Named in honor of Walter R. Beales III ’66 and the late Harriett Pittard Beales ’34, both merit-based scholarships provide tuition assistance to first-year students from South Central Virginia.
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W&M mourns the loss of ‘a wonderful and dear friend’
Jim Kaplan '57, who died Sunday at the age of 87, had a devotion to William & Mary that transcended athletics.
University News
W&M hosts inaugural conference on China’s global influence
Participants worked to separate fact from fiction while analyzing China’s growing global influence through plenary sessions, working groups, keynote addresses and poster presentations.
Service & Community
United front
Lev Kazakov M.B.A. ’22, a Russian citizen, and Brenden Volk ’20, M.B.A. ’22, whose parents are from Ukraine, stand united in their opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
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Todd Mooradian chosen to lead W&M’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business
Todd Mooradian, award-winning teacher, scholar and administrator, has been named the next dean of William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business.
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Teresa Longo named Associate Provost for International Affairs
Provost Peggy Agouris has announced that Teresa Longo, currently executive director of the Reves Center for International Studies, will add a new role to her responsibilities.
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Renaissance man
Stephen S. Tang '82 is a science and technology leader rooted in the liberal arts.
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Title IX at 50: The early impact at William & Mary
While the equality of opportunity in athletics is just one part of the much larger story about the ground-breaking impact of Title IX, its influence there is undeniable.
Service & Community
W&M athletes help ’76 alumnus find a kidney
Steve Huebner '76 recently underwent a successful kidney transplant. Without his William & Mary family, he very likely would still be on the waiting list.
W&M Life
8 ways the workplace is changing during ‘The Great Resignation’
William & Mary leaders and alumni working in human resources in a variety of industries share insights about what’s driving change and what employers are doing about it.
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$14.4M in new W&M scholarships established by former CBS executives
An estate gift from Joan Showalter '55 and Karen Beldegreen creates four new graduate and undergraduate scholarships at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business.
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Inside baseball
Baseball is reinventing itself, and William & Mary alumni — from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, from owner to director of player development — are helping lead that process.
Research & Scholarship
Rural areas will bear the brunt of U.S. sea-level rise
A new analysis using highly detailed elevation maps of the Chesapeake Bay region shows that human barriers will do little to stop marshes from migrating inland with sea-level rise.
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Making noise
Joe Laresca ’15, founder of a powerhouse NYC creative company, adds Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list to his achievements.
Research & Scholarship
Justin Cammarota awarded DOE funding to research at Jefferson Lab
Justin Cammarota has just received a grant toward continuing his research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Research & Scholarship
Grant explores impact of meditation on well-being, effectiveness of counselors
Associate Professor Daniel Gutierrez and Stephanie Dorais Ph.D. ’21 are exploring the role of contemplative practices in promoting prosociality and resilience among mental health counselors.
Service & Community
W&M awards Green Fee funding to 22 projects in 2021-2022 academic year
William & Mary Sustainability has announced the Green Fee awards for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75, W&M alumni leader who transformed the alumni experience, is set to retire
Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75 is set to retire Aug. 1 as the leader of the university’s alumni engagement efforts and the W&M Alumni Association.
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W&M’s first Black Alumni Reunion celebrates a growing community
William & Mary hosted its inaugural Black Alumni Reunion on May 6-8 at the university’s campus with a series of programs, ceremonies and receptions honoring the Black experience at W&M.
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W&M Libraries announces new Archive of American LGBTQ Political and Legal History
A new and unique Archive of American LGBTQ Political and Legal History is being established at Swem Library in memory of renowned historian John Boswell ’69.
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30 W&M educators receive Plumeri Awards recognizing excellence
Recipients of the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Plumeri Awards were honored on May 13 at a ceremony in the Hunter Hall Ballroom of William & Mary’s Alumni House.
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William & Mary team wins CSBS Data Analytics Competition
A team of students from the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William & Mary has won the Conference of State Bank Supervisors 2022 Data Analytics Competition.
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W&M breaks ground on ‘magnificent centerpiece’
William & Mary broke ground Monday on an Athletics Complex designed to improve the student-athlete experience while enhancing the university as a whole.
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For W&M law grads, crossing North America in a camper van opens new career vistas
For Paul Carlino J.D. ’98 and Rebecca Eichler J.D. ’98, what started out as a dream and a poster board collage in their kitchen turned into a life-changing, cross-continent road trip from Virginia to Panama.
Research & Scholarship
VIMS dedicates new aquaculture facility
The new Acuff Center for Aquaculture will advance the science of farming shellfish. The 22,000-square-foot facility houses a shellfish research hatchery designed to accommodate the operation of VIMS’ Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC)…
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50th reunion classes raise $41.3M for William & Mary
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the classes of 1970, 1971 and 1972 all celebrated their 50th reunions and were inducted into the illustrious Olde Guarde during a much-anticipated Traditions Weekend.
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W&M football star and pioneer Art Matsu to be honored
A historical marker bearing Art Matsu's name will be unveiled at 11 a.m. near an arcade at Zable Stadium that bears his name.
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Research by W&M undergrads benefits students & VIMS
William & Mary's marine science minor has proven to be a win-win, benefiting both W&M's undergraduate researchers and the School of Marine Science at VIMS.
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W&M’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law launches Scalia-Ginsburg Collegiality Speaker Series
On April 20, the Institute of the Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) at William & Mary Law School launched the Scalia-Ginsburg Collegiality Speaker Series. The series brings together pairs of advocates, judges and legal scholars…
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Inaugural W&M Asian Centennial Awards honor influential alumni
Since the spring of 2021, the W&M Asian Centennial commemoration has sought to honor trailblazers beginning with the first Asian student, Pu-Kao Chen 1923 (also known as Chen Pu-Kao), and to acknowledge the accomplishments of…