The 2024 Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Report Card suggests hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay was somewhat larger than the long-term average from 1985-2023 but slightly shorter in duration.
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1693 Scholars Program celebrates 20 years of community, curiosity
The 1693 Scholars Program celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, honoring two decades of dedicated faculty mentoring, research support and programming.
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Harvard Medical School honors W&M biology professor
The award recognizes Mayank Chugh’s research contributions and community-building work.
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Current models may overestimate future bay dead zones
A study has demonstrated surprising variability in the results of different modeling methodologies for predicting future dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay.
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W&M School of Education awarded $3M to tackle youth mental health crisis
The Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Office of Safe & Supportive Schools.
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Bray School dedication prompts celebration, reflection
Hundreds gathered on the lawn of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg for the school’s historic formal dedication.
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Translating Judeo-Arabic love poems
W&M Libraries recently launched a new digital project that translates and makes available a collection of Judeo-Arabic poems.
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W&M iGEM team continues tradition of excellence
The team competed against hundreds of groups from around the world and earned multiple honors.
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Bray School Lab makes great strides in fulfilling mission
In the three years since the founding of the Bray School Lab, researchers have made significant progress toward learning more about the enslaved and free students who attended it.
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W&M researchers unravel mysteries of spiderweb ‘super fibers’
A doctoral candidate’s skill, patience and dedication resulted in a groundbreaking spider silk discovery.
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Election 2024: W&M professors provide insights
With the election a week away, four professors lent their expertise on the state of the race and which issues are top of mind to voters.
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‘A common language’: W&M professors pitch baseball diplomacy in Japanese Little League outing
The Baseball Diplomacy Project sent a little league team from Williamsburg to Japan to practice diplomacy firsthand.
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Public dedication of Williamsburg Bray School on Nov. 1 — 250 years after the school closed
On Nov. 1, Colonial Williamsburg will formally dedicate a restored Williamsburg Bray School in a ceremony 250 years after the school closed.
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A poor year for juvenile striped bass in Virginia waters in 2024
The 2024 value is significantly lower than the historic average of 7.77 fish per seine haul and marks the second consecutive year of below-average recruitment in Virginia tributaries.
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CCB’s latest osprey study continues decades of work on behalf of the species
The W&M study indicates food scarcity as a likely driver of brood failure in high salinity areas of the Chesapeake Bay.
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City Research Scholars share surprises, life lessons from internships
Scholars reflect on their 10 full-time weeks of intern and research activities during the summer.
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Not so spooky: Bats are beneficial – and they’re in trouble
A W&M visiting professor and undergraduate researchers are actively aiding bat conservation efforts.
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The comeback continues for Virginia’s bay scallops
The results of this year's survey show their population may be approaching sustainable levels.
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Fall Tack Lecture brings the salt marsh to Sadler Center
The fall 2024 Tack Faculty Lecture, “Space Fish, Zombie Shrimp and Other Saltmarsh Tales,” is scheduled for Nov. 14.
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Associate professor awarded prestigious fellowship in historical studies
Fabrício Prado will spend the 2024-2025 academic year expanding his research on U.S and South American commercial linkages during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions.
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W&M professor publishes children’s book to teach AI fundamentals
The book aims to introduce middle schoolers to the mathematical fundamentals of artificial intelligence and machine learning in a fun and engaging way.
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W&M celebrates Himalayan University Consortium membership
The new partnership provides opportunities for collaborative, transnational climate change and conservation work in Nepal and other Himalayan countries.
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Fall symposium to spotlight range, depth of W&M undergraduate research
The event will highlight the collective intellectual passion behind W&M’s vibrant undergraduate research community.
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W&M study offers hope for the resilience of the American lobster fishery
According to a study by researchers at William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences, the American lobster may be more resilient to the effects of climate change than expected.
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W&M professor and former provost authors open access book on Greek play
The play follows Admetus who is granted the postponement of his death by Apollo.
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New species of Antarctic dragonfish highlights its threatened ecosystem
A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula by researchers at VIMS and William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine…
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Virginia’s Revolutionary histories take center stage at ‘For 2026’ conference
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, in partnership with William & Mary and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, is pleased to announce the third conference in its highly successful five-year "For 2026" series.
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The science and beauty of the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory undergrad field course
The two-week course is designed to expose them to field-based, coastal marine research.
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Experts encouraged by continued expansion of Chesapeake Bay grasses
High salinity regions showed record expansion of eelgrass.
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The art of asking questions: Does AI in the classroom facilitate deep learning in students?
W&M researchers conducted a semester-long study to evaluate the effectiveness of an AI assistant in a computer programming course.