On the Web Go to tinyurl.com/2012whitmancommencement to see more Commencement photos from Greg Lehman, Darren Ellis, Allison Felt ’13, Tessa Matson ’12 and Faith Bernstein ’14. Campus News 2 President’s Letter 3 Verbatim 4 In Brief: News from the campus community 6 Now Is the Time campaign update 8 An interview with author Eric schlosser 8 Faculty and staff award recipients 10 Lecture scene 11 scoreboard 12 In Their Words: Kevin Pogue 14 Whitman History 101: Hidden places 16 Fellowships and grants news the green issue 18 Professor’s research saves more than lives 22 Ashleyschaeffer ’04 fights big palm oil 23 Lisa Curtis ’10 turns people on to solar power 24 25 “green facts” about Whitman 27 Mark Giordano ’88 earns a prestigious prize 28 students take on global warming skeptic 30 A novel major focuses on our place in nature 32 Art meshes with environment Alumni News 34 Letters capture spirit of a bygone era 38 Flashback: Memories of your college days 41 Alumni Profile: Drew shoals ’05 43 Focus on Faculty: roberta Davidson Errata on page 32 of the March 2012 issue of Whitman Magazine, the popula- tion of Lilongwe, Malawi, was incorrect. The correct population is 821,000. We regret the error. July 2012 1
Whitman Magazine July 2012
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