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A Broader Perspective on Psychology

Peony Fhagen, associate professor of psychology and chair of psychology department, has been teaching multicultural psychology at Wheaton for 11 years.

Community outreach

Marguerite Dooley, class of 2016, has an impressive resume in community outreach, serving at risk children, teens and adults.

Honors Thesis Editing & Revising Workshop

What do pizza and writing have in common? Everything, if you’re attending the February 25 Editing and Revising Honors Thesis Workshop offered by Professors Connie…

The Philosopher as Artist

March 7, 2016Raphael Sassower, Professor of Philosophy at University of Colorado (Colorado Springs), has written on subjects from the avant-garde and post-capitalism to technoscience and…

Alumni Teaching in New York City

Sarah Lewis started teaching at the Stephen Gaynor School in New York City and was pleased to discover that Rachel Arbesfeld, the school’s math specialist,…

Does the Media Make Self-Governance Impossible?

Professor Lessig presents a lecture linking the current structure of political media to the possibilities for self-governance.

Talk by Amelia Jackson, ’16

This talk will look at one way in which Abstract Algebra and Cryptography work together to create secure ways to send messages.

Math/CS Department Tea

Monday, February 1, 2016, 3:30 – 4:30pm, SC Suite 1305

Greg Poulin on US security

Greg Poulin ’11 has recently published two articles regarding US security policy.

Wouldn’t You Like a Barbie Doll Instead?

The fact that Little Sally is raising issues of gender equality and sexism in popular media suggests that Santa better watch out. The times might…

Linking nature and creative writing

Carrie Decker ’14 was awarded a Watson Fellowship, researching the connections between nature conservation and creative writing. She shares her poetry here.

Best Buds or What?

Today we might guess that photographs of two men holding hands and sitting on each others’ laps would indicate they were gay. But not so…