Organist Carlton T. Russell will play a recital in Cole Memorial Chapel at Wheaton College on Sunday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. The program will consist of music by Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), a German composer considered in his lifetime the equal of Bruckner and Brahms. The event will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the college's large Casavant pipe organ.

The Wheaton College greenhouses will offer an open house and repotting clinic on Monday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Horticulturalist and greenhouse caretaker Jane Young will be available to answer questions.

The importance of protecting the environment was instilled in Ellen Perkins ’11 at a very young age. Now she will be able to pursue that interest, thanks to a $46,500 fellowship award.

Robert L. Morris, associate professor of biology, has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his continuing research on the roles of cilia in animal development.

Poet and author Gardner McFall, a Class of 1974 Wheaton graduate, will come to campus on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m. to give a poetry reading for students. The event is open to the campus community as well as the public.

Students who have questions about the flu, including H1N1, can join an online discussion with other college students from the Boston area on Friday at 12 noon. The Q&A session is being hosted by WBUR.

The question was simple: What does the U.S. Constitution mean to you? Associate Professor of Philosophy Stephen Mathis posted the question to a group of recent graduates who have experience in political science, public policy or the law. His purpose: to provoke reflection on the United States' founding document as a way to commemorate Constitution Day (September 17).

Wheaton set to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the institution's establishment and the 200th birthday of one of founder Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton.