Winter 2008
Food for thought
Early one September morning, long before many students were even thinking about breakfast, eight first-year students, biology professor Betsey Dyer and Instructor of Biology Deborah Cato were up at 5:30 a.m. to harvest food from Moose Hill Community Farm a few miles from Wheaton College.
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A world of good
"I'm here to connect two of my worlds-Norton and Wheaton," Professor of Psychology Grace Baron says, addressing a crowd in the Woolley Room, "through a program that I love."
Baron introduces the course instructor, Geoffrey Collins, who steps to the podium. Behind him, an imposing image of a space satellite fills a wall screen. In front of him, a group of mostly gray-haired-and entirely attentive-students fill the seats.(more)
Life guard
July 29, 2002. 6:30 a.m.
Katie Touhey's phone rang.
Six pilot whales had beached themselves in Dennis, Mass. Touhey, senior scientist and executive director of the Cape Cod Stranding Network, raced to the office to load rescue gear. Another call. Ten pilot whales were on the beach. Another call, 30. Then, nearly 60.(more)
