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Penrose Library welcomes new Jacob Hashimoto art installationAugust 24, 2016 Starting this fall semester, a new permanent installation by artist Jacob Hashimoto will find a home in the atrium of Penrose Library.
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New dining hall to be named in honor of dean Chuck ClevelandAugust 24, 2016 Cleveland has been an important part of many students’ experiences at Whitman over the past three decades.
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Griselda Guevara-Cruz '11 earns fellowship with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
August 24, 2016 Guevara-Cruz expects her work to focus on education issues.
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The African CenturyThe founder of nonprofits Akili Dada and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg ’01 is tending a global garden and watching it grow.
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Mara Abbott '08: My Ride in Rio
August 19, 2016 The Colorado cyclist and Whitman alumna talks about that epic Olympic day, and her road ahead.
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MLB approves deal which will make John Stanton '77 the CEO of the Seattle Mariners
August 18, 2016 "The No. 1 goal of this ownership group is to win a World Series," says Stanton about the recently approved deal.
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Gary Rollefson on his current research in Jordan
August 18, 2016 Rollefson shares his findings on what's been learned from the 'Ain Ghazal excavations
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Mind the GapWhere urban planning meets questions of equity and inclusion: there, Oregon Department of Transportation’s Talia Jacobson ’04 has found her calling.
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Whitman geology professor captures 3-D views of landmark Washington State rock formation
August 15, 2016 The Twin Sisters basalt towers along the Columbia River are the subject of Assistant Professor of Geology and Enviromental Studies Lyman Persico's new 3-D imaging project.
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Former ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Ryan Crocker '71 interviewed on NPR about war in Syria
August 11, 2016 Ryan Crocker '71 discussed U.S. and Russian involvement in Syria as a guest on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
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The History of Residence Life at WhitmanA timeline of residence life at Whitman College and the buildings that supported it.
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Building a Residential FutureThe Living at Whitman Initiative will be the key to a closer-knit campus community.
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Victoria Davidson '15 contributes to study on the decline of New England's blue mussel population
August 9, 2016 Study finds that blue mussel numbers have declined by more than 60 percent along the gulf coastline.
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Tania Lown-Hecht '07, communications director for the Outdoor Alliance, advocates for public lands
August 9, 2016 Lown-Hecht was drawn to the work because she feels that she "owe[s] her life to medical research and to the outdoors."
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The Solitary BeeProfessor of Biology Heidi Dobson and her students study the relationship between bees and the flowers they visit and pollinate, revealing more about the world of insects.
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Mara Abbott '08 finishes just out of the medals in Rio
August 7, 2016 Abbott, leading with 150 meters to go, was passed in a dramatic finish.
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Whitman alumna to compete in 2016 Olympic GamesAugust 4, 2016 Mara Abbott '08 will represent team USA in the women’s road race this Sunday.
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Holly Brooks '04 retires from skiing and starts new career
August 2, 2016 Former U.S. Ski Team member and two-time olympian talks about what's next
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Professor David Schmitz to write latest volume of Whitman’s historyAugust 1, 2016 Professor David Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim chair of history, will research and write the third volume of Whitman’s history over the next five years.
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