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Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner Advocates More Medical Screening with PFAS Exposure
June 29, 2021 For people with elevated exposure to a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS, commonly found in drinking water as well as consumer products with nonstick, waterproof or stain-resistant properties, medical screenings for conditions associated with PFAS may allow for early identification of indicators of disesase. PFAS exposure is linked to health issues including liver and kidney effects, damage to the immune system, several types of cancer, thyroid effects, reproductive harm, and developmental abnormalities.
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Sociology Professor Michelle Janning Reflects on Privacy, Personal Space During Pandemic
June 24, 2021 She explores how lockdown and telecommuting have amounted to an exercise in “boundary work,” a term sociologists use for the formal and informal ways we make distinctions and mark distance in our social worlds.
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Steve Hammond '79 Honors Enslaved Forebears in Historic Visit to Arlington House
June 14, 2021 The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington House, reopened after an extensive overhaul by the National Park Service. Descendants of both the confederate general and enslaved people who once lived and labored on the estate came together to mark the occasion. "I get emotional talking about it," Hammond said. "It's a very powerful opportunity to bring people together and try to make a difference and a better world."
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Brendan Dunlap ’19 Challenges Fashion Gender Binary Through Self-Expression
June 9, 2021 While still a student at Whitman, he began questioning what felt like the arbitrary division between men's and women's clothing, embracing styles that would traditionally be considered feminine. “I now dress completely for fun,” said Dunlap, who identifies as a queer man and advocates for gender fluidity as part of this year’s Levi’s “All Pronouns All Love” Pride campaign.
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Associate Professor of Art History & Visual Culture Studies Matt Reynolds Moderates Confluence Project Event
May 20, 2021 “Along the Columbia River: Maya Lin and the Confluence Project,” will be on view through Dec. 15 at Whitman College’s Maxey Museum and online.
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Board of Trustees Chair-Elect Joe Davis '80 Named Top 50 Advocate Executive Role Model
May 12, 2021 Davis, who is managing director and senior partner, chairman of North America at the Boston Consulting Group, was listed as one of the senior leaders on the 2021 EMpower Advocates Executive Role Models ranking for his efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Q&A with Whitman’s 2021 commencement speaker: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold ’06
May 6, 2021 Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is set to speak in person at the college’s spring commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 23.
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Former Ambassador Ryan Crocker '71 Calls for Guardrails in Withdrawal from Afghanistan
May 4, 2021 As the deadline for the U.S. departure from Afghanistan on September 11, 2021, approaches, Crocker and his co-author, Congressman Michael McCaul, urge mitigation strategies including intelligence agreements with neighboring countries, humanitarian and development assistance, more programs to protect Afghan women and girls, and expedited special visas for interpreters and other Afghans who supported the U.S.
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Whitman Outdoor Program Offers Spring Break Day Fun
April 28, 2021 Pop-up campus activities, which aligned with the five spring break days scheduled throughout the semester, included walking a slack line, riding a zip line or navigating a Tyrolean traverse under the sun.
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Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies Tarik Elseewi Comments on Diversity in Academy Award Categories
April 19, 2021 "We as a society have to think long and deep about what diversity actually means," Elseewi says. "If it is simply a formal inclusion of different races or genders, then the problems of inequality we face now will never change."
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Tommy Lloyd '98 Named Head Men's Basketball Coach at University of Arizona
April 14, 2021 After graduating from Whitman with a degree in biology, Lloyd was an assistant coach at Gonzaga for 20 seasons and a huge part of the that team’s success on the national stage.
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Tech Entrepreneur David Wallace '10 Launches Agriculture Startup
March 25, 2021 After earning a Ph.D. from John Hopkins University and taking a job as a senior data scientist at Amazon, Wallace returned to his roots on the family potato farm, applying his tech expertise to irrigation.
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Cullen Hoback '03 Produces HBO Docuseries on Origins of QAnon
March 16, 2021 His six-part HBO docuseries, Q: Into the Storm, explores the intersections between the QAnon conspiracy theory QAnon, former president Donald Trump and the domestic terror attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. It streams on HBO Max this weekend.
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Environmental Historian Daniel Grant '10 Reflects on Lingering Symbolism of Border Wall
February 28, 2021 He writes, "Borders cannot be truly fixed. Our preoccupation with the need to 'control' the border neglects the fact that the landscape makes a mockery of such attempts. Instead, seeing the border as provisional and fluid might help us soften the binary distinctions between 'us' and 'them' that a wall tempts us to make."
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Whitman Students Celebrate Return to Walla Walla for Spring Semester
February 28, 2021 After two semesters of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitman welcomed students back to campus late last month, with a raft of safety procedures in place to keep the community healthy.
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More Praise for Whitman’s Early Financial Aid Guarantees
February 17, 2021 New York Times columnist Ron Lieber references Whitman's financial aid policy in favorable terms in an interview with NPR about his new book, “The Price You Pay for College.”
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Virtual Story Times With Whitman Students Become YouTube Channel for Walla Walla Public Schools Students
February 12, 2021 The YouTube channel, Story Time With Whitman College, features Whitman students reading aloud a variety of children's books in English and Spanish. Story Time program leader, Claire Weissman '23, explains that the project aims to continue the essential practice of reading with the youngest members of the community, especially during the pandemic. The more than 40 story time videos promote diversity, accceptance and the celebration of culture through stories.
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Whitman College Early Financial Aid Guarantees Praised in New Book
February 10, 2021 New York Times columnist Ron Lieber discusses his new book, The Price You Pay for College, in an interview with the podcost Motley Fool Answers. He praises Whitman's policy of providing financial aid guarantees to prospective students before they even apply.
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Associate Professor of Politics Jack Jackson Signs Open Letter on First Amendment and Impeachment
February 5, 2021 Jackson joined other leading constitutional scholars and lawyers in arguing that former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is shielded by the First Amendment is “legally frivolous” and should not stop the Senate from convicting him.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke Shares Insights on How Kids Interpret Sexism in Politics
January 25, 2021 With Kamala Harris being sworn in as the country's first female vice president, Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke explains how kids see sexism and racism in politics, and how to teach them to understand discrimination.
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