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Whitman’s DIVAS Program Builds Computational Thinking Skills in Future Scientists The DIVAS (Digital Imaging and Vision Applications in Science) program creates a unique opportunity to introduce science-minded Whitman College students to computational thinking skills early in their...

📰C-CAS in the News 📰

DCN Members Dalia Biswas and Raychelle Burks were featured in an article about the new Whitman DIVAS program

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#chemsky #chemistry #computerscience #compchem

The Truth About College Admissions With Adam Miller Adam Miller, vice president for admissions and financial aid at Whitman College, is pulling back the curtain to give us an exclusive look at how college admissions really work. In this episode, he bri...

Many high school students (and their parents) dread the college application process, but "it is a great time to be applying to college." So says Adam Miller, Whitman's Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid, in a Seattle Magazine podcast.

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#highereducation

Art by NW: Keiko Hara’s emotive paintings draw on memory and place Inspired by natural landscapes from Walla Walla to Japan, the artist’s vivid large-scale works invite others to investigate their own inner worlds.

Midstream in a creek that runs through the Whitman College campus, three colorful glass gates glow like an apparition when the sun hits them.

These are the Topophilia Gates (1999) by artist and professor emeritus Keiko Hara.

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Whitman College Will Meet Full Demonstrated Financial Need for All Students This transformative commitment removes financial barriers so all students have the opportunity to find lives of meaning and purpose through a Whitman education.

This week's big news: beginning next fall, Whitman will meet the full demonstrated financial need of our students. 🎉

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Student-faculty research is a huge part of the Whitman experience—thanks to @nsf-ccas.bsky.social for supporting these valuable learning opportunities!

Classifying clinical states of sepsis to improve patient outcomes

Explore the research of 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Program participant, Phuc Truong!

Phuc Truong is a Mathematics major at @whitmancollege.bsky.social

#mathbio #mathematics #biology #Research #undergraduate

Congratulations to Associate Professor of Chemistry Mark Hendricks, part of a team receiving grant funding for collaborative projects pairing advances in automation and AI to address research questions in the Scialog: Automating Chemical Laboratives initiative.

The color is on brand too! 💙

Competition and profit orientation in microfinance This study examines how microfinance lenders design their loan contracts to motivate borrower repayments under competition. We develop a model of an individual lending scheme in which a dynamic incen...

Ahadul Kabir Muyeed of A2F Consulting and Ruoning Han of @whitmancollege.bsky.social examine how microfinance lenders design their loan contracts to motivate borrower repayments under competition.
#Competition #DynamicIncentives #Microfinance

Whitman College Introduces New Minor in Law, Culture & the Humanities Whitman will begin offering a minor degree in Law, Culture & the Humanities in Fall 2025. This program will provide students of all majors with the opportunity to discover how law shapes and is shaped...

More important than ever: A new minor in Law, Culture & the Humanities combines critical thinking, legal studies and cultural exploration, empowering students to engage with pressing social issues from multiple perspectives.

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#HigherEd #Academia #HigherEdSky

YouTube video by The Scribbled Equation All 7 Planets Align in the Night Sky: Where to Look

If you've got clear skies in the forestcast, don't miss this week's planetary "parade!"

Thanks to Assistant Professor of Physics Ashmeet Singh for explaining how to find each planet in the night sky.

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#astronomy #planets #planetaryalignment #outerspace

WWCC, Whitman College strengthen pathways for transfer student success Walla Walla Community College and Whitman College are helping transfer students expand their educational experience through programs such as TRIO and Gateway.

We are so thankful for this partnership with Walla Walla Community College, which has resulted in 95% of WWCC transfer students earning their bachelors degree.

#highered

With New Partnership, Whitman Expands Access for Talented Students Whitman College has joined forces with Matriculate, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping high-achieving, historically marginalized students navigate the path to higher education. As part of the c...

Because we want our college to reflect the diversity of the nation and to be the truly inclusive, anti-racist community that every student, staff and faculty member deserves.