From her days as vice president of Major League Soccer to her current role as chief executive officer of LA28 — the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles — Kathy Carter ’91 has been all…
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Silver named 2022 Andrews Fellow
Nate Silver, founder of award-winning website FiveThirtyEight.com, will visit campus April 4-5.
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Professionals Week 2022 brings W&M together to discuss changing workplace, chart new paths
In this year’s Professionals Week, Feb. 28-March 4, participants were invited to “rethink their relationship with work” and consider how their professional lives fit into this brave new world.
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Misinformation examination: How trust and distrust shift during COVID-19
Yifan Sun is a member of a team of scientists that surveyed social media users in Georgia and Massachusetts to gain insights on what pandemic-related information people accept — or what they don't.
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Michael Martocci ’17 finds success with startup SwagUp
SwagUp, founded by Michael Martocci ’17, creates branded merchandise and packages, stores and mails it for clients — including fellow startups, universities, conferences and businesses of all kinds.
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Olympic gold medalist to deliver W&M’s Atwater Lecture
Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Laurie Hernandez will deliver William & Mary’s 2022 Atwater Lecture on March 24 in the Sadler Center’s Commonwealth Auditorium.
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Innovator Soh Yeong Roh ’84 explores convergence of art, technology and society
Soh Yeong Roh ’84 reflects on the achievements of Art Center Nabi, the museum and creativity hub she founded in South Korea’s capital 20 years ago, and considers what comes next.
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Filmmaker to document Asian history at W&M for centennial
Documentary filmmaker Marissa Aroy, distinguished film fellow for the university’s Asian Centennial, will be on campus in April to begin work on a video history of Asian people’s experiences at William & Mary.
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William & Mary physicist invited to White House fusion energy summit
Saskia Mordijck will take a brief leave from her plasma experiments in Los Angeles to participate in the March 17 White House Summit: Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy.
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VIMS survey reveals crabbers’ preferences for managing derelict gear
A survey of Virginia crabbers reveals their perceptions of derelict crab pots and the activities most preferred to help mitigate the issues posed by these “ghost pots” in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Courage, dignity and honor: W&M School of Education unveils Trailblazers Wall
A new installation in the W&M School of Education honors trailblazers who broke barriers at the university and within the field of education and opened doors for generations of future educators.
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Study reveals trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones
Findings can enhance coastal recovery and restoration efforts.
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Exorbitant pump prices may soon see a downturn
W&M adjunct professor Peter Atwater ’83, a decision-making expert, talks about gas prices, other recent economic trends and what we should expect in the future.
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The serious, sustainable (and sometimes celebratory) indigenous fishing methods of Polynesia
Jennifer Kahn has examined a number of indigenous fishing methods in the Society Islands, many of which are being practiced to this day.
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W&M’s Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation launches new professional learning platform
The Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation (STLI) at William & Mary recently launched STLI Academy, a professional learning platform, offering on-demand courses with opportunities to earn micro-credentials for faculty, staff and university partners.
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$1M gift from alumni couple will help W&M attract and retain world-class business faculty
Through a new $1-million gift, John H. Whitcomb M.B.A. ’85 and his wife, Yvonne, are establishing the John and Yvonne Whitcomb Business Professorship Endowment to support a faculty member who teaches in the area of…
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President Rowe hosts conversation on Vision 2026
During Monday’s Community Conversation, President Katherine A. Rowe outlined the goals and objectives for Vision 2026 and its four cornerstones of data, water, careers and democracy.
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War in Ukraine is personal to Russian studies professors, others in W&M community
In Q&A with W&M News, Sasha Prokhorov and Elena Prokhorova discuss the reasons behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, how they’re coping and the support shown by the William & Mary community.
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A global outlook on health
Epidemiologist Iyabo Obasanjo brings experience from Africa and veterinary medicine to her work as a COVID-19 policy advisor.
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W&M Lemon Symposium to focus on the lives of Black men
The lives of Black men will be the focus of William & Mary Lemon Project’s 12th annual spring symposium, scheduled for March 25-26 at the W&M School of Education.
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Russia seizes Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, W&M physicist explains the science and risk
The event underscores the possible dangers of warfare around nuclear sites. To understand more about the science and the risk, W&M News spoke with Saskia Mordijck, assistant professor of physics at William & Mary and…
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Nagwan Soliman named 2022 Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence
The Reves Center for International Studies and the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding at William & Mary Law School have announced that Nagwan Soliman is the 2022 Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence.
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Championship puts W&M ice hockey on the map
The Tribe ice hockey team announces its presence with an overtime win over Appalachian State for the Atlantic Coast Conference Hockey League title.
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Tennis, anyone? Alumni-created app takes the hassle out of scheduling sports activities
If you can schedule rides using an app, why not tennis games? That was the thinking behind creation of a platform launched in 2017 by Paul Stratta ’85 and his then-teenage daughter, Manuka, with assistance…
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Record number of IDEA grants aim to add to the cultural experience of W&M community
This year’s projects include a Black alumni reunion, a sensory space and a mentoring program for undergraduate women interested in careers in physics.
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W&M prof couldn’t travel to overseas lab, so makerspace students & staff built him one
When the world went on lockdown, Christopher Del Negro, neuroscientist and professor of applied science at William & Mary, was grounded and his research at a standstill. That’s when W&M Makerspaces Director Jonathan Frey made…
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Bringing security to the ‘Wild West’ of smart-home devices
How worried should you be right now about the security of your smart-home devices? "Extremely. And not at all," Adwait Nadkarni says. It all depends. Nadkarni and his colleague Denys Poshyvanyk want to figure how…
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W&M’s Global Research Institute receives $1.9M to tackle pressing challenges around the world
New support for William & Mary’s Global Research Institute (GRI) totaling $1.9 million will enhance the university’s ability to address critical international challenges such as the changing role of the U.S. in geopolitics, conflict and…
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A journey of reckoning and discovery
The Lemon Scholarship will provide need-based scholarship support for students who are descendants of enslaved persons in the U.S., or who have a demonstrated historic connection to slavery.
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W&M Coach Kelsey Hinton hopes to see diversity come further in gymnastics
W&M Women's Gymnastics Head Coach Kelsey Hinton hopes to see diversity increase in gymnastics.