Excellence

Data Feast 2023: Business analytics students get moving during fourth annual case competition 

Three years after a global pandemic disrupted supply chains and caused production bottlenecks, the freight and logistics industry is looking to data analytics to identify opportunities to reshape operations.

Kristine Hojnicki, Raymond A. Mason School of Business  |  June 23, 2023

Service & Community

Cheers to a tradition of giving

Prioritizing inclusivity and community, the Class of 2023 led an innovative and successful Senior Class Gift campaign.

Mary Beth Bauermann ’24  |  June 23, 2023

Excellence

A time for wine

Three W&M alumni partner with friends to open Valley Road Vineyards.

Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  June 22, 2023

Research & Scholarship

Doctoral candidate at W&M scores big with women’s golf research

Katie Boyce M.A. ’19 wasn’t big into golf, but then her dissertation changed her world.

Nathan Warters  |  June 21, 2023

Service & Community

W&M’s Community-Engaged Faculty Accelerator bridges disciplines, communities

The first five participants in the program built relationships for ongoing mentoring and project development over 10 weeks this spring.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  June 16, 2023

Research & Scholarship

AidData lab receives $1.7M to advance agriculture and mining research

Two grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will strengthen partnerships with African organizations and expand data on Chinese financing.

Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  June 15, 2023

Service & Community

W&M wins big on the West Coast

W&M Weekend in San Francisco gathered the W&M community on the West Coast.

Claire De Lisle, University Marketing  |  June 15, 2023

Belonging

Change maker

Philip Woodward ’01, J.D. ’04 is dedicated to making society work better for people with disabilities.

Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  June 14, 2023

Excellence

Deep impact

Bart Shepherd ’92 is saving the world's coral reefs by showing them off.

Ben Kennedy, W&M Alumni Magazine  |  June 13, 2023

Belonging

Festivities, fellowship and freedom: W&M prepares to celebrate Juneteenth

The event includes a program featuring poetry, music and a performance by the Elegba Folklore Society.

Erin Jay  |  June 12, 2023

Research & Scholarship

Mars-like skies: Q&A with longtime NASA scientist Joel Levine on the impacts of wildfires and biomass burning

Joel S. Levine, research professor of applied science, discusses the impacts of wildfires on the global environment.

Antonella Di Marzio  |  June 9, 2023

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Service & Community

W&M co-hosts NATO Youth Summit on themes of freedom, security as keys to the future of democracy

Monday’s 2023 NATO Youth Summit was co-hosted by William & Mary and NATO in Brussels and Washington, D.C.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  June 8, 2023

Excellence

Values in Action Award winners recognized at Commencement

This spring’s honorees include Stephen Trefethen, lecturer in mathematics, and five student organizations.

Sara Piccini  |  June 8, 2023

Service & Community

Tribe lineman Charles Grant doesn’t think twice about a selfless act

Charles Grant '25 became the third William & Mary football player to donate bone marrow in the last decade.

Dave Johnson, W&M Athletics  |  June 7, 2023

Excellence

W&M’s Elizabeth Burgin wins awards for outstanding work in play therapy and with military and veterans populations

Elizabeth Burgin was awarded the Association for Play Therapy Research Award after her groundbreaking finding that play therapy treats trauma from the largest play therapy study in existence today.

Stephanie McGuire, W&M School of Education  |  June 5, 2023

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W&M Life

Alumna paints murals in Sadler Center

Zara Fina Stasi ’12, muralist and founder of Good for the Bees, recently returned to William & Mary to paint two new murals in the Sadler Center.

Staff  |  June 2, 2023

Research & Scholarship

Timely AidData study helps explain underpinnings of Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s resilience

Conducted before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a research project led by AidData Director of Policy Analysis Samantha Custer, with the aid of William & Mary staff and students, answers critical questions about how the war…

Nathan Warters  |  June 1, 2023

Belonging

New LGBTQ archive to be featured at W&M Washington Center

The archive includes materials from the tenure of former W&M Rector Jeff Trammell ‘73, who served as the first openly gay board chair of a major public university, and the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

Tami Back, W&M Libraries  |  June 1, 2023

Service & Community

It takes a choir

Alumni establish an endowment in honor of former Director of Choirs James Armstrong.

Jacob A. Miller, University Marketing  |  May 31, 2023

Research & Scholarship

VIMS study reveals widgeongrass has replaced eelgrass as the dominant seagrass species in Chesapeake Bay

Research findings present new opportunities and challenges for coastlines.

VIMS staff  |  May 31, 2023

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W&M Life

William & Mary’s 2022-2023 year in review

Take a look back at some of the highlights from William & Mary's 2022-23 academic year.

Staff  |  May 30, 2023

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W&M Life

Highlights from William & Mary’s 2023 Commencement ceremony

Check out these highlights of William & Mary's 2023 Commencement ceremony featuring Abdimalik “Abdi” Hassan ’23 and Patton Oswalt '91, D.A. '93.

Staff  |  May 26, 2023

Excellence

Mentoring matters: W&M Society of Women in Computing wins ACM award for outstanding community service

The Association for Computing Machinery rewards its William & Mary chapter for mentoring middle school girls, a crucial demographic to invest in for the future of the sector.

Antonella Di Marzio  |  May 26, 2023

Belonging

William & Mary partners with White House on strategy to counter antisemitism

University joins the most ambitious and comprehensive U.S. government-led effort to fight antisemitism in American history.

Staff  |  May 25, 2023

Service & Community

Serving at home and away

Capt. Eric Evans ’09 founded Friendly Forces to help fellow reservists and National Guard members find work with companies that have supportive military leave policies.

Julia DeKorte ’23  |  May 24, 2023

University News

Carlane Pittman-Hampton Ph.D. ’03 named W&M chief of staff

Carlane Pittman-Hampton Ph.D. ’03, a higher education leader with more than two decades of experience advancing a variety of initiatives at William & Mary, has been selected as President Katherine A. Rowe’s chief of staff.

Erin Jay  |  May 23, 2023

Research & Scholarship

VIMS to expand restoration of seagrass, bay scallops on Eastern Shore

A team led by researchers at VIMS will use a $2.25 million grant o expand their efforts to restore seagrass and scallops to the seaside bays of Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

David Malmquist, VIMS  |  May 23, 2023

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Excellence

Commencement awards celebrate W&M’s bright lights

Honorees from numerous parts of the campus community were recognized at Commencement May 19 as annual awards were presented to graduates, staff and faculty members.

Staff  |  May 22, 2023

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W&M Life

Patton Oswalt ’91 exhorts extraordinary W&M Class of 2023 to wander easy, embrace life

Patton Oswalt '91, a comedian, author and actor, addressed the graduates during W&M’s 2023 Commencement ceremony Friday night in Zable Stadium.

Erin Jay  |  May 22, 2023

Excellence

2023 Plumeri Award recipients honored for excellence

Election Law Program co-director, special education researcher, field hockey head coach among 10 William & Mary faculty and athletics leaders recognized.

Jacob A. Miller '18  |  May 19, 2023