Wheaton environmental science major wins EPA scholarship
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Environmental scholar
September 23, 2009NIH grant
September 22, 2009
Prof. Morris wins three-year federal grant for sea urchin research
Goodman wins NASA grant to explore icy moons
June 18, 2009The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) has awarded Assistant Professor of Physics Jason Goodman a five-year grant to investigate the flows of ice-covered oceans on Europa (one of Jupiter’s moons) and other moons in the outer solar system.
Rossetti '09 to conduct stem cell research as Fulbright Scholar
May 1, 2009Biochemistry major Blair Rossetti ’09 will conduct stem cell research as a 2009 Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands. At Utrecht University, Rossetti will join the team of Sander van den Heuvel, one of the world’s premier scientists in the areas of cell division and polarity research.
Career workshop for women in math returns to Wheaton
April 3, 2009Rachelle DeCoste, assistant professor of mathematics, will bring her Career Mentoring Workshop for Women in math (CaMeW) to Wheaton for the second consecutive summer, thanks to a grant of $6,000 from the Mathematical Association of America/Tensor Foundation.
Wheaton senior wins Fulbright
April 1, 2009
The impact of a warming Earth on arctic glaciers will be the subject of senior Megan O’Sadnick’s research as a 2009 Fulbright Scholar.
Campus teach-in focuses on sustainability
March 23, 2009
The Wheaton community will hold its second annual Focus the Nation “teach-in” on March 23-26 with a series of events designed to raise awareness about sustainability practices on campus and in our daily lives.
Psychology major co-authors language acquisition study
February 9, 2009
Molly Rose Galdston ’09 is the co-author of a study on language development in children with autism that has been presented at two international conferences. The study points up important differences between bilingual and monolingual children with autism that could help refine treatment and intervention methods.
Honoring Bojan Jennings
October 27, 2008
Wheaton will present Professor of Chemistry Emerita Bojan Jennings with an honorary degree on Thursday, Oct. 30, at noon in Cole Memorial Chapel.
Groundbreaking
October 13, 2008
President Ronald A. Crutcher and the Board of Trustees are inviting the Wheaton community and local residents to the groundbreaking for the new Center for Scientific Inquiry and Innovation on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m.
