Summer 2024 Issue, Wesleyan University Magazine

Summer 2024 Issue

Unearthing the natural resources beneath Bolivia’s political unrest, reflections from the women of Wesleyan’s first coeducational class, reengineering the journalism pipeline, and looking ahead to another 50 years of the Center for the Arts. Read these stories and more in the latest issue of Wesleyan University Magazine.

Can Bolivia’s White Gold Power a Green Revolution?

An attempted coup and socioeconomic instability have put Bolivia in the headlines, but could a treasure trove of untapped lithium be the answer to long-term stability? Diego Von Vacano ’93 unpacks the tangled geopolitical knots that are keeping this Bolivian “white gold” from seeing the light of day.

Letters

From the President

“In the noise of contemporary politics, it’s hard to practice authentic listening; in the glare of the media’s campaign cameras, it’s hard to see things from someone else’s point of view.... But that is the task. If we are to strengthen our democracy and the educational institutions that depend on it, we must learn to practice freedom better. We must learn to be better students. Our future depends on it.”

From the Editor

“From the candid remembrances of the pioneering women of the Class of 1974 to an aspirational vision for the future of the arts at Wes, we see how these inflection points in time acted as a springboard for progress, even if they weren’t the smoothest transitions…. The Wesleyans in this issue are still at the beginning of their journeys toward enduring change, but those first steps could prove to be the turning points we will be talking about in the future.”

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Through Their Own Voices

Quotes and photographs of the pioneering women of Wesleyan’s first fully coeducational classes, on the 50th anniversary of the 1974 graduation.

Class Notes

Left: Jennifer Lame ’04 celebrates her 2024 Oscar win. Right: Tembi Locke ’92 and her sister, Attica, have signed a deal to adapt Attica's novel Bluebird, Bluebird for Universal Television.

Catch up on these and other updates from classmates across the globe!

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The Making of a Good Citizen

With his newly formed Allbritton Journalism Institute, Politico founder and former publisher Robert Allbritton ’92 is going back to basics—producing a new generation of skilled journalists trained through a mentorship model to uphold democracy by providing unbiased reporting that simply informs.