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…

Tina Eshleman  |  March 9, 2022

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University News

President Rowe hosts conversation on Vision 2026

During Monday’s Community Conversation, President Katherine A. Rowe outlined the goals and objectives for Vision 2026 and its four cornerstones of data, water, careers and democracy.

Nathan Warters  |  March 9, 2022

Service & Community

War in Ukraine is personal to Russian studies professors, others in W&M community

In Q&A with W&M News, Sasha Prokhorov and Elena Prokhorova discuss the reasons behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, how they’re coping and the support shown by the William & Mary community.

Nathan Warters  |  March 7, 2022

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.

Tina Eshleman, University Advancement  |  March 7, 2022

Belonging

W&M Lemon Symposium to focus on the lives of Black men

The lives of Black men will be the focus of William & Mary Lemon Project’s 12th annual spring symposium, scheduled for March 25-26 at the W&M School of Education.

Erin Jay  |  March 7, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Russia seizes Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, W&M physicist explains the science and risk

The event underscores the possible dangers of warfare around nuclear sites. To understand more about the science and the risk, W&M News spoke with Saskia Mordijck, assistant professor of physics at William & Mary and…

Adrienne Berard  |  March 4, 2022

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.

Reves Center for International Studies staff  |  March 4, 2022

W&M Life

Championship puts W&M ice hockey on the map

The Tribe ice hockey team announces its presence with an overtime win over Appalachian State for the Atlantic Coast Conference Hockey League title.

Nathan Warters  |  March 3, 2022

Excellence

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…

Tina Eshleman, University Advancement  |  March 3, 2022

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Belonging

Record number of IDEA grants aim to add to the cultural experience of W&M community

This year’s projects include a Black alumni reunion, a sensory space and a mentoring program for undergraduate women interested in careers in physics.

Nathan Warters  |  March 2, 2022

Research & Scholarship

W&M prof couldn’t travel to overseas lab, so makerspace students & staff built him one

When the world went on lockdown, Christopher Del Negro, neuroscientist and professor of applied science at William & Mary, was grounded and his research at a standstill. That’s when W&M Makerspaces Director Jonathan Frey made…

Adrienne Berard  |  March 2, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Bringing security to the ‘Wild West’ of smart-home devices

How worried should you be right now about the security of your smart-home devices? "Extremely. And not at all," Adwait Nadkarni says. It all depends. Nadkarni and his colleague Denys Poshyvanyk want to figure how…

Joseph McClain  |  March 1, 2022

Research & Scholarship

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…

Tina Eshleman, University Advancement  |  March 1, 2022

Research & Scholarship

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.

Jacob A. Miller ’18, University Advancement  |  February 28, 2022

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.

Dave Johnson, W&M Athletics  |  February 28, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Personal pages shine light on lives of Black women in late 1800s

William & Mary students read and transcribe diaries in 19th-century African American women’s diaries course.

Nathan Warters  |  February 25, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Russia invades Ukraine: Q&A with Vice Provost Steve Hanson and Prof. Paula Pickering

Steve Hanson, William & Mary's Vice Provost for Academic and International Affairs, is a renowned expert in Russian and Soviet history and politics. Professor Paula Pickering is an expert in Eastern European politics and post-conflict…

Staff  |  February 25, 2022

Service & Community

Leaders, W&M students bring local Black history to K-12 curriculum

A partnership between two William & Mary faculty members and local educational group The Village Initiative morphed from a community-engaged course into a project that is allowing local leaders and W&M students to bring Black…

Jennifer L. Williams  |  February 24, 2022

Research & Scholarship

W&M professor widens lens on 19th century women poets

Letters obsessing about an alleged stolen poem piqued Jennifer Putzi’s curiosity so much she had to find out more. She ended up writing an entirely separate book in addition to the one she originally was…

Jennifer L. Williams  |  February 23, 2022

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.

Katherine Vermilyea '22, W&M Alumni Magazine  |  February 22, 2022

University News

Vice Provost Steve Hanson to return to teaching and research

Steve Hanson, who has advanced William & Mary’s global relevance for more than a decade, will step down from his current role at the end of the academic year to return to teaching and to…

Staff  |  February 22, 2022

Service & Community

W&M conversation series to focus on climate change and water

This spring’s Daily Work of Justice conversation series at William & Mary will focus on some of the region’s most pressing issues: climate change and water.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  February 21, 2022

W&M Life

Presidential spouse Bruce Jacobson to test his dance moves against other local stars

First Gentleman Jacobson will partner with local dance pro Adelle Carpenter in the 13th annual Dancing with the Williamsburg Stars competition.

Nathan Warters  |  February 21, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Williamsburg Bray School project awarded $5M from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $5-million grant supporting the Williamsburg Bray School Project, an initiative spearheaded by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and William & Mary.

Staff  |  February 19, 2022

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Research & Scholarship

W&M student reworks great-great-grandfather’s composition for organ

Colin Carmody '22, double majoring in music and math at William & Mary, had long been interested in his great-great-grandfather’s compositions for organ. Carmody will perform it at his senior recital.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  February 18, 2022

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.

Tina Eshleman and Katherine Vermilyea '22, W&M Alumni Magazine  |  February 17, 2022

Research & Scholarship

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.

David Malmquist, VIMS  |  February 16, 2022

University News

Vision 2026: W&M outlines strategic plan during Charter Day weekend

Data, water, democracy, careers: Those will be the four areas of focus as William & Mary embarks on a new strategic direction over the next five years, President Katherine A. Rowe stated Friday during the…

Erin Jay  |  February 15, 2022

Research & Scholarship

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.

David Malmquist, VIMS  |  February 15, 2022

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Excellence

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.

Claire De Lisle M.B.A. ’21, W&M Alumni Magazine  |  February 14, 2022