William & Mary's iGEM teams have been successful in iGEM international competitions, even winning the Grand Prize in 2015.
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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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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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Mentoring for Careers in Physics matches undergraduate women with established professionals
MCP pairs female undergrads 1:1 with women practicing physics/engineering outside of academia.
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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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W&M explores creation of a computing and data science school
William & Mary is exploring the possibility of establishing a new academic unit in computing and data science, Provost Peggy Agouris told members of the Board of Visitors on Thursday.
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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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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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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.
Service & Community
Camp EAGER expands to inspire more young people to pursue STEM
An experimental summer camp developed by researchers at the William & Mary School of Education is exploring innovative ways to encourage more students from underrepresented groups to pursue STEM careers.
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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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Q&A: VIMS Professor Robert Hale discusses the effects of microplastics, other pollutants on the world’s waters
As a result of his research and discoveries, Hale has been able to bring about industry and policy change.
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VIMS announces Scholar in Ocean Residency
Nainoa Thompson will kick-off a Scholar in Ocean Residency at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science this fall with a weeklong visit to meet with local tribal communities, researchers and students.
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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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Every oyster counts
Venture capitalist Bay McLaughlin ’06, M.Acc. ’07 teams up with W&M’s Institute for Integrative Conservation and the Alan B. Miller Center for Entrepreneurship to promote sustainable — and profitable — oyster aquaculture.
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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.
University News
New $1M scholarship endowment at VIMS honors Carroll W. Owens, Jr. ’62
Funds distributed from this endowment will provide scholarship, internship and living expense stipend support for Master of Arts graduate students at W&M’s School of Marine Science.
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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.
W&M Life
Esports at William & Mary: Making a global impact
William & Mary’s esports initiative and its international connections have taken root and are growing.
Belonging
‘The path that God gave you’
Alexandra Knudson Friedman ’01 prepares for medical practice while balancing life in an Orthodox Jewish family.
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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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Renaissance man
Stephen S. Tang '82 is a science and technology leader rooted in the liberal arts.
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Rural areas will bear the brunt of U.S. sea-level rise
A new analysis using highly detailed elevation maps of the Chesapeake Bay region shows that human barriers will do little to stop marshes from migrating inland with sea-level rise.
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2021-2022 Year in Review
The 2021-2022 year-in-review video captures what has become William & Mary's new normal: adaptation that sustains what the university values most.
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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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