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    Whitman Undergraduate Conference

    The Whitman Undergraduate Conference celebrates the scholarship and creativity of Whitman students over a day dedicated entirely to their presentations, posters and performances. More »
    Undergraduate Conference

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    Global Studies Symposium

    Global Studies Symposium 2013 - Food

    The theme of the 2013 Whitman College Global Studies Symposium is "FOOD." The 2013 Global Studies Symposium will be held Saturday, February 23, 1:00-4:00 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium.

    Keynote speeches include: "The End of Overeating" by Dr. David Kessler… More »

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    Student Research

    Semester in the West

    Semester in the West is an interdisciplinary field program focusing on public lands conservation and rural life in the interior American West. Our objective is to know the West in its many dimensions, including its diverse ecosystems, its social and political communities, and the many ways these ecosystems and communities find expression in regional environmental writing and public policy. More »

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Congratulations to the Class of 2013

Commencement Wrap-up

Commencement 2013

Commencement took place on May 19. This year's Commencement Speaker was Eric Idle. More »

Students on and off campus

Whittie Accomplishments

Discovery Channel Telescope site

Danielle Wilson ’13 and Assistant Professor of Astronomy Nathaniel Paust ’98 use the Discovery Channel Telescope to investigate how the Milky Way Galaxy may have originated. More »

Nord Award Recipients

Diana Boesch '13 and Maikor Pereira Azuaje '14 each earned funding from the college for their research projects. More »