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Stripped.

March 28 & 29, 2013 A play, written, directed, produced and performed by Wheaton students, Stripped. exposes stories, personal narratives and monologues surrounding sexuality and…

A is for Absence/A is for Asymmetry: Using Archives to Theorize the Absence of Black Girlhood in Histories of Pedophilia

April 8, 2013 Lunchtime talk by Kelly Ball, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Emory University. In 1899, Dr. Silas Arrowood, a white physician in…

Jonathan Walsh travels to Senegal to study francophone literature of West Africa

With the support of a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, Professor Walsh traveled to Senegal to experience the rich cultural milieu of…

“Einstein’s Jewish Science” Wed. 2/20 @ 5:30 pm

On Wednesday, February 20, at 5:30 p.m., Steven Gimbel will give a talk on his recent book, Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of…

Music Major Thomas Van Duyne (’14)

For his final project in Writing in Professional Contexts (English 280), jazz saxophonist and music major Tommy Van Duyne created a digital portrait of jazz…

Immigration, Violence, and Vulnerability: A Reflection by Cecilia Menjivar

Cecilia Menjivar, Cowden Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the T. Denny School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University is the Cole Lecturer at…

English Language Conversation Group

Senior women’s studies major and writing tutor Rasheeda Abdul-Musawwir has begun an English-language conversation group, which met once weekly during the fall semester for informal…

Women’s Basketball Team Fosters Friendship With Heller’s Angels

Vote Lyons today and help the Woman’s Basketball Team win $500 towards its next Special Olympics event.

Professor Mathis talks about Wheaton’s Honor Code

In the first Flash Seminar of the 2012-13 academic year, Stephen Mathis, associate professor of philosophy, discusses the characteristics of social contracts and why Wheaton’s…

Wheaton Philosophers Share Internship Experiences

In the Republic, Socrates argues that philosophers should “go down into the cave again” to undertake 15 years of internships (539e). At Wheaton, we just…

Happy World Philosophy Day!

The third Thursday of every November is World Philosophy Day. Established by UNESCO in 2002, World Philosophy Day’s objective “is to encourage the peoples of…

Marise Jiménez: CBS NYC

Learn more about Marise Jiménez’s summer internship at CBS.