“A lot of things that we focus on are making science tangible,” said M.J. Renee Sher, associate professor of physics and Wesleyan Science Camp organizer. “We definitely try to do lectures, but it's as ...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 (NOON): Registration closes. A $100 late transaction fee will be charged for all add, drop, withdraw, or swap transactions after the close of registration. Sunday, June 29, ...

Pre-Matriculation WesMaSS begins the summer before students’ first year at Wesleyan, and engages Scholars through two programs: Summer Virtual Program late June and July 2025 These few sessions in the ...

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President Michael S. Roth ’78 has announced the newly constructed Fries Arts Building, named in honor of Mike Fries ’85, a longtime supporter of Wesleyan. The building will open for student, faculty, ...

Continuing its efforts to improve the affordability and accessibility of higher education, starting in the fall of 2024, Wesleyan University will no longer include loans as part of its financial aid ...

Acclaimed American novelist, poet, and short story writer Percival Everett Hon.’25 was named an Honorary Doctor of Letters at Wesleyan’s 193rd Commencement ceremony. In his remarks, Everett denounced ...

In his Commencement address at Wesleyan’s 193rd Commencement Ceremony, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Protect Democracy Ian Bassin ’98, Hon.’25 urged the Class of 2025 to take collective ...

Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the Immigrant Justice Fund, began her talk about “Championing Immigrants’ Rights in the Trump Era,” with a few statistics. She noted it ...

When Gina Driscoll reunited with Simon Shen ’02 on a recent trip to Japan, she was delightfully surprised by his reaction to seeing her far from campus. Shen, a Freeman Scholar from Hong Kong, hadn’t ...