William & Mary students read and transcribe diaries in 19th-century African American women’s diaries course.
Research & Scholarship
Research & Scholarship
Russia invades Ukraine: Q&A with Vice Provost Steve Hanson and Prof. Paula Pickering
Steve Hanson, William & Mary's Vice Provost for Academic and International Affairs, is a renowned expert in Russian and Soviet history and politics. Professor Paula Pickering is an expert in Eastern European politics and post-conflict…
Service & Community
Leaders, W&M students bring local Black history to K-12 curriculum
A partnership between two William & Mary faculty members and local educational group The Village Initiative morphed from a community-engaged course into a project that is allowing local leaders and W&M students to bring Black…
Research & Scholarship
W&M professor widens lens on 19th century women poets
Letters obsessing about an alleged stolen poem piqued Jennifer Putzi’s curiosity so much she had to find out more. She ended up writing an entirely separate book in addition to the one she originally was…
Research & Scholarship
W&M professor, IIC seek to involve Indigenous voices in conservation
Anthropology Assistant Professor Mara Dicenta is planning to work in Virginia with scientists and Indigenous communities, starting with a project to restore river herring and bring to light traditional ecological knowledge.
University News
Vice Provost Steve Hanson to return to teaching and research
Steve Hanson, who has advanced William & Mary’s global relevance for more than a decade, will step down from his current role at the end of the academic year to return to teaching and to…
Service & Community
W&M conversation series to focus on climate change and water
This spring’s Daily Work of Justice conversation series at William & Mary will focus on some of the region’s most pressing issues: climate change and water.
W&M Life
Presidential spouse Bruce Jacobson to test his dance moves against other local stars
First Gentleman Jacobson will partner with local dance pro Adelle Carpenter in the 13th annual Dancing with the Williamsburg Stars competition.
Research & Scholarship
Williamsburg Bray School project awarded $5M from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $5-million grant supporting the Williamsburg Bray School Project, an initiative spearheaded by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and William & Mary.
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Research & Scholarship
W&M student reworks great-great-grandfather’s composition for organ
Colin Carmody '22, double majoring in music and math at William & Mary, had long been interested in his great-great-grandfather’s compositions for organ. Carmody will perform it at his senior recital.
Service & Community
Path to a vaccine
Melissa J. Moore ’84, Candice Malone Long M.B.A. ’96 and Colleen Gorman ’95 have played an integral part in making their companies’ COVID-19 vaccines available to the public.
Research & Scholarship
Annual sea-level report cards add nuance to latest IPCC assessment
William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science has issued its annual sea-level “report cards,” which provide U.S. coastal communities from Maine to Alaska with a localized projection of sea-level change to 2050.
University News
Vision 2026: W&M outlines strategic plan during Charter Day weekend
Data, water, democracy, careers: Those will be the four areas of focus as William & Mary embarks on a new strategic direction over the next five years, President Katherine A. Rowe stated Friday during the…
Research & Scholarship
Antarctic research links warming to fish decline
A long-term study in the Southern Ocean reveals a clear correlation between warming waters, decreased sea ice, and reduced abundance of Antarctic silverfish.
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Excellence
Meet the 2022 Alumni Medallion Award recipients
Meet this year’s recipients, who represent outstanding commitment, dedication and assistance to William & Mary; exemplary accomplishments in their professional lives; and leadership in civic engagement in their communities.
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Excellence
Strong W&M connections on the Bengals’ Super Bowl-bound coaching staff
The Bengals have had a meteoric rise over the past two seasons, and three W&M football alums have been a part of it. Mark Duffner '75 is a senior defensive assistant, Robert Livingston '10 is…
Excellence
The other side of the lens
Award-winning photojournalist Brendan Hoffman ’02 documents ordinary lives caught up in extraordinary circumstances
University News
W&M sets new application record for freshmen
The Office of Undergraduate Admission received 18,050 freshman applications for fall 2022, a 3.5% increase from last year and a new record for the university.
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Excellence
William & Mary to honor award winners at Charter Day
Four 2022 Charter Day Award winners will be celebrated during the Feb. 11 Charter Day ceremony at Kaplan Arena.
Research & Scholarship
Star(fish)-crossed lovers: The weird and wonderful world of breeding sea stars
It takes a bit of work to get brittlestars in the mood to procreate in captivity. They need to be well-fed, in total darkness and convinced the world is ending.
Belonging
The stories that need to be told: W&M counseling professor uses novels to reach, support Black youth
Pamela Harris Ph.D. ’16 is a published YA (young adult) novelist and a counselor educator at William & Mary, fulfilling both sides of her dream to support youth through counseling and writing.
Excellence
W&M student to appear on Jeopardy! National College Championship
When Lucy Greenman ’22 left the William & Mary campus shortly before Thanksgiving to compete in the Jeopardy! National College Championship, she didn’t even tell her roommate.
W&M Life
William & Mary and its history with Jeopardy! clues
Jeopardy! viewers may know that in addition to numerous members of the William & Mary community having appeared on the popular television game show, the university has more frequently been featured as an answer or…
Service & Community
W&M law, education schools partner to provide language instruction to international law students
Through a new partnership with William & Mary Law School, two doctoral students from the School of Education’s Holmes Scholars program are developing and teaching an English language preparatory course for newly-arrived international students in…
Research & Scholarship
‘It is knowledge that changes the world’: Where policy and academia meet in W&M’s NSIN class
William & Mary’s NSIN: Hacking 4 Defense class gives students a chance to tackle real-world challenges in the Department of Defense and intelligence communities.
Excellence
Saha named AAAS Fellow for contributions to science education
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has recognized Margaret Saha’s longstanding contributions to the encouragement of science and STEM outreach by selecting her for membership in the 2021 class of AAAS Fellows.
W&M Life
Degas at Muscarelle headlines arts at W&M this spring
A full slate of exhibitions, performances and writing talks open to the university and local communities is planned for spring at William & Mary.
Research & Scholarship
Standoff in Ukraine: Q&A with Vice Provost Steve Hanson
Steve Hanson is a renowned expert in Russian and Soviet history and politics, so we reached out to him not only to explain some of the causes of the current tension in Ukraine, but also…
Service & Community
Solving the supply chain puzzle
Rob Estes ’74, P ’06 and Webb Estes ’06, M.Acc. ’07 discuss the effects of the pandemic and what’s next for Estes Express Lines.
Belonging
Civil rights lawyer, advocate Ben Crump to speak at W&M
Benjamin Crump, a civil rights leader and attorney who has represented such clients as the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, will speak at William & Mary’s 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.