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Eliza Be Tweetin’

A new initiative of the Gebbie archives tweets the daily pocket diary of early college patron, Eliza Baylies Wheaton.

On the Meaning(s) of ‘After’: A Unification of Spatial, Temporal, and Aspectual Uses

Sylvia Reed, Mellon Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Applied Linguistics presents the next Faculty Lunch Talk.

Mellon Postdoctoral Candidate in Art History—Halle O’Neal

March 22, 2013 Halle O’Neal, Postdoctoral Fellow, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Harvard University, Mellon Postdoctoral Candidate in Art History presents: “The Universe in a…

Bach and the British

March 20, 2013 William MacPherson, organ, performs music by J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and British composers. Cole Memorial Chapel 7:30pm

Professor Eric Kelley’s new publication in Cultural Survival

Visiting Instructor of Anthropology, Professor Eric Kelley’s new publication in Cultural Survival Quarterly on the land tenure struggles of the Avá-Guaraní in Paraguay touches on…

Readings by the Writer—Coleman Barks and Lisa Starr

March 18, 2013 Barks is the author of numerous Rumi translations and has been a student of Sufism since 1977. His work with Rumi was…

Alumna lands tenure-track job

Jessica Gordon-Roth ’04 recently shared exciting news: She has accepted a tenure track appointment in the Philosophy Department at Lehman College, CUNY! Congrats, Jess! Currently…

Women Playwrights in America

Three of America’s foremost playwright-intellectuals—Ruth Margraff, Lisa Schlesinger, and Caridad Svich — discuss the state of theatre in our culture, censorship, the politics of form,…

Wheaton means business

On March 1st, Wheaton established a new major in business and management. The new major draws upon the breadth and depth of the college’s liberal…

Readings by the Writer—Gina Apostol

Apostol’s first two novels each won the Philippine National Book Award for Fiction (1997 and 2010). Excerpts from her novel in progress, The Unintended, appear…

Great Woods Chamber Orchestra presents “Sketches of Spain”

The 50-member Great Woods Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Delvyn Case, presented a concert of music inspired by Spain in December 2012.

So Sue Me! A Contrarian’s History of College Student Litigation

Please join Assist. Prof. of Education Scott Gelber at the next faculty lunch talk on Tuesday, March 5th at 12:30 pm in PDR I and…