The Wesleyan University Ward & Howell Collection and Its Impact on the History of Science

We are excited to welcome Melanie McCalmont to Wesleyan. Melanie McCalmont is a geographer and data scientist. She has a Master’s degree in Geography, and a Master’s degree in Life Science Communication, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Melanie is the national expert on historic 3-dimensional relief models. She has been a relief model consultant to … Read more

Unseen Wesleyan: Penthousing

The labyrinth of tunnels beneath the carefully manicured landscape of Wesleyan has inspired the imagination and indulgence of many generations of students. There is always something about the Forbidden that beckons.   Yet there is one secret that our campus holds to which many may not be privy to. Above Level 6 of Exley Science Centre … Read more

Oeningen Formation: Science, Sink or Swim

Science was not like it is today in the 18th and even 19th century: things people used to do in science at that time – not too long ago -may  appear very odd to us. In Wesleyan’s collections lie several keystone artifacts to this rather fascinating episode in history.  Before science (as we consider it now) existed, … Read more