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Professor Bartolini Honored by the BAEYC

The Boston Association for the Education of Young Children presented Professor Bartolini with their Award for STEM.

Prof. Cathcart to speak at Honors Convocation

Prof. Cathcart will give the address at Honors Convocation on Thursday, 4 May, at 5 p.m. in the Cole Memorial Chapel. Her talk is titled: “What…

2017 Harvard-Wellesley-Wheaton Russian Studies Undergraduate Colloquium

Wheaton students speak at annual conference on Russian and Eurasian studies.

Democracy in Action

Diane Quinn Kennedy ’86 returns to Wheaton to discuss the trials and tribulations of local government.

Film Screening with HipStory Founder Cliff Notez ’15

May 1, 2017 Cliff Notez ’15, founder of hipstory.org, will screen two short films, The Art of Being Haunted and Vitiligo. These films depict the…

Regional CS Conference

On April 7 and 8th, three Wheaton Computer Science students, Katie Merin ’17, Kristina Reddy ’17 and Emma Steffens ’18, attended the Regional CS Conference…

Doing Things With Philosophy

Philosopher Helen De Cruz profiles people with philosophy degrees who work outside of academia.

Mark Cuban says: “Study Philosophy”

In a recent interview, Mark Cuban stressed the value of “creative thinking.” He believes that there will soon be less demand for computer programming and…

Professor Betsy Dyer and Heterolobosea

Professor Dyer co-authored a chapter on Heterolobosea, a group of about 150 described species of heterotrophs.

Justin Doty ’17 publishes book

History Major Justin Doty ‘17 recently had his book The American Presidency for Beginners published through For Beginners.

History Club Special Event

The History and Education Clubs are bringing a Pilgrim interpreter from Plimoth Plantation to discuss life on Plimoth Plantation. Refreshments will be served. Thursday, 13 April,…

Screening of What Tomorrow Brings with Director/Producer Beth Murphy

April 4, 2017 With unprecedented access, What Tomorrow Brings goes inside the very first girls’ school in one small Afghan village. Never before had fathers…