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University News

Expanding William & Mary’s national reach

A gift from W&M Foundation leader Darpan Kapadia ’95 launches a bold enrollment initiative to elevate W&M’s presence and attract top students from across the country.
Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  
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Research & Scholarship

Seagrass swap could reshape Chesapeake Bay food web

A new study shows that an ongoing transition from eelgrass to widgeon grass as the dominant seagrass species in the Chesapeake Bay could have ecological impacts across food webs, fisheries and ecosystem functions.
John Wallace, W&M's Batten School & VIMS  |  
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Research & Scholarship

Finding meaning in the danger zone

David Long explores how near-death experiences transform work through storytelling.
Elizabeth Eldredge  |  
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W&M Life

Bridging the digital divide

Tucker Peters ’28 launches W&M's first AI club.
Anna Kormis, University Marketing  |  
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Excellence

Embracing the ampersand

Connie Warren Desaulniers ’75, P ’92 doesn’t just believe in the power of reinvention — she lives it.
Jeremy Norman, University Marketing  |  
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Research & Scholarship

History in hindsight

Crowd-sourced database project coordinated by Eric Schmalz ’10 reveals what Americans knew about the Holocaust at the time.
Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  
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Research & Scholarship

Rising from the ashes

The W&M community is living with, learning from and preventing devastating wildfires.
Annie Powell, University Marketing  |  
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Excellence

Major league mentor

Former William & Mary hoops star and pro baseball player became a role model for others who face challenges.
David Driver, W&M Alumni Magazine  |  
Research & Scholarship

Grants inspire curiosity, material culture connections

Three doctoral candidates in history received Boswell-Caracci Material Culture Study Fund grants to connect with leading experts in the world of material culture studies.
Naomi Teferra, Charles Center  |  
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Research & Scholarship

Grants set student research in motion

Thanks to the combined power of irrepressible curiosity, passionate faculty mentorship and Charles Center Research in Motion grants, W&M undergraduates are connecting with students and scholars from across the country.
Ted Maris-Wolf, Charles Center  |  
This is a photograph of Cadence Hodge, a Sharpe Community Scholar, who is A Woody intern this summer with Preservation Virginia. She is posing at the Smith's Fort site in Surry, Virginia.
Research & Scholarship

Woody interns expand museum studies partnerships

Driven by a passion for museums and a taste for adventure, this year’s cohort of 10 Woody interns is exploring museum work alongside specialists in Virginia, Delaware, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Charles Center staff  |  
A W&M archaeologist works to expose a collapsed brick wall beneath Robert M. Gates Hall -- believed to be part of the original foundation of the Williamsburg Bray School
University News

Digging backward through history lights the way forward

During renovations of Robert M. Gates Hall, archaeologists have uncovered a previously undocumented cellar, layered with centuries of artifacts, and the near-complete 18th-century foundation of the Williamsburg Bray School.
Danny Devlin, Strategic Cultural Partnerships  |