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Public Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Policy

Wheaton Alum Meg Riggs ’97 speaks about her work in the U.S Department of State. Monday November 28th, 4 p.m., Lyons Lounge, Balfour-Hood

Moot Court Regional Competition Success!

Wheaton students succeed at their first regional Moot Court competition.

Boroujerdi on the Arab Spring

Scholar and author, Mehrzad Boroujerdi speaks about the Arab Spring during the Modern Islamic World Program.

Simon Saradzhyan on Putin’s Return

On Thursday November 10 the department of political science hosted a talk (funded by the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation) Simon Saradzhyan “Putin’s Return and Alternative…

Grant Park

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/