Student Awards and Scholarships
Rhodes Scholar:
Carolyn Wills '05 (Chemistry minor)
Miles Sweet '01 (Chemistry)
Fulbright Scholar:
Megan O'Sadnick '09 (Physics)
Blair Rosetti '09 (Biochemistry)
Ashlan Musante '08 (Chemistry)
Ashley Young '07 (Environmental Science)
John Heywood '05 (Independent major in science, technology and society)
Andrea Christoforou '01 (Mathematics/Pre-Med)
Susan Habas '01 (Biochemistry)
Udall Scholar:
David Giuliania '03 (Environmental Science)
Goldwater Scholarship
Blair Rosetti '09 (Biochemistry)
Jessia Krick '99 (Physics)
Sam Beal '09
Sam won the Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Book Award for the best student presentation at the NE Student Chemistry Conference in May, 2009.
Jeremy Tudisco '06
Jeremy won the 2006 Best Student Poster Award at the Northeast Conference of the Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges for his work: "Graphical and Statistical Modeling of a doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Y3Al2(AlO4)3) Crystal". Jeremy worked with Professor John Collins, Physics and Professor Mike Gousie, Computer Science.
Good Tidings: The History and Ecology of Shellfish Farming in the Northeast
Professor of Biology Barbara Brennessel's new book on the history of the New England shellfish industry.
A sea on a moon of Saturn?
Collins and Goodman suggest there may be a sea of water trapped beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
The science of teamwork
Professor of Biology Robert Morris and Blair Rossetti '09 discuss the science of teamwork.
Rooting through Wheaton's herbarium
Alexandra ("Lexie") Sabella '08 examines the cabinets that hold Wheaton College's herbarium.
Interdisciplinary trio in genomics publish
Bio-Stats-CompSci faculty suggest evidence for convergent evolution
Gousie and Milewski '07 highlight errors in digital maps
Dr. Mike Gousie and computer science major Sarah Milewski '07 publish their research on digital error visualization
Biology team publishes in Science
Professor Morris leads Wheaton contribution to Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project
Life in Heavy Metal
Chemistry Professor Jani Benoit picks up the mercury trail
Diamonds in the Marsh
Dr. Barbara Brennessel publishes her new book on Terrapin Turtles
Galápagos - an icon for ecotourism
Dr. John Kricher urges serious students of natural history that a visit to the Galápagos is a must
Bacteriocentricity
Dr. Betsey Dyer's Field Guide: a call to experience the world as bacteria exerience it