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Dec 08, 2023

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…
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Feb 01, 2018

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…
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Nov 09, 2011

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.
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Sep 22, 2011

Courtyard Boulders Reveal Meaning

Geoff Collins, Associate Professor of Geology, told us about the boulders that are placed around the courtyard.
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