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News about Wheaton students, faculty and alumnae/i in the sciences.
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Family matters
As Superstorm Sandy chased tens of thousands of New Yorkers from Lower Manhattan in October, Joseph Lee ’08 played a role in an altogether different human drama less than two miles from surging floodwaters.
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Biology major sails into academic adventure
Elizabeth “Betsy” Meyer ’14 enrolled in the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport, which has been giving undergraduates a hands-on interdisciplinary experience learning about the sea since 1977. -
Water balloon challenge
On a beautiful October morning at Wheaton College, an introductory physics class left their lab behind and stepped outside. They aimed to impress (and soak!) their professor while investigating kinetic and potential energy.
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Studying the rising tide
A new two-year NSF grant will allow Professor Evans, four Wheaton students and collaborators from several other institutions to conduct field research in the Disko Bay region of western Greenland. -
Molecular building blocks
Chemistry professor Thandi Buthelezi has won a $94,000 grant to support research that could aid in the development of nanotechnology tools useful in medicine and other applications.
From the Quarterly
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New York Times interviews professor about technology in the classroom
The New York Times interviewed Professor of Computer Science Mark LeBlanc, who teaches the course “Computing for Poets,” in which students learn the Python programming language and use it to create software that analyzes large bodies of text. -
Creating learning opportunities from research grants
Professor Matthew Evans and four Wheaton students will spend the next three summers above the Arctic Circle seeking to better understand how the melting of Greenland’s glaciers will contribute to rising sea levels. -
A minute with . . . Samuel Neill ’13
Biology major Samuel Neill ’13 is used to challenges: But he really had his hands full in unexplored territory last summer. -
Protecting wildlife in Botswana
During the academic year, varsity volleyball team member Olanna Nissim ’13 is a defense specialist. But last summer, she spent time defending something else she loves on very different turf.
