It is not uncommon for Wheaton students to organize a community service event, particularly for those living in a Beard Hall learning community. But, when the six students in the Peace with the Middle East learning community decided to do something really big to help children living in Israel and Lebanon, they organized a Nov. 11 international benefit concert.

Stephanie Burlington's class, Theatre and Social Change, is using a blog to record their responses to topical plays.

NORTON, Mass. -- Wheaton faculty and students, members of the Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project Consortium that is led by the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, are among the scientists who announced today the decoding and analysis of the genome sequence of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

The time has come for the U. S. to look to Iran as a potential strategic partner, rather than a point on the Axis of Evil, writes professor of political science Jerry Murphy in the an essay published by Newsday.

Myles Matteson, a 2006 graduate of Wheaton College, was named a 2007 Marshall Scholar today. Matteson is one of approximately 40 college students nationwide to earn the honor, and he is the second Wheaton student to win the award since 2001.

The opportunity to play at Carnegie Hall is a musician's dream. Earl Raney, assistant professor of music in performance, has had the chance several times. Raney recently played principal trumpet at Carnegie with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.

Horticulturalist and greenhouse caretaker Jane Young will start visitors on a self-guided tour of the facility. Visit the greenhouse's desert environment as well as its miniature rain forest.