James Sims
@simsjames.bsky.social
Associate Vice President for Communications, Wesleyan University | Prior: Center Theatre Group, Lincoln Center, AMNH | Columbia Journalism Alum | Air Force Veteran 🇺🇸✈️ | Arts & Theatre Geek 🎭 Film/TV, Media, HigherEd & Democracy ✡️
Still feeling the glow ⚾️💙
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Still feeling the glow ⚾️💙
What can be done to repair division and promote civil discourse in our fractured society? Wesleyan University is convening scholars, experts, and civic leaders for “Dialogue for Change: From Conflict to Action” to address that critical question. www.wesleyan.edu/shashaseminar #HigherEd #AcademicSKY
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
What can be done to repair division and promote civil discourse in our fractured society? Wesleyan University is convening scholars, experts, and civic leaders for “Dialogue for Change: From Conflict to Action” to address that critical question. www.wesleyan.edu/shashaseminar #HigherEd #AcademicSKY
Let’s pull this one out, Dodgers!
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Let’s pull this one out, Dodgers!
Is it tomorrow yet?
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Is it tomorrow yet?
We have entered the wild hours of a Jerry Lewis telethon…
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
We have entered the wild hours of a Jerry Lewis telethon…
“There’s no winning in baseball!”
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
“There’s no winning in baseball!”
When this game started vs. now.
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 AM
When this game started vs. now.
We’re now waiting for Godot…let’s go, #Dodgers… #WorldSeries
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
We’re now waiting for Godot…let’s go, #Dodgers… #WorldSeries
“You learn more when people feel they belong or are included in the environment. And you learn more when it’s fair…this cudgel of DEI, as if it’s some mysterious thing, is really unfortunate.” —Wesleyan University's @msroth.bsky.social addresses the #HigherEd "compact" @cnn.com #AcademicSKY #EDUSky
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“You learn more when people feel they belong or are included in the environment. And you learn more when it’s fair…this cudgel of DEI, as if it’s some mysterious thing, is really unfortunate.” —Wesleyan University's @msroth.bsky.social addresses the #HigherEd "compact" @cnn.com #AcademicSKY #EDUSky
"Stay true to the mission of your college or university…the government doesn’t get to dictate how we teach and who we teach." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social joined MSNBC to discuss the threat of the Trump administration's compact for #HigherEd #AcademicSky
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Stay true to the mission of your college or university…the government doesn’t get to dictate how we teach and who we teach." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social joined MSNBC to discuss the threat of the Trump administration's compact for #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Ready for a revisit of “The Drowsy Chaperone” with Laverne Cox, Dylan Mulvaney, Alex Newell, Peppermint, Jonathan Van Ness, Betty Who, and beyond. Let’s stumble along together 🥂 #TheaterSKY #CarnegieHall
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ready for a revisit of “The Drowsy Chaperone” with Laverne Cox, Dylan Mulvaney, Alex Newell, Peppermint, Jonathan Van Ness, Betty Who, and beyond. Let’s stumble along together 🥂 #TheaterSKY #CarnegieHall
This section of today’s NYTimes morning newsletter is so depressing, painting a picture of what feels like Germany as Nazis rose to power… #ICE #immigrants
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This section of today’s NYTimes morning newsletter is so depressing, painting a picture of what feels like Germany as Nazis rose to power… #ICE #immigrants
Not only one of the legends of film, Diane Keaton also had a turn in the original run of “Hair” on Broadway. And that nudity gave her agita.
October 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Not only one of the legends of film, Diane Keaton also had a turn in the original run of “Hair” on Broadway. And that nudity gave her agita.
Diane Keaton. Simply the best. What a loss… may her memory be a blessing.
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Diane Keaton. Simply the best. What a loss… may her memory be a blessing.
A Wesleyan University evening with “The Bill of Rights: Ten Amendments in Eight Motets“ set to music by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce.
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A Wesleyan University evening with “The Bill of Rights: Ten Amendments in Eight Motets“ set to music by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce.
80 degrees in CT or not, it’s time for some Halloween season vibes 🎃
October 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
80 degrees in CT or not, it’s time for some Halloween season vibes 🎃
Tonight at Wesleyan University, an inspiring conversation unfolded between Merve Emre and @thisamericanlife.org’s Chana Joffe-Walt as they discussed the creative process behind “Yousef,” series of episodes based on her telephone calls with a young man managing a camp in Rafah. #Gaza #Israel
September 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Tonight at Wesleyan University, an inspiring conversation unfolded between Merve Emre and @thisamericanlife.org’s Chana Joffe-Walt as they discussed the creative process behind “Yousef,” series of episodes based on her telephone calls with a young man managing a camp in Rafah. #Gaza #Israel
Spotted in Connecticut: bridge and tunnel pigeons. #DurhamFair
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Spotted in Connecticut: bridge and tunnel pigeons. #DurhamFair
Taking a knee to protest racial injustice is considered a serious offense, so it logically follows that raising a fist to salute insurrectionists is commendable. Got it.
September 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Taking a knee to protest racial injustice is considered a serious offense, so it logically follows that raising a fist to salute insurrectionists is commendable. Got it.