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Raven Pierce ’23 inspires with ‘We Ain’t Painting Flowers’
Her poster for the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium focused on the power of spirituality and expressive arts to help Black college women navigate oppressive experiences.
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Chlorophyll may biochemically recycle antioxidants
Those antioxidants that we're encouraged to include in our diet may be getting a boost from the "ultimate green molecule."
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W&M professors unveil new model to measure segregation in voting districts
Online maps eventually will make the information for every district in the country accessible to anyone.
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NSF CAREER award: A ‘weird machines’ approach to more secure computer microarchitecture
Dmitry Evtyushkin wants to establish a new paradigm to make computers more resistant to "information leakage."
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Professor’s Tack Faculty Lecture to examine sea monsters: Myth or legend?
William & Mary Professor of Classical Studies Georgia Irby will give the lecture "Sea Monsters! ‘O Brave new seas that have such monsters in them’” on Oct. 27.
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Protests in Iran: Q&A with Professor Peyman Jafari
Peyman Jafari, assistant professor of history and international relations at William & Mary, provides insights and context for the protests in Iran.
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W&M’s AidData and partners receive $4.74M for agriculture and climate research
The four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will broaden the use of satellite imagery to evaluate projects in developing countries.
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In ‘Nature’: Particles pick pair partners differently in small nuclei
When odds are equal, particles paired up with others of the same kind more often than once thought.
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Professor brings Caribbean art history to W&M curriculum
Elizabeth Morán has added to the Latin American art history that was already being taught at William & Mary.
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Williamsburg partners to host ‘For 2026’ conference series in recognition of the 250th anniversary of American independence
William & Mary, the Omohundro Institute and Colonial Williamsburg will present a series of five conferences beginning this fall commemorating America's semiquincentennial.
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Off-the-shelf crypto-detectors give a false sense of data security
A team of computer scientists outlines a leading reason behind insecure data and makes recommendations about how to fix the problem.
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Back to school: Expert shares ways to support K-12 students’ mental health
Leandra Parris' research focuses on relationships among middle and high school students within an equity-centered, trauma-informed framework.
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Pondering at the pond: Crim Dell’s freshwater jellyfish make a mysterious and unexpected return
They may be brainless, but they have a mind of their own: the freshwater jellyfish of Crim Dell are back in bloom.
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W&M launches new interdisciplinary major aimed at solving complex global conservation challenges
A new major in integrative conservation will be offered to William & Mary undergraduates starting this fall, through a new degree program within interdisciplinary studies.
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Whimbrel flight study will inform decisions on Dominion’s offshore wind farm
New technology allows researchers to track the altitude of migrating shorebirds, data that will be taken into account in planning sites for offshore wind farm turbines.
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Ice-age legacy may limit seagrasses’ capacity to withstand warming
Researchers looked at eelgrass communities and discovered their ancient genetic history can play a stronger role than present-day environments in determining growth form and community composition.
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Geologist Nick Balascio is conducting high-latitude research in Norway as a Fulbright Scholar
Geologist Nick Balascio is one of William & Mary's two Fulbright Scholars for 2022-23. He will conduct research in Norway and engage with iEarth, the Norwegian initiative aimed at earth-science undergraduates.
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W&M study reveals novel findings on internal structure of spider silk
New research by W&M scientists has unraveled mysteries behind one of the world’s most elusive materials: spider silk.
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W&M student, mentor team up to capture national park science in photos
Joshua Miner '24 is learning new skills while connecting science with the community this summer at the Schoodic Institute in Acadia National Park.
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W&M researchers earn grant to improve Indigenous food sovereignty in Virginia
A research grant awarded by The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust will empower Indigenous communities in Virginia to make independent decisions about food production on their lands.
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New course offers practical experience in shellfish aquaculture
The eight-day course was built around a circumnavigation of the Virginia and Maryland shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay, with working visits to seven commercial shellfish farms, four hatcheries, two raw bars and a shucking house.
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Rodas will use JLab postdoc prize to continue research of light mesons
William & Mary physics postdoctoral researcher Arkaitz Rodas characterizes lesser-known particles to help physicists understand what holds matter together. He's the recipient of the 2022 Jefferson Associates Postdoctoral Prize.
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Chemistry partners with data science to develop a new investigative technique
Kristin Wustholz's chemistry lab has "planted a flag in the ground" regarding a new technique for multicolor single-molecule imaging.
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New phenomenon in human depth perception identified by W&M researchers in groundbreaking study
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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Study predicts faster retreat of barrier islands
A study in Nature Geoscience predicts a 50% acceleration in the rate of barrier-island retreat within a century, even in the unlikely case of no further increase in the present rate of sea-level rise.
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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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Expert on Founding Era discusses the meaning of July 4
Catherine Kelly recently became executive director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and professor of history in the Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History at William & Mary.
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Atwater: ‘Relentless’ price increases make burden heavy for consumers
Is the U.S. headed for a recession? When will we get relief at the gas pump? W&M adjunct professor Peter Atwater ’83, a decision-making expert, talks about these topics and more.
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The Declaration of Independence as breaking news: How word of America’s founding reached the Atlantic world
William & Mary doctoral candidate Emily Sneff M.A. ’19 tells the story of how news of American independence spread in the weeks after July 4, 1776.
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