Studying STEM at Whitman

Watch the videos in this playlist to see STEM success stories, and learn more about the research being done by students and faculty at Whitman College.

Featured Stories

Read stories from Whitman Magazine and the Whitman Newsroom to see the latest news about students, faculty and alumni studying science, technology, enigneering and math at Whitman.

  • Just the Facts: Alum Creates No-Spin COVID-19 Data Center

    September 29, 2020 • Amid a global pandemic, Steve McConnell ’85, a software engineer and data scientist, was frustrated with his inability to understand what was going on. He encountered what he saw as biased and unreliable data.

  • Get to Know Newly Promoted Whitman Faculty

    August 28, 2020 • Whitman College faculty members who received tenure or promotion to full professor for the 2020-2021 academic year answered questions about their areas of expertise, their passions and what they love about Whitman students.

  • Whitman-Mayo Partnership Challenges and Fosters Budding Scientists

    August 13, 2020 • As research experiences and internships around the nation were canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Assistant Professor Michael Coronado picked up the phone. He wanted to make sure that Whitman College’s first two fellows in the Whitman-Mayo Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program didn’t miss out on the chance to work with Mayo Clinic. So he reached out to DeLisa Fairweather ’87, his mentor and director of Translational Cardiovascular Research at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.

  • Beckman Scholars Keep STEM Community Connected

    July 29, 2020 • The Whitman College campus may be largely closed, but dozens of students are still spending their summer engaged in meaningful research, though it may not look like they expected. Keeping that group connected and working to build a community among student researchers are the college’s three Beckman Scholars — new graduate Alexandra Moore ’20 and rising seniors Silas Miller and Hunter Hansen.