Wesleyan University

It was graduation day at Wesleyan University and unlike other commencement ceremonies in Connecticut and across the country, there weren’t major disruptions or pro-Palestinian protests.

We’re taking a closer look at the first formal agreement between a university in Connecticut and pro-Palestinian protestors. Wesleyan made some concessions in exchange for a campus encampment to be taken down before graduation.

We’re taking a closer look at the first formal agreement between a university in Connecticut and pro-Palestinian protestors. Wesleyan University made some concessions in exchange for a campus encampment to be taken down before graduation. The tents put up at Wesleyan for weeks, calling for divestment from the war in Gaza, are now gone after an agreement was reached...

Wesleyan students have reached an agreement with university officials and, as a result, have cleared their pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Wesleyan President Michael Roth said the university has explained their investments in detail to representatives from the pro-Palestinian protest. The university said 1.7% of their endowment was invested in companies categorized as Aerospace and Defense businesses, none of which are…

Pro-Palestinian encampments have been forcibly shut down on some college campuses including here in Connecticut. But one university in the state is drawing attention for allowing a protest to continue.

Belichick went to Wesleyan University in Middletown and the 1975 graduate played football, lacrosse and squash.

The New England Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick have parted ways, ending an era that started 24 years and six Super Bowl championships ago. Long before he became the man whom Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft called “the greatest coach of all time,” Belichick was a college student in Connecticut, where he has also built a solid and positive reputation….

 Wesleyan University in Middletown says it will formally end admission preference for “legacy applicants.” The announcement comes after a United States Supreme Court decision in June that colleges and universities would have to stop considering applicants’ race in admissions. Wesleyan University president Michael S. Roth released a statement, saying legacy status has played “a negligible role” in its admissions process...