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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…

“Interplanetary Hygiene: The risk of accidentally infecting other planets with Earth life”

Geoff Collins will address the scientific, biological, and philosophical aspects of our commitment to the UN Outer Space Treaty at the next faculty lunch talk…

Victor Rosenbaum, piano

October 5, 2011 Described by the Boston Globe as “one of those artists who make up for all the drudgery the habitual concertgoer endures in…

Voice of an Artist—Carol Wax

September 30, 2011 Carol Wax, one of the United States’s leading authorities on-and practitioners of-the art of mezzotint printmaking, is also a popular author, educator…

“Will Obama Be a One-Term President?”

Professor Jay Goodman makes his prediction about President Obama’s term(s) in office at the next faculty lunch talk on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.

Buried up to My Neck While Thinking Outside the Box

September 29, 2011 Visiting artist George Sanchez performs his one-man show, which he describes as “a motionless monologue inspired a little by Beckett’s Happy Days…

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…

A Faculty Lunch Tree “Walk”

Take a faculty lunch walk with Scott Shumway to tour some of Wheaton’s most interesting trees”

Music from Salem: Carlton Russell, organ

September 25, 2011 Join us as we welcome Professor of Music Emeritus, Carlton Russell, organ, in a rare guest performance of music featuring L’Homme armé…

Readings by the Writer—Pablo Medina

September 22, 2011 Pablo Medina, born in Havana, Cuba, is a bilingual poet, fiction writer, translator and memoirist. He will read from his most recent…

Courtyard Boulders Reveal Meaning

Geoff Collins, Associate Professor of Geology, told us about the boulders that are placed around the courtyard.