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BBMB Professor Brit Moss and Hannah Klaeser '17 Advance Research in Plant Biology

September 18, 2019 The pair co-authored a new peer-reviewed science publication in the journal Plant Direct.

Chemists Kato Killops ’06 and Hossein Baghdadi ’00 Create Innovative Materials at Nike

Chemists Kato Killops ’06 and Hossein Baghdadi ’00 create new high-tech materials on Nike’s Innovation team.

Politics Professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain Connects Classroom to Community through U.S.-Mexico Border Program

Politics professor and author Aaron Bobrow-Strain traverses literal and figurative borders to guide students from classroom to community.

Pendleton Round-Up Veterinarian Doug Corey ’72 Devotes Career to Animal Welfare

Pendleton Round-Up veterinarian Doug Corey ’72 devotes career to animal welfare.

Assistant Professor of English Mary Raschko Examines the Timeless Themes in Medieval Texts

Assistant Professor of English Mary Raschko focuses on medieval texts and finds ways to apply them to modern questions.

Rebecca Johnston ’22 Conquers Cancer with Determination to Study Medicine

Scholar-athlete Rebecca Johnston ’22 battles back from rare bone cancer with determination to study medicine.

Mentorship Is Key for Career Connector Jim Dow ’71

Jim Dow ’71 serves as a mentor to Whitties looking to make professional connections.

Developing Strong Voices

Whitman President Kathleen M. Murray discusses Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated” and the importance of finding one’s voice.

VIDEO: Meet the Class of 2023

September 6, 2019 The incoming class of 2023 is the most diverse in Whitman College history. Check out some of what makes this class special in this video.

Gender, Power, Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth Come Together for 'Cultivating the Queen'

September 5, 2019 On Saturday, Sept. 7, the Walla Walla community gets a chance to see the theatrical results of a Whitman College faculty-student summer research project.

Experience as Tour Guide Launched Economics Major into Technology Career

September 3, 2019 Applying to colleges wasn’t Brian Choe’s ’14 last experience with college admission processes. Today, it’s his full-time career. Choe is a program manager for Technolutions, a company that helps colleges manage student recruitment and enrollment.

Meet Our Whitties: Alexa Lim '22

September 3, 2019 Meet Our Whitties is an occasional feature produced by the Office of Communications. It features a Q&A with students from across Whitman College.

Whitman College Welcomes Most Diverse Incoming Class for 2019-2020 Year

August 29, 2019 Whitman College welcomes its most diverse incoming class for 2019-2020 year.

Internship with WCTS Built Foundation for Career in Sports Content

August 27, 2019 It’s nothing new that the skills learned by students while at Whitman will be beneficial later in life, but it is the variety of activities, classes, jobs and experiences from which these skills are acquired that may come as a surprise.

Student Researchers Help Advance Economics Projects

August 26, 2019 Along with more than two dozen research projects from departments across campus, this summer economics Assistant Professor Rosie Mueller worked with two Whitman College students on research projects supported by the Faculty-Student Summer Research Awards program.

Jerry Hillis '61 Happy to Support College that Supported Him

August 22, 2019 Jerry Hillis '61 knows the difference that scholarships can make for students. One made a difference for him. "I came from a very poor family," said Hillis. "I thought the only way I could go to college was on an athletics scholarship."

Summer Internship at Voz Shows Senior Different Paths to Activism

August 21, 2019 As a first-year at Whitman, Mayrangela Cervantes '20 knew she wanted to be a lawyer. Her ambition for legal defense led her to join Whitman's Borders as Methods (BAM) Club, a group that advocates for immigration reform and immigrant rights.

Summer Research Project Examines Feminism and Email Plug-In

August 19, 2019 Buyaki Nyatichi '20 and Associate Professor Janet Davis, chair of computer science, spent summer 2019 looking at the Gmail plug-in "Just Not Sorry." By studying the extension that aims to help women express confidence and feminist and linguistic literature, their studying how the tool relates to contemporary feminist values.

Whitman Featured in Princeton Review's Best 385 Colleges

August 15, 2019 The education services company recognized Whitman as being among "Best Western Colleges," "Colleges That Pay You Back" and "Green Colleges."

Whitman Named to Kiplinger "Best Value" Colleges

August 15, 2019 Kiplinger editors identified top schools using factors such as SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratio and graduation rate, as well as cost and financial aid.