Wheaton College Norton, Massachusetts
Wheaton College
The Sciences

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  • Rachelle DeCoste

    Women in math

    A $12,000 award from the NSA will help fund the Career Mentoring Workshop, which is scheduled to take place at the end of June. The three-day gathering prepares women who are Ph.D. candidates in math for their job search and creates a network of mentors and peers. More »
  • Ben Montgomery

    Alum’s career takes flight at avian center

    Ben Montgomery ’04 has found both purpose and excitement at the Raptor Trust, one of the largest and most respected wild-bird rehabilitation and conservation centers in the United States. More »
  • Building excitement

    Thanks to the support of alumnae/i, parents and friends, the college opened the Mars Center for Science and Technology. More »
  • DNA ribbon cutting

    Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are standard practice for new buildings. Because the Mars Center for Science and Technology is anything but ordinary, it deserved something a bit more special. The solution: a 60-foot-long strand of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). More »
  • Faces and spaces

    If walls could talk, the spaces in the Mars Center for Science and Technology would tell stories of dedication, commitment and passion. More »
  • Neuro

    From molecules to minds

    It weighs three pounds, produces 70,000 thoughts a day, and contains 100 billion neurons. Amassing facts about the human brain is easy. Understanding how it works is not. More »
  • Jason Reiss

    Jason Reiss, psychology

    Reiss’s work focuses on how we experience the world through visual perception. A cognitive neuroscientist, he uses high-density electroencephalography (EEG) to measure electrical activities in the brain. More »
  • Rolf Nelson

    Rolf Nelson, psychology

    Nelson’s studies the way in which visual scenes are organized into something meaningful via processes like figure-ground organization and Gestalt grouping. More »
  • Bob Morris

    Robert Morris, biology

    Morris, a neurobiologist, studies the process by which cilia form. Cilia are long appendages of cells that beat like paddles to move fluid over a cell or stand straight like antennae. More »
  • Kathy Morgan

    Kathleen Morgan, psychology

    Morgan investigates the stress of animals in captive environments and the ways in which humans can try to reduce it. More »