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.
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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.
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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,…
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Four graduate students honored with Sanderson Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring
The S. Laurie Sanderson Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring recognize the "under the radar" contributions of graduate students in the university's Arts & Sciences programs.
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Fear response: A biological inquiry
Professors Jonathan Allen and Matthias Leu lead a group of students to Washington state to study fear response in a variety of tidal species.
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Students pair up to choreograph W&M Theatre’s “Company”
Kate Bobulinski ’22 and Zach Townsley ’23 are tangoing in synch in their first forays into choreographing with William & Mary Theatre’s “Company.” Bobulinski choreographed the show with Townsley as fight choreographer, which involves more…
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By all memes: Discourse Analysis explores the good and bad of the social media expressions
The faculty-led research team of undergraduate students is currently working on a project that uncovers how the disabled community is using memes to refute objectifying messages and negative ideologies being spread on social media.
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A new, fine-grained map shows radon-gas risk zones in Williamsburg
Researchers in William & Mary's Department of Geology have been working since 1989 on mapping the presence of dangerous radon gas in and around Williamsburg,
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Charles Center announces first undergraduate Research Incubator program awards
The Roy R. Charles Center at William & Mary has announced its first slate of awards under the Faculty-Mentored Research Incubator program.
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W&M professor wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
David Dominique, assistant professor of music at William & Mary, has been awarded the 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Music Composition.
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Art history students get hands-on curatorial experience at W&M’s Muscarelle Museum of Art
Students curating a museum exhibition at William & Mary get the full experience.
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W&M sociology professor discusses context around fleeing Ukrainians
As the Russian war against Ukraine entered its second month and U.S. President Joe Biden announced the U.S. will accept up to 100,000 displaced Ukrainian people, W&M News asked Professor of Sociology Jennifer Bickham Mendez…
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Students share, explore personal identities in W&M Modern Hinduism course
Frank discussion with classmates helps William & Mary students understand course material in a different way in the religious studies class Modern Hinduism.
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Coming soon: Ampersand International Arts Festival
This expanded version of the festival will feature more films than ever before, in addition to music, theater, dance and an industry summit.
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W&M to host teach-in on climate solutions and justice
Event will be held Wednesday, March 30, at the Integrated Science Center and is open to all students.
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William & Mary’s Undergraduate Research Month returns this April with exciting lineup
William & Mary’s second annual Undergraduate Research Month will start April 1 – and this time it will be primarily on campus and in person.
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Misinformation examination: How trust and distrust shift during COVID-19
Yifan Sun is a member of a team of scientists that surveyed social media users in Georgia and Massachusetts to gain insights on what pandemic-related information people accept — or what they don't.
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Innovator Soh Yeong Roh ’84 explores convergence of art, technology and society
Soh Yeong Roh ’84 reflects on the achievements of Art Center Nabi, the museum and creativity hub she founded in South Korea’s capital 20 years ago, and considers what comes next.
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William & Mary physicist invited to White House fusion energy summit
Saskia Mordijck will take a brief leave from her plasma experiments in Los Angeles to participate in the March 17 White House Summit: Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy.
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The serious, sustainable (and sometimes celebratory) indigenous fishing methods of Polynesia
Jennifer Kahn has examined a number of indigenous fishing methods in the Society Islands, many of which are being practiced to this day.
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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.
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A global outlook on health
Epidemiologist Iyabo Obasanjo brings experience from Africa and veterinary medicine to her work as a COVID-19 policy advisor.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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