Anthropology's best

A study of how Guatemala's epidemic of violence against women has spread and grown over the past century won anthropology professor M. Gabriela Torres and her co-author an award for the best journal article of the year.

Appointing new chief financial officer

Brian D. Douglas, who heads central budget planning for the University of Massachusetts system, has been appointed vice president for finance and administration at Wheaton College. His selection comes at the end of a comprehensive national search for a chief financial officer.

Digital scholarship

History professor Kathryn Tomasek has been named to a newly formed national leadership council for promoting the practice of digital scholarship in the humanities.

Leading scholars

Wheaton College continues to rank among the top ten liberal arts colleges in the nation, when it comes to preparing students to win Fulbright Scholarships for advanced study and work abroad.

Other News

• Look Again
  

  The first New England solo exhibition by renowned artist Ken Aptekar

• Lyons pride
  

  Students declare December 7 as Wheaton Wednesday.

• Open house
  

  Tour the new greenhouse in the Mars science center

• Death and taxes
  

  Former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis joins panel discussion on taxes and the 2012 election

• The Arab Spring
  

  Prof. Tobin explains why we should care.