Research & Scholarship

‘Position of privilege’: Trip abroad widens perspective on immigration issues

W&M’s Embedded Spain and Gibraltar Program gives students, some of whom are first-generation children of Latin American immigrants raised in the U.S., an up-close view of immigration issues in Europe.

Nathan Warters  |  May 24, 2022

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University News

Commencement 2022

Mellody Hobson, a nationally recognized expert on financial literacy and chair of the Starbucks board of directors, spoke at W&M’s undergraduate Commencement ceremony.

Erin Jay  |  May 23, 2022

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Excellence

W&M honors faculty, staff and students with Commencement awards

Honorees from various segments of campus were recognized at Commencement May 20 and 21 as annual awards were presented to graduates, staff and faculty members.

Staff  |  May 23, 2022

Research & Scholarship

W&M supply chain expert analyzes factors affecting baby formula shortage

As many parents all over the U.S. look high and low for baby formula for their infants, the causes and possible solutions to the shortage are being dissected.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  May 20, 2022

Service & Community

W&M awards Green Fee funding to 22 projects in 2021-2022 academic year

William & Mary Sustainability has announced the Green Fee awards for the 2021-2022 academic year.

W&M Sustainability staff  |  May 20, 2022

University News

Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75, W&M alumni leader who transformed the alumni experience, is set to retire

Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75 is set to retire Aug. 1 as the leader of the university’s alumni engagement efforts and the W&M Alumni Association.

Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  May 20, 2022

University News

W&M undergraduates to see zero increase in tuition

Action on FY23 tuition and fees was taken by William & Mary's Board of Visitors during a May 19, 2022 meeting of their Executive Committee.

Staff  |  May 19, 2022

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Belonging

W&M’s first Black Alumni Reunion celebrates a growing community

William & Mary hosted its inaugural Black Alumni Reunion on May 6-8 at the university’s campus with a series of programs, ceremonies and receptions honoring the Black experience at W&M.

Jacob A. Miller, University Marketing  |  May 19, 2022

Belonging

W&M Libraries announces new Archive of American LGBTQ Political and Legal History

A new and unique Archive of American LGBTQ Political and Legal History is being established at Swem Library in memory of renowned historian John Boswell ’69.

Tami Back, W&M Libraries  |  May 18, 2022

Excellence

30 W&M educators receive Plumeri Awards recognizing excellence

Recipients of the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Plumeri Awards were honored on May 13 at a ceremony in the Hunter Hall Ballroom of William & Mary’s Alumni House.

Tina Eshleman, University Marketing  |  May 17, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Anna Mehlhorn ’22 carries on a venerable tradition of combining art and science

Anna Mehlhorn has combined her biology major and art/art history minor to follow in the steps of the great naturalist-illustrators of the past.

Joseph McClain  |  May 17, 2022

Excellence

William & Mary team wins CSBS Data Analytics Competition

A team of students from the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William & Mary has won the Conference of State Bank Supervisors 2022 Data Analytics Competition.

W&M School of Business staff  |  May 16, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Seeing the invisible: W&M physicists designing optical device to spot hidden objects

W&M physicists and students are working on a project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Research Office to develop a device with the capacity to see what is invisible to the naked eye.

Adrienne Berard  |  May 12, 2022

University News

W&M breaks ground on ‘magnificent centerpiece’

William & Mary broke ground Monday on an Athletics Complex designed to improve the student-athlete experience while enhancing the university as a whole.

Dave Johnson, W&M Athletics  |  May 11, 2022

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W&M Life

Like a good picture, Jamie Holt’s time at W&M is worth a thousand words

The graduating senior piled up photographs and memories from four years well spent at W&M.

Nathan Warters  |  May 11, 2022

Service & Community

For W&M law grads, crossing North America in a camper van opens new career vistas

For Paul Carlino J.D. ’98 and Rebecca Eichler J.D. ’98, what started out as a dream and a poster board collage in their kitchen turned into a life-changing, cross-continent road trip from Virginia to Panama.

by Julia DeKorte ’23, University Marketing  |  May 10, 2022

Excellence

W&M alumnus wins Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary

Walter Hickey ’12 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize Monday as part of a team at Insider that used graphic illustration to report on the plight of the Uyghur community in China.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  May 10, 2022

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Belonging

‘A permanent marker of their existence’: W&M dedicates memorial to the enslaved

An estimated 800 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered for the dedication of Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, which honors the people whom the university enslaved over the course of 172 years.

Erin Jay  |  May 10, 2022

Research & Scholarship

VIMS dedicates new aquaculture facility

The new Acuff Center for Aquaculture will advance the science of farming shellfish. The 22,000-square-foot facility houses a shellfish research hatchery designed to accommodate the operation of VIMS’ Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC)…

David Malmquist, VIMS  |  May 9, 2022

University News

W&M student Commencement speakers to discuss community, power of a good story

Eli Rothleder ’22 will speak at the undergraduate ceremony on May 20, and Augustine Manga J.D.’22 will speak at the graduate student event on May 21.

Erin Jay  |  May 6, 2022

W&M Life

Finance major follows his own path via RBC to W&M degree

Solomon Asare ’22 has continued to be surprised by his William & Mary experience, which he characterizes as unlikely and curious to contemplate.

Jennifer L. Williams  |  May 4, 2022

University News

50th reunion classes raise $41.3M for William & Mary

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the classes of 1970, 1971 and 1972 all celebrated their 50th reunions and were inducted into the illustrious Olde Guarde during a much-anticipated Traditions Weekend.

Jacob A. Miller, University Marketing  |  May 3, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Caitlin Dolt emerges from the rabbit hole to cry ‘Io triumphe!’

An intriguing set of mysteries has surrounded William & Mary's first-edition copy of Isaac Newton's masterwork. Caitlin Dolt ‘22 brought her knowledge of Latin and physics to the task. (And also persistence: At one point,…

Joseph McClain  |  May 2, 2022

Belonging

W&M football star and pioneer Art Matsu to be honored

A historical marker bearing Art Matsu's name will be unveiled at 11 a.m. near an arcade at Zable Stadium that bears his name.

Dave Johnson, W&M Athletics  |  April 29, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Research by W&M undergrads benefits students & VIMS

William & Mary's marine science minor has proven to be a win-win, benefiting both W&M's undergraduate researchers and the School of Marine Science at VIMS.

David Malmquist, VIMS  |  April 28, 2022

University News

W&M’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law launches Scalia-Ginsburg Collegiality Speaker Series

On April 20, the Institute of the Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) at William & Mary Law School launched the Scalia-Ginsburg Collegiality Speaker Series. The series brings together pairs of advocates, judges and legal scholars…

W&M Law School staff  |  April 28, 2022

Excellence

W&M ranked #1 public university for internships

The Princeton Review has once again named William & Mary the best public university in the nation for internships, according to a new report out Tuesday.

Erin Jay  |  April 27, 2022

Excellence

W&M recognizes set supervisor, fiscal coordinator with Duke Award

For their unfailing attention to detail, dedication and compassion for others, William & Mary will honor Student Unions & Engagement Set Crew Supervisor Ray Burks and Economics Department Fiscal Coordinator Kathy O’Brien with the 2022…

Jennifer L. Williams  |  April 26, 2022

Service & Community

VA Secretaries of Health and Education launch statewide listening tour at W&M

Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources John E. Littel and Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera launched their statewide listening tour on mental health at William & Mary’s campus Sunday.

Adrienne Berard  |  April 26, 2022

Belonging

Inaugural W&M Asian Centennial Awards honor influential alumni

Since the spring of 2021, the W&M Asian Centennial commemoration has sought to honor trailblazers beginning with the first Asian student, Pu-Kao Chen 1923 (also known as Chen Pu-Kao), and to acknowledge the accomplishments of…

University Marketing staff  |  April 25, 2022