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“Men Are from Fall, Women are from Spring: Seasonal and Gender Differences in Color Preference”

Rolf Nelson will present recent findings of a study about color preferences at the next Faculty Lunch Talk. (Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012)

The Eyes Have It! The Use of Eye Tracking as a Research Tool

The goal of this talk is to make faculty aware of the possibilities when using this measure and, hopefully, inspire interesting collaborative projects. (Tues., Dec.…

“The New England Renaissance Conference at Wheaton College: Scholarship and Pedagogy at Work”

Touba Ghadessi and Yuen-Gen Liang will lead a discussion on the pedagogy of scholarship and research and the goal of “professionalizing” students in a conference…

Chemistry of Chocolate

Chris Ellis of the Chemistry Department will discuss the origins of chocolate, share humorous anecdotes, and invite attendees to rate their favorite blend of this…

“Picture This: How First-year Writers Describe their Writing in Images and Words”

Associate Professor of English and Director of College Writing Lisa Lebduska shares a “metadiscourse” collected from first-year writers in the next faculty lunch talk on…

“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…

“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.

A Faculty Lunch Tree “Walk”

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

“The Spain-North Africa Project: The Foundation and Development of a New Academic Organization”

Professor Gen Liang of the History Department inaugurates a new season of lunch talks.

The Elizabeth Amen Nursery School is Turning 80!

Marge Werner, Director of the Amen Nursery School, invites you to learn how your students can benefit from doing research with young children. (Monday, April…

Vaccines, Mercury & Autism: Where’s the science?

Grace Baron, Professor of Psychology, will talk about the growing evidence of chemical and environmental contributors to the epidemic of autism. (Thursday, April 21)

The Wheaton College Digital History Project, 2004 – 2011

Kathryn Tomasek, Associate Professor of History, discusses digital methods of analysis used in the humanities and social sciences (Tuesday, April 12).