Lessen Receives Nurse Educator Fellowship
Wesleyan's Brenda Lessen was awarded a State of Illinois Nurse Educator Fellowship from the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Healthcare a Longtime National Debate
Among the topics for Wednesday's first presidential debate, healthcare has long been a controversial issue in America, as explored in a book by Political Science Professor Greg Shaw.

Brennan Receives NIH Grant for Sickle Cell Research
Wesleyan's Brian Brennan has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study possible treatments for sickle cell disease.

Zimmerman Celebrates 60 Years in Saxophone
Wesleyan's Keith Zimmerman, who believes "you teach through music, you don't teach music," is celebrating 60 years playing the saxophone.

Burke's New Book Explores Difficult Dialogue on Race
In a new book, Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities: Whiteness and the Power of Color-Blind Ideologies, Assistant Professor of Sociology Meghan Burke grapples with the struggle for dialogue about race and racism.

French Leads Study of Asteroids
Chair and Professor of Physics Linda M. French will lead a National Science Foundation-funded study of asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit around the sun.

NSF Funds Spectrometer for Chemistry Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $248,000 grant to purchase a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer for use in synthetic chemistry research at Illinois Wesleyan.

Vayo Creates, Inspires New Music
David Vayo, newly appointed to an endowed professorship, discusses his motivation as a composer and supporter of new music.