A new study provides the first evidence that tactile object interaction can provide information about relative size and spatial layout, akin to that garnered visually.
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Chemists walk out in the morning dew … and come back bearing ‘biogrime’
Rachel O’Brien and a pair of undergraduate researchers get past the poetics and into the chemistry of dew.
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Teresa Longo named Associate Provost for International Affairs
Provost Peggy Agouris has announced that Teresa Longo, currently executive director of the Reves Center for International Studies, will add a new role to her responsibilities.
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DOE funding will advance Monahan’s probe of the interior structure of the proton
Protons and neutrons make up 95 percent of all visible matter. The interior of each proton and neutron is a wild land of particles and antiparticles popping in and out of existence. William & Mary…
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W&M’s Office of Strategic Cultural Partnerships announces faculty fellows
William & Mary’s Office of Strategic Cultural Partnerships has announced its inaugural group of faculty fellows, who will conduct projects to advance the office’s mission.
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Making noise
Joe Laresca ’15, founder of a powerhouse NYC creative company, adds Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list to his achievements.
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APS fellowship helps complete transition from machine gunner to researcher
U.S. Marine Jacob Stechmann ’24 became interested in medicine by helping Army medics treat wounded Kurds in Syria. He now researches artery function at William & Mary.
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Justin Cammarota awarded DOE funding to research at Jefferson Lab
Justin Cammarota has just received a grant toward continuing his research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
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Advantage vs. disadvantage
Work by Associate Professor of Government A. Maurits van der Veen and researchers from Carnegie Mellon, University of Texas at Dallas and Middlebury College appears in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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‘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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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,…
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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.
Service & Community
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.
Research & Scholarship
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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