Findings can enhance coastal recovery and restoration efforts.
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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.
University News
$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…
Research & Scholarship
A global outlook on health
Epidemiologist Iyabo Obasanjo brings experience from Africa and veterinary medicine to her work as a COVID-19 policy advisor.
Research & Scholarship
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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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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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.
W&M Life
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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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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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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…
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The other side of the lens
Award-winning photojournalist Brendan Hoffman ’02 documents ordinary lives caught up in extraordinary circumstances
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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.
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…
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‘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.
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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.
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Increase in marine heat waves threatens coastal habitats
The Chesapeake Bay is on track to experience extreme heat for half of each year.
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EPA selects VIMS model as bellwether for Bay health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen a computer model developed by researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science as its next-generation tool for managing Chesapeake Bay restoration in an era of…
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Leading in the service of justice and equity
The center brings together faculty members and students for programs and events, cultivating research teams to dig into social challenges and drawing in alumni and others who are drawn to the work.
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Teachers in Residence hone their skills through partnership with Newport News Public Schools
As schools nationwide struggle with staff shortages, policymakers and school divisions are seeking ways to bolster the teacher pipeline and provide deeper support for preservice and novice teachers.
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Exploring the unintended consequences of the CARES Act
Michael Seiler, professor of real estate and finance at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business discusses his newly published research addressing the unintended consequences of the CARES Act.
Service & Community
W&M faculty and alumni help launch dual language programs across VA
Students are now living in a culturally and linguistically diverse world and our education systems are making strides to embrace it through the development and implementation of dual language programs.
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Science and security: W&M alum George Miller awarded John S. Foster Medal
George Miller ’67, M.S. ’69, Ph.D. ’72 was honored with the John S. Foster Medal for his contributions to national security.
University News
William & Mary welcomes first Chief Data Officer
The university announced this fall that Barbara O. Forth would become William & Mary's inaugural Chief Data Officer.
W&M Life
A ring’s journey: Good Samaritan returns long-lost class ring
Digging around between the seats of her car, looking for a missing key fob, Katelyn Manigly made an interesting discovery — a long-lost William & Mary class ring.