Whitman Stories
April 11, 2022
Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner on Unintended Consequences of Discovery
In this overview of lab accidents that changed the world, including the invention of Scotchgard, Associate Professor of Sociology and Garrett Fellow Alissa Cordner explains how products with hormone-disrupting PFAS are “pretty much everywhere you look.”
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April 5, 2022
Simple Homes CEO Jeff Hopfenbeck ’11 Reimagines Housing Construction
At the factory, each piece of wood is printed with assembly instructions and moved to one of three assembly lines, where a team of framers nails together a frame. The process is powered by detailed digital plans and customized computer software, and has drawn new focus during the recent labor crunch and housing shortage.
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March 21, 2022
Devon Player ’23 Named Newman Civic Fellow
Whitman College junior sociology major Devon Player from Snoqualmie, Washington, has received a Newman Civic Fellowship from Campus Compact.
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March 18, 2022
$2 Million Gift Endows Kathleen M. Murray Chair in Computer Science
A gift from Christina and Peter Dawson, parents of Adam Dawson ’16, will enable the college to expand the department toward providing students with increasingly critical digital skills.
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March 18, 2022
Whitman's Early Financial Aid Guarantee Provides Transparency, Clarity
According to The New York Times’ “Your Money” columnist, Ron Lieber, Whitman College is “in the vanguard of a movement toward transparency about the price of college and the process for lowering it.”
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March 15, 2022
Stephen Hammond ’79 Named 2022 Commencement Speaker
Emeritus Scientist at the United States Geological Survey Stephen Hammond ’79 will take the podium this spring as Whitman College’s 2022 Commencement Speaker.
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March 14, 2022
Tommy Lloyd ’98 named Pac-12 Coach of the Year
Tommy Lloyd ’98 wins Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the tournament title in his debut season as head coach at the University of Arizona.
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March 11, 2022
A Look Back at Power & Privilege 2022
This year’s symposium covered issues including diversity in sports at Whitman, religious inclusion, abortion access, entrepreneurship in BIPOC communities and barriers for first-generation college students.
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March 1, 2022
Whitman Women’s Basketball Team Bound for NCAA Tournament
The Northwest Conference champs take on Whittier College on Friday, March 4, 2022.
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February 17, 2022
Going ‘Beyond the Bare Minimum’
When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, there’s always more work to be done, say 2022 Power & Privilege Symposium organizers.
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February 14, 2022
Professor Michelle Janning Shares Insights on Cultural Values and Romance
Janning, a professor of sociology and author of Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age, explains how couples control the presentation of their love story to others, and how for celebrity couples, relationships and breakups “are happening in a marketplace where their image as people who abide by romantic values is a lot more scrutinized, and therefore probably a lot more controlled because their livelihoods depend on it.”
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February 14, 2022
Professor Eunice Blavascunas Sheds Light on Poland-Belarus Border Region
The Polish government has begun construction of a massive wall across its eastern border to block migrants traveling through neighboring Belarus. Human rights groups and conservationists warn it will damage fragile ecosystems, including Białowieża Forest, which Blavascunas wrote about in her book “Foresters, Borders, and Bark Beetles: The Future of Europe’s Last Primeval Forest.”
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