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

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Excellence

Strong W&M connections on the Bengals’ Super Bowl-bound coaching staff

The Bengals have had a meteoric rise over the past two seasons, and three W&M football alums have been a part of it. Mark Duffner '75 is a senior defensive assistant, Robert Livingston '10 is…

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

Excellence

The other side of the lens

Award-winning photojournalist Brendan Hoffman ’02 documents ordinary lives caught up in extraordinary circumstances

Sara Piccini, W&M Alumni Magazine  |  February 10, 2022

University News

W&M sets new application record for freshmen

The Office of Undergraduate Admission received 18,050 freshman applications for fall 2022, a 3.5% increase from last year and a new record for the university.

Erin Jay  |  February 9, 2022

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Excellence

William & Mary to honor award winners at Charter Day

Four 2022 Charter Day Award winners will be celebrated during the Feb. 11 Charter Day ceremony at Kaplan Arena.

Nathan Warters  |  February 8, 2022

Research & Scholarship

Star(fish)-crossed lovers: The weird and wonderful world of breeding sea stars

It takes a bit of work to get brittlestars in the mood to procreate in captivity. They need to be well-fed, in total darkness and convinced the world is ending.

Adrienne Berard  |  February 8, 2022

Belonging

The stories that need to be told: W&M counseling professor uses novels to reach, support Black youth

Pamela Harris Ph.D. ’16 is a published YA (young adult) novelist and a counselor educator at William & Mary, fulfilling both sides of her dream to support youth through counseling and writing.

Julie Tucker, School of Education  |  February 4, 2022

Excellence

W&M student to appear on Jeopardy! National College Championship

When Lucy Greenman ’22 left the William & Mary campus shortly before Thanksgiving to compete in the Jeopardy! National College Championship, she didn’t even tell her roommate.

Adrienne Berard  |  February 3, 2022

W&M Life

William & Mary and its history with Jeopardy! clues

Jeopardy! viewers may know that in addition to numerous members of the William & Mary community having appeared on the popular television game show, the university has more frequently been featured as an answer or…

Suzanne Clavet  |  February 3, 2022

Service & Community

W&M law, education schools partner to provide language instruction to international law students

Through a new partnership with William & Mary Law School, two doctoral students from the School of Education’s Holmes Scholars program are developing and teaching an English language preparatory course for newly-arrived international students in…

Julie Tucker, School of Education  |  February 2, 2022

Research & Scholarship

‘It is knowledge that changes the world’: Where policy and academia meet in W&M’s NSIN class

William & Mary’s NSIN: Hacking 4 Defense class gives students a chance to tackle real-world challenges in the Department of Defense and intelligence communities.

Ava Barnes ’23, Global Research Institute  |  February 1, 2022