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Candice Nelson’s book about the democratization of presidential elections is published by the Brookings Institute Press.

UPDATE: Parker ’12 wins regional conference award!

Laura Parker ’12 has won the best undergraduate student poster award at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association.

Professor Ledezma at MLA

Professor Ledezma participated, as regional delegate for New England and Eastern Canada, in the deliberations of the forty-first annual meeting of the Delegate Assembly of…

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.

Parker ’12 presents research at regional conference

Laura Parker ’12, Assistant Professor Jason E. Reiss, and Associate Professor Rolf Nelson presented their research at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological…

Professor Kerner in Cura: A Literary Magazine of Art and Action

Professor Donna Kerner in collaboration with Patrick Rashleigh and the Wheaton in Tanzania 2011 Program published “Letters of Hope” in CURA’s inaugural issue: Casa (Issue…

Gorgeous Greenhouses Built for Learning

Jane Young, Greenhouse Caretaker, is thrilled about the gorgeous new Greenhouses atop the Mars Center for Science and Technology.

Is Philosophy the most practical major?

So says the Atlantic in a recent article: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/is-philosophy-the-most-practical-major/246763/

Prof. Celada presents new work on research ethics

Prof. Teresa Celada is presenting a paper entitled “Specifying Health Risks and Their Impact on Research Participants” at the 2011 Northern New England Philosophical Association…

Announcing Phil 298 “Philosophy and Race” Spring 2012

“What is race? Is race real? What is racism? Is racism different from white privilege? If race is unreal, how is it that racists are…

Congratulations Carry Osborne ’11

Carry Osborne ’11 writes with exciting news. His paper, “Why Death is a Loss: The Asymmetry of Pre-Natal and Post-Mortem Non-Existence,” has been accepted for presentation…

Philosophy Club Event

On Monday, October 24, at 7 pm, Paul Medeiros will speak on idealism and environmentalism in the philosophy of George Berkeley. He will share observations…