Wheaton wins grant to mentor future professors
Wheaton College has been awarded a $700,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a program to help the next generation of college professors sharpen their teaching skills. (more)
New science center to promote connections, community
The Center for Scientific Inquiry and Innovation, slated for completion in 2011, reflects Wheaton's commitment to rigorous study of the sciences in a liberal arts environment. The 99,000-square-foot construction and renovation project represents the most ambitious building project in Wheaton history. (more)
English prof wins Fulbright
Wheaton English professor and writer-in-residence Sue Standing will teach literature and poetry writing and work on a series of poems in Toulouse, France, this fall as a Fulbright Scholar. (more)
Film wins top festival prize
The latest feature film by Associate Professor of Art and Film Jake Mahaffy won the Grand Jury Award for best "feature film" at the South By Southwest Film Festival held recently in Austin. The movie, Wellness, follows the travails of a hapless pyramid-scheme salesman striving to succeed in a business that doesn't exist. (more)
Wheaton professor recognized with MacDowell fellowship
Associate Professor of English and playwright-in-residence Charlotte Meehan has been awarded a coveted Alpert/MacDowell Colony Fellowship. The prestigious organization received more than 800 applications and awarded 77 residences for the season. Professor Meehan , who also holds an artist-in-residence position with the Perishable Theater in Providence, R.I., was one of seven playwrights who received a residency for the summer. (more)
Programming for biologists
To advise biologists navigating the unfamiliar terrain of computer programming, Wheaton professors Betsy Dyer (biology) and Mark LeBlanc (computer science) have written a guidebook, Perl for Exploring DNA, that serves as an introduction to computer-aided searching of biological sequences. The book grew of the pair's connected courses and their research collaboration with students. (more)