invitational at Wesleyan University's Freeman Athletic Center May 13-15 in Middletown, Conn.
• Witzman Symposium today at Wesleyan University (The Middletown Press)
  posted on June 9, 2011 at 06:08:07 am
  MIDDLETOWN – The Sixth Annual Weitzman Symposium, hosted by the Weitzman Center for Innovation in Community Health and Primary Care, a division of Community Health Center, in collaboration with the Center for Community Partnerships, Wesleyan University, will be held this June 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wesleyan University, Beckham Hall, Fayerweather Building, 45 Wyllys Ave.
• Psychiatric exam stalls Wesleyan killing case (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:13:04 am
  MIDDLETOWN (AP) -- Two years and a month after a Wesleyan University student was shot to death at bookstore near the campus, the suspect's lawyer expressed frustration Tuesday that the court case has been stalled by a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect.
• Psychiatric exam stalls Wesleyan killing case (Boston Herald)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 07:53:49 pm
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Two years and a month after a Wesleyan University student was shot to death at bookstore near...
• Trial of Colo. student's killer pushed back (9 News Denver)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 04:28:25 pm
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A state prosecutor says a psychiatric evaluation of the man charged with the campus killing of a Wesleyan University student from Colorado should be complete by August.
• Delay pushes Wesleyan killing trial to the fall (ABC 6 Providence)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 03:14:07 pm
  Associated Press - June 7, 2011 11:04 AM ET MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A state prosecutor says a psychiatric evaluation of the man charged with the campus killing of a Wesleyan University student...
• Wesleyan University Killing Case Delayed (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:08:22 am
  A state prosecutor says a psychiatric evaluation of the man charged with the campus killing of a Wesleyan University student should be complete by August.
• Wesleyan University killing case back in court (Boston Herald)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 09:34:43 am
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A state prosecutor is expected to provide an update on the psychiatric evaluation of a man...
• Psychiatric exam stalls Wesleyan killing case (Boston Globe)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 09:10:39 am
  Two years and a month after a Wesleyan University student was shot to death at bookstore near the campus, the suspect's lawyer expressed frustration Tuesday that the court case has been stalled by a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect.
• Wesleyan University killing case back in court (Greenwich Time)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 07:53:22 am
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A state prosecutor is expected to provide an update on the psychiatric evaluation of a man charged in the killing of a Wesleyan University student at the Connecticut campus in 2009.
• Wesleyan University killing case back in court (ABC 6 Providence)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 07:52:16 am
  Associated Press - June 7, 2011 3:44 AM ET MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A state prosecutor is expected to provide an update on the psychiatric evaluation of a man charged in the killing of a...
• Wesleyan launching social entrepreneurship center (Boston Globe)
  posted on June 5, 2011 at 04:40:46 pm
  Wesleyan University students will soon have some extra help starting programs serving the public good.
• Wesleyan launching social entrepreneurship center (Greenwich Time)
  posted on June 5, 2011 at 03:08:22 pm
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Wesleyan University students will soon have some extra help starting programs serving the public good. It will also award small grants to undergraduates for specific projects.
• Budding connoisseurs seek new college food options (The New Canaan News)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:21:56 pm
  In this Wednesday, May 4, 2011 photo, Wesleyan University students wait as a delivery of shares of cheese in a cheese co-op are unloaded from a truck in Middletown, Conn. Many college students, in search of foods for their more sophisticated palates, are shunning the stereotypical college fare and turning to more sophisticated offerings.
• Wesleyan graduates told to stay true to selves (The Middletown Press)
  posted on May 23, 2011 at 05:55:41 am
  MIDDLETOWN — They had to survive a week of Mother Nature’s wettest weather, and a potential Armageddon, but Wesleyan University’s Class of 2011 outlasted it all, and celebrated the institution’s 179th Commencement on Sunday at Andrus Field.
• Students say cheese, and want it gourmet (The Washington Times)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 07:13:15 pm
  MIDDLETOWN, CONN. — Not all college students are willing to live on cold pizza, ramen noodles and greasy takeout. Some, like Wesleyan University junior Nica Latto, prefer wedges of locally produced artisanal cheeses added to the mix, perhaps a Gouda with a slightly nutty undertone or a Gruyere for a ...
• Wesleyan Hosts 'Queer Rights' Discussion (FOX CT Hartford)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 06:53:26 pm
  Wesleyan University professor Claire Potter will lead a panel discussion on the impact of gay officials on Connecticut politics.
• Wesleyan Hosts 'Queer Rights' Discussion (Hartford Courant)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 06:40:48 pm
  Wesleyan University professor Claire Potter will lead a panel discussion on the impact of gay officials on Connecticut politics.
• Improving the college diet: Budding connoisseurs seek new food options (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
  posted on May 11, 2011 at 05:29:01 am
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Not all college students are willing to live on cold pizza, ramen noodles and greasy takeout. Some, like Wesleyan University junior Nica Latto, prefer wedges of locally produced artisanal cheeses added to the mix, perhaps a go ...
• Budding connoisseurs seek new college food options (Washington Examiner)
  posted on May 9, 2011 at 05:01:51 pm
  STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Conn. Not all college students are willing to live on cold pizza, ramen noodles and greasy takeout. Some, like Wesleyan University junior Nica Latto, prefer wedges of locally produced artisanal cheeses added to the mix, perhaps a gouda with a slightly nutty undertone or a Gruyere for a fondue party while studying with classmates. So to satisfy palates ...
• Budding connoisseurs seek new college food options (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on May 9, 2011 at 05:01:50 pm
  (05-09) 09:34 PDT Middletown, Conn. (AP) -- Not all college students are willing to live on cold pizza, ramen noodles and greasy takeout. Some, like Wesleyan University junior Nica Latto, prefer wedges of locally...
• Budding connoisseurs seek new food options on college campuses, want gourmet over grub (Washington Post)
  posted on May 9, 2011 at 04:37:12 pm
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Not all college students are willing to live on cold pizza, ramen noodles and greasy takeout. Some, like Wesleyan University junior Nica Latto, prefer wedges of locally produced artisanal cheeses added to the mix, perhaps a gouda with a slightly nutty undertone or a Gruyere for a fondue party while studying with classmates. So to satisfy palates that lean more gourmet than ...
• Wesleyan professor to speak about Japan quake today at Russell Library (The Middletown Press)
  posted on May 9, 2011 at 05:52:17 am
  MIDDLETOWN - Mary Alice Haddad, assistant professor of Government at Wesleyan University, will speak on civil society in Japan on Monday, May 9, at 7 p.m. in the Hubbard Room of Russell Library. She and her family were in Japan during the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant explosion while she was carrying out research
• Accused killer’s case months away from trial on 2-year anniversary of Wesleyan shooting (The Middletown Press)
  posted on May 6, 2011 at 05:53:38 am
  MIDDLETOWN — On the two-year anniversary on the deadly shooting at Wesleyan University, accused killer Stephen Morgan’s case is still pending and months away from a possible trial.
• CHAMBER CORNER: Career Expo a great success (The Middletown Press)
  posted on May 2, 2011 at 05:56:10 am
  Last week’s 2011 Career Expo for high school students on April 28 at the Spurrier-Snyder Rink of Wesleyan University in Middletown was a great success.
• 1,996 books donated to Macdonough Elementary School (The Middletown Press)
  posted on May 1, 2011 at 05:57:50 am
  MIDDLETOWN — Through the combined efforts of the National Honors Societies at Vinal, Mercy and Xavier high schools, a donation of over 1,000 books from St. Sebastian School and student support from Wesleyan University, almost 2,000 books have reached the excited hands of Macdonough Elementary students in the past few weeks.
• Wesleyan, Haveli Raising Funds For Bangladesh (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 28, 2011 at 07:25:41 pm
  A Wesleyan University-based nonprofit group focused on improving sanitation in a slum in Bangladesh has teamed with a local Indian restaurant to raise money for their project.
• 'Silent Sounds' Event Is May 3 (FOX CT Hartford)
  posted on April 28, 2011 at 07:24:02 pm
  The Middletown public schools' Cultural Council will host the annual Silent Sounds Celebration May 3 at Wesleyan University.
• State-Picked Psychiatrist Examining Defendant In Wesleyan Slaying, Prosecutor Says (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 26, 2011 at 09:10:52 pm
  MIDDLETOWN — After months of delays, a state-appointed psychiatrist is now evaluating Stephen Morgan, the Massachusetts man charged with fatally shooting a Wesleyan University student nearly two years ago, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
• Career Expo Thursday At Wesleyan (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 25, 2011 at 06:10:40 pm
  The sixth annual Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce career expo for high school students will be held Thursday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Freeman Athletic Center at Wesleyan University.