Whittier College has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, which will help propel the growth of the campus’ sustainable coffee orchard and provide research and internship opportunities for students. The program’s overall objective is to investigate how soil sustainability, plant production, and product quality come together while finding innovative ways to contribute to sustainable agriculture. It will also create a new space for students and faculty to explore issues of a
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Sustainable Coffee Orchard Gets a Financial Boost
Whittier College has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, which will help propel the…
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Alumni, Students
Celebrating Women Engineers
  (L-R) Mariah Baker, Tiffany Reyes, and Ann Bailleul June 23 marks International Women in Engineering Day—a…
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Faculty and Staff, Students
Tracing Pathogens throughout Human History
This summer, students in biology professor Sylvia Lopez-Vetrone’s ’99 course, Disease and Immunity: Friends and Enemies…
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Faculty and Staff, Students
Lessons on the Bitter Side of Chocolate
This summer, students taking a class called The Bitter Side of Chocolate took a different look at the beloved treat. …
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Alumni
Poet Gets Published
When Troy Chavez ’17 was a student at Whittier, he entered the College’s emerging writer’s contest and received…
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Faculty and Staff
Professor Soto Leads Bilingual Education Conversation
During this period of online learning at home, K-12 teachers are looking at different ways to effectively reach their…
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