Next week is Love Data Week, an international celebration of data that takes place every year during the week of Valentine’s Day. Look for two Love Data Week events on campus:
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Faculty Lightning Talks About Data
Monday, Feb. 9, from 4–5 p.m.
Olin Hall, Room 129
A multidisciplinary group of faculty will give short talks about the data they use in their research, teaching or other investigations.
Where’s the Data? Finding Government Data in Interesting Times
Friday, Feb. 13, from 4–5 p.m.
Penrose Library, Room 313 (“the Fishbowl”)
Scholarly Communications Librarian Amy Blau will provide an overview of what has been happening with federal government data in the last year and share some suggestions for how data users—and all citizens—can track this information.
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Psychology Professor Publishes Article on the Habituation of Disgust in Parents
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Associate Professor of Psychology Tom Armstrong recently co-authored an article titled “Parents Develop Long-Term Disgust Habituation, but Only After Beginning To Wean Their Children” in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. Previous student-faculty collaborative research at Whitman had demonstrated how disgust resists habituation during prolonged exposure. This study qualifies that finding, showing that disgust undergoes habituation in parents through diaper changing, but only after babies begin eating solid food. The study was also featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
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QPR Suicide Prevention Training This Month
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The Welty Health and Counseling Center will provide suicide prevention training for our campus community this month. The QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) model has been proven to decrease suicide risk in communities like ours.
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- Faculty and staff session: Friday, Feb. 6, from 1–3 p.m. in Maxey 104 (RSVP)
- Student session: Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 6–8 p.m. in Maxey 104 (RSVP)
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Participants will be certified as a QPR Gatekeeper, valid for one year.
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New Counseling Group Begins Today
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Beginning today, a new drop-in counseling group for students will meet on Fridays from 4–5 p.m. at Welty Health and Counseling Center. This group will guide students on a journey of discovering their true purpose and figuring out how to bring it to life. Questions? Contact Substance Use Disorder Counselor Lucinda Richards at 509-527-5281 or richardsl@whitman.edu. (Flyer attached.)
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Basketball Home Games Tomorrow
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Sherwood Athletic Center will close early on Saturday, Feb. 7, at noon to accommodate basketball home games. The Blues will play against Linfield University with games starting at 3 p.m. (women) and 5 p.m. (men).
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Last month, recent History grad Wei Lu ’25 (left) gave a poster presentation based on his honors thesis at the American Historical Association annual meeting. Brian Dott (not pictured), the Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, served as Lu’s mentor for his thesis, which is titled “Revival, Revolution and the Republic: Huaxinghui and the Exploration of Modern State Building in China.”
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 114
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Welty Health and Counseling Center, Wellnest
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Departing from Reid Campus Center
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Penrose Library, Room 313 (“the Fishbowl”)
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Hall of Science, Room 142
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Reid Campus Center, Room G02
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