Poet Olga Livshin will discuss culture, translation, history, current events, and share her experiences of living as an immigrant under the Trump Administration and with Putin's war on Ukraine looming as this year's Davis Memorial Guest Lecturer.
Join special guest speaker, Dr. Alexandra Herzog, Assistant Director of the American Jewish Council of New England along with a panel of Wheaton faculty in remembering the tragedy of the Holocaust as well as recognizing its lasting impact.
Join Dr. Stephen Colyer for this annual lecture series as he discusses a history of behavior analysis.
The work of racial justice begins with ourselves. When conflict and division are everyday realities, our instincts tell us to close ranks, to find the safety of our own tribe, and to blame others. The practice of embodied mindfulness–paying attention to our thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations in an open, nonjudgmental way–increases our emotional resilience, […]
Dr. Geoffrey Collins, Professor of Geology, will give the third Faculty Scholar Speaker Series talk, "Alien Ocean: How the geology of frozen worlds helps us to search for life inside Jupiter's moon Europa". Jupiter’s moon Europa hosts a vast underground ocean that may be suitable for life as we know it. Dr. Collins will give […]
Come learn about the leadership skills needed to be an advocate or activist, the different approaches to advocacy and activist work, and the opportunities to engage in advocacy and activisim as a student.
Tanya Luhrmann is the Watkins University Professor in the Anthropology Department at Stanford University, the author of When God Talks Back, and co-editor and contributor to Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia across Cultures.
The members of the Library, Technology, & Learning Committee are pleased to announce that the next Faculty Scholar Speaker Series talk will be given by Touba Ghadessi, Associate Professor of Art History and Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Faculty Affairs.
Come converse about trigger warnings which are statements that provide a “warning” about sensitive content for the purpose of providing adequate time for people to prepare for engaging with material that might “trigger” negative emotions and cause distress. The use of trigger warnings on college campuses has been fraught with controversy about accessibility, grit, and […]
Joseph Ewoodzie, author of the book Break Beats in the Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop’s Early Years, will talk about his scholarship. The book analyzes never-before-used archival material to provide a historical account of the making of hip hop. It focuses especially on a crucial but neglected period in hip hop's early years, 1975-79. The study has implications […]
