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Zachary Agush ’12

Zachary Agush helps keeps food on the tables of the families of Massachusetts.

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice

by Sedra Davis, Class of 2014. In my English 101 class last semester, I was assigned the task of choosing a topic or subject that…

Reiss pays attention to cognitive function

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jason E. Reiss, a cognitive neuroscientist, is researching the hidden mental processes involved in the acquisition and use of visual information.

Wheaton Wins National Recognition for Writing!

The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), an association within the National Council of Teachers of English, has awarded the Wheaton College Writing Across…

Professor Griffin pays attention to mindfulness

Professor Mary Lee Griffin is researching mindfulness practices and the effect on young readers and writers.

Professor Gelber’s book is published

The University and the People: Envisioning American Higher Education in an Era of Populist Revolt has been published by The University of Wisconsin Press as…

Punctuation AND Repunctuation

by Joel C. Relihan. I write with a certain formality regardless of medium. I have never sent an uncapitalized e-mail; on the rare occasions when…

Technology Camp at Wheaton

When we turn on our computers and connect to the Internet, we enter into a virtual world that has transformed writing, writing practices, and writing…

Tuesday, Nov. 9: Guest lecture

Prof. Sebastian Purcell presents “The Human Condition: A Latin American Approach.”

Debate on “what does it mean to be human?” held Oct. 27

The Philosophy Club hosted a discussion and debate on “What does it mean to be human?” at the Lyons Den Coffeehouse.

Writing on Fire: From Outline to Orgasm

When I plan to write something–after emptying wastebaskets, walking dogs, fiddling about, anything to prevent that initial moment of staring at a blank computer screen…

Wed. Oct. 20th: Kendy Hess to give a talk at Wheaton

Kendy Hess, the Brake-Smith Assistant Professor in Social Philosophy and Ethics at The College of the Holy Cross will be coming to campus on Wednesday,…