Class of 1962 Professor of History Chitralekha Zutshi recently published "Sheikh Abdullah: The Caged Lion of Kashmir."
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A collection five decades in the making
W&M Professor Emeritus Terry Meyers donates collection on poet A.C. Swinburne to W&M Libraries.
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W&M Bray School Lab featured on TODAY Show
The William & Mary Bray School Lab and the Williamsburg Bray School Initiative were featured on the TODAY Show as part of Black History Month.
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Major new source of carbon loss discovered along Virginia’s eroding barrier islands
Coastal landscapes facing the combined threats of sea-level rise and erosion are at risk of a diminished, fleeting blue carbon stock.
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W&M’s Irina Novikova named fellow of the American Physical Society
The award recognizes the excellence of her quantum physics research.
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Expanding WMSURE program creates thriving scholarly community
It's a time of dramatic expansion for WMSURE, with 62 William & Mary Scholars Award recipients invited into the program this year — the largest group yet.
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Books published by William & Mary faculty in 2023
A look at books published by W&M faculty in 2023.
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W&M Professor Lawrence Leemis publishes open access textbook
The textbook, "Statistical Modeling: Regression, Survival Analysis, and Time Series Analysis," will be used by students studying statistics, data science, operations research, economics and industrial engineering.
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Merry & bright: W&M researchers help enduring holiday symbols thrive
Broad species research aids in bird conservation and public awareness.
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Denys Poshyvanyk elevated to fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
He becomes the fourth current member of William & Mary’s Department of Computer Science to achieve the distinction.
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Surging interest in community-centered research triples Sharpe Scholars program
A passion for community-centered research among incoming William & Mary students helped triple this year’s enrollment in the Sharpe Community Scholars program.
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‘The Uninvited Host’: telling the story of the true cost of tourism in Goa
The project explores a Goa that most tourists don’t see or even wonder about, but that is rich and complex and resilient.
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Argentine election: Q&A with William & Mary’s Silvia Tandeciarz
Chancellor Professor of Hispanic Studies Silvia Tandeciarz shares her initial thoughts on Argentina's new president, Javier Milei.
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The 2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone is the smallest on record
The combination of pollution reduction practices and below-average rainfall result in a historically small dead zone.
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At W&M’s Institute for Integrative Conservation, student research helps tackle biodiversity challenges
IIC students collaborate with external partners in research projects designed to address conservation issues.
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Fiddler crabs are moving north as waters warm, and salt marsh grasses are suffering for it
Virginia Institute of Marine Science researchers found that, thanks to climate change, the relationship between crabs and plants is not always positive.
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W&M Professor Margaret Hu serves as expert witness on AI before U.S. Senate committee
The hearing addressed “The Philosophy of AI: Learning from History, Shaping Our Future.”
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W&M iGEM team wins gold and ranks in the top 10 of all undergraduate teams worldwide
The William & Mary team competed against hundreds of groups from around the world and earned multiple honors.
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Belt and Road bounces back as Beijing seeks to future-proof its flagship global infrastructure initiative
New AidData flagship report and dataset show China is refocusing time and money on troubled projects, distressed borrowers and sources of public backlash in effort to de-risk its portfolio and out-maneuver G7 competitors.
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W&M’s Election Law Program receives grant to contextualize election statutes
The grant will support one of the program’s signature projects, a state election law “eBenchbook” that contextualizes election statutes in all 50 states.
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Fall 2023 Tack Faculty Lecture to recenter Native American narratives
William & Mary anthropologist Danielle Moretti-Langholtz will give the lecture “Reconnecting Native Narratives to the Brafferton Indian School” on Nov. 14.
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Partners in data: Q&A with Vice Provost Dennis Manos
How William & Mary will benefit from a new $300+ million data facility led by longtime partner Jefferson Lab.
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Nepal Water Initiative flourishes with multidisciplinary collaboration across W&M
True multidisciplinary collaboration is at the heart of what is now known as the Nepal Water Initiative.
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First Indigenous Peoples Feast celebrates food sovereignty
William & Mary faculty member brings together Indigenous chefs to spark conversations about community, identity and the role of food in advancing Indigenous sovereignty.
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AidData seeks expanded role in Global South
$1.5M grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supports William & Mary research lab’s efforts to inform the design and delivery of foreign aid and credit to the Global South, and give leaders and…
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W&M research team to host Major League Baseball stars
MLB headliners Bobby Valentine, Jim Small and Masanori Murakami will serve as speakers and guests at Oct. 27 on-campus symposium.
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The Center for Gifted Education celebrates 35 years
Since its inception, the center has been meeting the needs of students and teachers through curriculum, research, professional development and programs for children.
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For City Research Scholars, community is the classroom
In summer 2023, the Charles Center launched a new initiative, the City Research Scholars Internship, offering mentored-research opportunities with five local nonprofits and the City of Williamsburg.
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Nearly 700 attend fall undergraduate research symposium
Undergraduate researchers representing 45 different majors in the arts & humanities, social sciences and STEM-related disciplines presented their findings at William & Mary's 2023 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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Q&A: The impact of childhood bullying on adult mental health
Assistant professors Madelyn Labella and Adrian Bravo discuss how mechanisms underlying common responses to stress can increase the risk for depressive outcomes.
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