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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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.
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Esports at William & Mary: Making a global impact
William & Mary’s esports initiative and its international connections have taken root and are growing.
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‘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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W&M honors students, staff who demonstrate Values in Action
Isaiah Johnson, an officer with the William & Mary Police Department, and Christian Olver, a member of the Dining Services/Sodexo staff, are recognized along with five student organizations.
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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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VIMS dedicates new aquaculture facility
The new Acuff Center for Aquaculture will advance the science of farming shellfish. The 22,000-square-foot facility houses a shellfish research hatchery designed to accommodate the operation of VIMS’ Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC)…
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Research by W&M undergrads benefits students & VIMS
William & Mary's marine science minor has proven to be a win-win, benefiting both W&M's undergraduate researchers and the School of Marine Science at VIMS.
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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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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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Student’s idea shines light on the many ‘Faces of the Chesapeake’
Andrew Corso, a doctoral candidate at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, recently conceived a new social media idea, "Faces of the Chesapeake".
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Project REACH: Students examine effects of chemotherapy on the heart
Project REACH, a collaborative venture between W&M and VCU, enables students to conduct medical-based research.
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McNamara to spotlight solar fuels, renewable energy in Spring Tack Faculty Lecture
The development of clean and sustainable energy is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity today, says William McNamara, Wilson & Martha Claiborne Stephens Associate Professor of Chemistry at William & Mary.
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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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VIMS survey reveals crabbers’ preferences for managing derelict gear
A survey of Virginia crabbers reveals their perceptions of derelict crab pots and the activities most preferred to help mitigate the issues posed by these “ghost pots” in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Study reveals trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones
Findings can enhance coastal recovery and restoration efforts.
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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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