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Searching for his passion

Foxboro resident Liam Daly ’26 was drawn to Wheaton by its proximity to home and his interest in the college’s dual degree program in engineering…

Faculty Scholarship, December 2023

At the core of the academic experience at Wheaton is our community of talented and productive teacher-scholars. This newsletter is meant to celebrate our achievements…

Faculty Scholarship, September 2023

At the core of the academic experience at Wheaton is our community of talented and productive teacher-scholars. This newsletter is meant to celebrate our achievements…

Using Machine Learning to Determine Sky Conditions Above Wheaton

Using machine learning to classify images

Studying the Extreme Environment Near the Black Hole or Neutron Star in SS433

My research focuses on SS 433, which is a unique X-ray binary system and micro-quasar characterized by it’s high speed jets that radiate in opposite…

International Student Highlight: Yusheng Wu

Take a look at one of our international students here at Wheaton majoring in Physics and Bioinformatics.

Small Telescope, Big Discovery

With Wheaton’s rooftop telescope, hard work and good luck, Maitra and Scarpaci ’17 make a discovery that challenges prior assumptions about black holes. With this…

Finding heavy metal

Professor John Collins and his collaborator Ivan Karbovnyk from the Ukraine have been awarded a grant from CRDF Global to study nanomaterials that could help…

Building a better laser

Linzi Wu ’15 and Professor Xuesheng Chen work to make lasers cheaper, smaller, and more powerful.

The Water Balloon Challenge

Watch Wheaton College’s introductory physics class leave their lab and put theory to the test.

Cold as ice

A new study by Prof. Geoffrey Collins and colleagues in the Journal of Geophysical Research shows that water ice gets much harder at very cold…

Goodman Captures Close Encounter with Asteroid

Using Wheaton’s Observatory, Assistant Professor of Physics Jason Goodman tracked and imaged the asteroid… and created this video of it moving through the sky.