Her poster for the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium focused on the power of spirituality and expressive arts to help Black college women navigate oppressive experiences.
Belonging
Service & Community
Recognizing a legacy of service
Former FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell ’85, D.P.S. ’02, who served as William & Mary rector, is one of two alumni inducted into the 2022 U.S. Army ROTC Hall of Fame.
Service & Community
Agents of change
Alumnae champion women’s health, rights and education in West Africa.
Service & Community
How many stars can you count … in a new mural at the W&M School of Education?
Williamsburg students attended a camp this past summer at William & Mary designed to bring mathematics learning to life through the creation of an art mural.
Research & Scholarship
Protests in Iran: Q&A with Professor Peyman Jafari
Peyman Jafari, assistant professor of history and international relations at William & Mary, provides insights and context for the protests in Iran.
Research & Scholarship
W&M’s AidData and partners receive $4.74M for agriculture and climate research
The four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will broaden the use of satellite imagery to evaluate projects in developing countries.
Research & Scholarship
W&M Law School brings experts together for 35th annual Supreme Court Preview
This year’s preview featured prominent academics, four federal court of appeals judges, leading Supreme Court advocates and Supreme Court reporters from the nation’s top newspapers.
Belonging
W&M honored with Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for 5th year
For the fifth year in a row, INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has chosen William & Mary to receive the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
Research & Scholarship
In ‘Nature’: Particles pick pair partners differently in small nuclei
When odds are equal, particles paired up with others of the same kind more often than once thought.
Belonging
A step in the right direction
Josh Sundquist ’06 is executive producer on a new Apple TV+ show based on his life.
W&M Life
Saved by basketball, Sugar Rodgers brings a unique perspective to W&M
Sugar Rodgers' ticket out was basketball, which took her from the streets to the WNBA with a connector (and two degrees) at Georgetown.
Service & Community
Camp EAGER expands to inspire more young people to pursue STEM
An experimental summer camp developed by researchers at the William & Mary School of Education is exploring innovative ways to encourage more students from underrepresented groups to pursue STEM careers.
Excellence
Kord Basnight ’85, M.Ed. ’23 and Haley Padgett M.Ed. ’23 selected as 2022 Tillman Scholars
Two students in William & Mary’s Online M.Ed. in Counseling program have been selected by the Tillman Foundation as 2022 Tillman Scholars.
Research & Scholarship
VIMS announces Scholar in Ocean Residency
Nainoa Thompson will kick-off a Scholar in Ocean Residency at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science this fall with a weeklong visit to meet with local tribal communities, researchers and students.
Research & Scholarship
Ice-age legacy may limit seagrasses’ capacity to withstand warming
Researchers looked at eelgrass communities and discovered their ancient genetic history can play a stronger role than present-day environments in determining growth form and community composition.
Research & Scholarship
W&M education professor awarded second Fulbright to study gifted student well-being in Ireland
Tracy Cross will travel to Dublin, Ireland, in spring 2023 as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.
Research & Scholarship
Every oyster counts
Venture capitalist Bay McLaughlin ’06, M.Acc. ’07 teams up with W&M’s Institute for Integrative Conservation and the Alan B. Miller Center for Entrepreneurship to promote sustainable — and profitable — oyster aquaculture.
W&M Life
Wrenegade series celebrates William & Mary’s musical talent
Now, you can listen to selections from W&M alumni in a custom Spotify playlist anytime.
Service & Community
Three W&M Law School alumni represent the U.S. in France through the foreign service
After graduating from W&M Law School, each joined the U.S. foreign service and has represented American interests in a variety of countries.
Research & Scholarship
W&M study reveals novel findings on internal structure of spider silk
New research by W&M scientists has unraveled mysteries behind one of the world’s most elusive materials: spider silk.
University News
New $1M scholarship endowment at VIMS honors Carroll W. Owens, Jr. ’62
Funds distributed from this endowment will provide scholarship, internship and living expense stipend support for Master of Arts graduate students at W&M’s School of Marine Science.
Research & Scholarship
W&M researchers earn grant to improve Indigenous food sovereignty in Virginia
A research grant awarded by The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust will empower Indigenous communities in Virginia to make independent decisions about food production on their lands.
University News
William & Mary raises $77M and is the No. 1 public university in the US for alumni giving
After a record-breaking year in which William & Mary saw its endowment reach its highest level, the university once again exceeded its fundraising and engagement goals.
Research & Scholarship
New course offers practical experience in shellfish aquaculture
The eight-day course was built around a circumnavigation of the Virginia and Maryland shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay, with working visits to seven commercial shellfish farms, four hatcheries, two raw bars and a shucking house.
Research & Scholarship
Rodas will use JLab postdoc prize to continue research of light mesons
William & Mary physics postdoctoral researcher Arkaitz Rodas characterizes lesser-known particles to help physicists understand what holds matter together. He's the recipient of the 2022 Jefferson Associates Postdoctoral Prize.
W&M Life
Becoming Thao
Through music, Thao B. Nguyen ’06 finds the freedom to be her true self.
W&M Life
Esports at William & Mary: Making a global impact
William & Mary’s esports initiative and its international connections have taken root and are growing.
Belonging
Alumna creates first endowment for diversity programs
Higher education leader Julie E. Williams ’79 established the endowment through her estate plans in honor of her family.
Belonging
‘The path that God gave you’
Alexandra Knudson Friedman ’01 prepares for medical practice while balancing life in an Orthodox Jewish family.
Research & Scholarship
Study predicts faster retreat of barrier islands
A study in Nature Geoscience predicts a 50% acceleration in the rate of barrier-island retreat within a century, even in the unlikely case of no further increase in the present rate of sea-level rise.