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Biologist Rachel Eguia '17 Digs into Endemic Future of COVID-19
October 22, 2021 Eguia, a biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology (BBMB) major at Whitman and biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, spoke with Steve Inskeep and Michaeleen Doucleff of NPR's Morning Edition about the likely engage for COVID-19.
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In Celebration: Walla Walla Foundry and Owner Mark Anderson '78
October 22, 2021 Art created at the Walla Walla Foundry, one of the largest contemporary fine-art foundries in the world, has been exhibited, collected, and installed around the globe, from MoMA and Central Park to the Palace of Versailles. The next exhibition, opening Nov. 4, is dedicated to late founder Mark Anderson '78 and “his relationships with many of the artists he served at the Walla Walla Foundry" and will feature work by Jim Dine, Deborah Butterfield, Nancy Graves, Keiko Hara, Manuel Neri, Lynda Benglis and more drawn from Mark and Patty Anderson’s permanent collection.
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Whitman Alumni Mentoring Program Equips Students for Career Success
October 22, 2021 The program, run out of the Career and Community Engagement Center, has had three cohorts, running as pilot projects. That work has to date involved 34 mentors and 45 mentees, all of whom are provided a handbook with resources, activity suggestions, a calendar of professional development events and expectations of the roles of participants.
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Pottery Teacher Genie Huntemann '97 Shares Joy of Art with Students
October 21, 2021 After more than two decades of teaching other subjects, Walla Walla High School pottery teacher Genie Huntemann has found her dream job.
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History Professor John Cotts Offers Context for 900-Year-Old Sword Recovered at Sea
October 18, 2021 The rare discovery of a sword dating to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean Sea has experts from around the world weighing in on its provenance. Cotts shed light on the tumultuous time period during which the weapon was lost: the Third Crusade (1189–1192), when Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, exhorted by Pope Gregory VIII, tried and failed to retake Jerusalem from Saladin, who ruled an area covering modern Egypt, Syria and Iraq and had captured the city in 1187.
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Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg '01 Named to 100 Most Influential African Women
September 1, 2021 The African PR firm Avance Media announced its 2021 honorees in celebration of African women in leadership who inspire the next generation of women around the world. It includes women from 28 countries representing business, academia, diplomacy, philanthropy, entertainment and media. Kamau-Rutenberg directs the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development.
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Whitman Students, Local Employers Thrive When Working Together
August 22, 2021 As Whitman College students return to campus this week, many have more on their minds than registering for classes or meeting their roommate: They are also on the hunt for jobs. This presents a unique opportunity for local employers who may be feeling the effects of the nationwide labor shortage, and for students eager to earn a paycheck.
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Tribal Leader, Visiting Instructor Chuck Sams Nominated for National Parks Service Director
August 19, 2021 President Joe Biden nominated Sams, who co-taught an indigenous politics course at Whitman last year, as the first Native American to lead the National Park Service. Sams is the former director of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
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Former Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker '71 Decries U.S. Pullout
August 17, 2021 In an interview with senior producer Carol Hills soon after the Taliban swept Kabul, Crocker describes the "wrenching" situation on the ground for Afghans as the U.S. departs.
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How Freedom to Delay Declaring a Major Fosters Academic Exploration
July 23, 2021 As part of its liberal arts mission, Whitman gives students plenty of time to pick a major. Many have no idea how much they will enjoy certain subjects until they try them. According to Provost and Dean of the Faculty Alzada Tipton, being pushed to declare a major too early can sometimes lead to a situation where “We’re denying some students in the name of academic success the experience of exploration.”
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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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