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Interactive Storytelling: A Conversation with Ken Levine

September 21, 2016 Ken Levine, creative director and writer of blockbuster videogames Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite, will discuss his work and the process of designing…

Professor Owens prepares for Exhibition in Nepal

Professor Bruce Owens was in Nepal this summer to prepare for his upcoming exhibition of photographs that he has taken over the past thirty four…

Anthropology and Health

What anthropology has to do with creating health content.

Liu ’14, at Northwestern Law

Weichi Liu ’14, will transfer to Northwestern Law school in Chicago in the fall. This summer he is interning at a law firm in Beijing,…

International Students Go Big in Chase Small

What is college in Italy like? Should people call you by a nickname that they find easier to pronounce than your given name? What kinds…

Education Honors Thesis

Lissy Hodge successfully defended her thesis on implicit gender bias in elementary school mathematics instruction.

How Widespread is Poor Mental Health in the United States?

Have you ever spent any amount of time worrying about mental illness in people around you? Well, you’re not alone. By Rachael Barbaresi ’18

Examining the Politics of the “Wheaton Bubble”

Does being at a liberal arts college like Wheaton require an implicit allegiance to political liberalism, and is so just what sort of liberalism is…

The Evolving Linkages between Parenthood and Marriage

If marriage is no longer the context for child-rearing and sexual expression, does it have a future. It’s for us to decide. By Pia Parisi-Marcoux…

2016 Kollett Award Winners

Grace Ulinsky ’17 and Lithia Helmreich ’16 win the Math and Computer Science Kollett Award.

Race, Class and Public Opinion: How America Fails to Tell the Whole Story

What happens if you don’t look for variation when you make empirical generalization? Here’s what you can miss. By Rachel Iafolla ’18

Pained to be an American? A Malady that Only Social and Political Reform Can Remedy

Don’t be surprised at the eruption of anger and outrage in today’s electorate. It’s been building for a long time and it is something that…