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Research & Scholarship

Expert on Founding Era discusses the meaning of July 4

As we look toward the celebration of July 4, W&M News spoke with Catherine Kelly, who recently assumed the role of Executive Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (OI) and professor of…

July 1, 2022

Research & Scholarship

W&M’s Office of Strategic Cultural Partnerships announces faculty fellows

William & Mary’s Office of Strategic Cultural Partnerships has announced its inaugural group of faculty fellows, who will conduct projects to advance the office’s mission.

June 9, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Seeing the invisible: W&M physicists designing optical device to spot hidden objects

W&M physicists and students are working on a project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Research Office to develop a device with the capacity to see what is invisible to the naked eye.

May 12, 2022

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Service & Community

VA Secretaries of Health and Education launch statewide listening tour at W&M

Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources John E. Littel and Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera launched their statewide listening tour on mental health at William & Mary’s campus Sunday.

April 26, 2022

Excellence

W&M undergrad Alton Coston selected as 2022 Truman Scholar

Alton Coston, III ’23 has been awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship by the Harry S. Truman Foundation

April 14, 2022

Maiya Callender ’19 presents a poster during W&M’s Natural Sciences Research Symposium

Research & Scholarship

William & Mary’s Undergraduate Research Month returns this April with exciting lineup

William & Mary’s second annual Undergraduate Research Month will start April 1 – and this time it will be primarily on campus and in person.

March 28, 2022

Research & Scholarship

McNamara to spotlight solar fuels, renewable energy in Spring Tack Faculty Lecture

The development of clean and sustainable energy is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity today, says William McNamara, Wilson & Martha Claiborne Stephens Associate Professor of Chemistry at William & Mary.

March 25, 2022

Grainy image of explosion at power plant

Research & Scholarship

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…

March 4, 2022

A student works at a laptop inside a lab

Research & Scholarship

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…

March 2, 2022

Student stands beside fish tank containing starfish

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.

February 8, 2022

Lucy Greenman stands at the Jeopardy! podium

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.

February 3, 2022

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…

January 25, 2022

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