Two Williams College Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships
April 7, 2020—Williams College juniors Wyndom Chace and Ben Maron have been named recipients of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. Continue reading »
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Williams College Moves to Test Optional for Students Applying for Fall 2021
April 6, 2020—In light of the COVID-19 pandemic’s progress and impact, and the extraordinary challenges facing students, Williams College has adopted a test-optional policy for students applying as first-years or transfers during the 2020-2021 admission cycle. Continue reading »
John Romans ’20 Wins Prestigious Watson Fellowship
April 2, 2020—Williams College senior John “Jack” Romans has been named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow for 2020-2021. A theater major from West Saint Paul, Minn., Romans will use the fellowship to pursue a project titled “Never Growing Up: Learning from Children’s Theatre Practices.” Continue reading »
CANCELED: Hopkins Forest to Host Maplefest on March 14
March 5, 2020— With the approach of spring, maple sugaring season has arrived and Hopkins Memorial Forest will host a Maplefest celebration on Saturday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Continue reading »
CANCELED – Williams College Hosts a Symposium on New Directions in Asian American Religions
March 3, 2020—Williams College will host a symposium in which four early-career scholars will present and discuss their new work on the study and future directions of Asian American religions from an array of perspectives and approaches. Continue reading »
POSTPONED – Williams College Hosts Noted Scholar to Speak on Black Female Intimacy at the Turn of the 20th Century
March 2, 2020—Saidiya Hartman, 2019 MacArthur Fellow and professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, will read and discuss excerpts from her new book, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, at Williams College. Continue reading »
POSTPONED – Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter David Shribman to Deliver a Talk at Williams College on American Politics
February 28, 2020—David Shribman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The Boston Globe and The New York Times, will deliver a talk titled “The New Architecture of American Politics” at Williams College. Continue reading »
Mathematician Julie Blackwood to Lecture on Diseases, Invasive Species, and Ecological Systems
February 28, 2020—Julie Blackwood, associate professor of mathematics at Williams College, will deliver a talk titled “Diseases, Invasive Species, and Other Ecological Systems: Insight from Mathematical Models.” Continue reading »
Physics Professor Catherine Kealhofer is Named a 2020 Cottrell Scholar
February 26, 2020—Catherine Kealhofer, assistant professor of physics at Williams College, has been selected by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement as one of 25 new Cottrell Scholars for 2020. This three-year, $100,000 award will enable Kealhofer to further her lab’s research on phonon dynamics in two-dimensional materials and to integrate primary literature into the first-year physics curriculum. Continue reading »
Composer Ileana Perez Velázquez to Speak at Williams College
February 24, 2020—Ileana Perez Velázquez, professor of music, will deliver a talk titled “Creating Music as an Out of the Box Composer” as a part of the Faculty Lecture Series at Williams College. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held Thursday, Feb. 27, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in the Wege Auditorium. A reception will follow in Schow Atrium. Continue reading »
Brenda Shaughnessy and the FANG Collective to Speak at Williams College on Climate Change
February 21, 2020—Brenda Shaughnessy, associate professor of English at Rutgers University, and the FANG Collective will discuss their approaches to ecological destruction and the future of climate justice in a talk at Williams College. Continue reading »
Summer-Solstice Thomas ’20 Receives Prestigious Luce Scholars Fellowship
February 21, 2020—Williams College senior Summer-Solstice Thomas has been named a Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation for the 2020–2021 academic year. Continue reading »
Renowned Authors and Poets Discuss Poetry, Photography, and Creative Writing at Williams College
February 20, 2020—Teju Cole, Ishion Hutchinson, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips—the Williams College W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies for spring 2020—will host a conversation titled “Silent Poems, Talking Pictures, and the Infinite Playlist” at Williams College. Continue reading »
The Davis Center at Williams College Presents a Documentary on the Community of Queer Women of Color
February 20, 2020—The Davis Center at Williams College presents The Revival: Women and the Word, a documentary film that grapples with gender, race, and sexuality to represent and provide insight into the community of queer women of color. Continue reading »
Economist Ashok Rai to Lecture on the Globalization of Coffee
February 14, 2020—Ashok Rai, associate professor of economics at Williams College, will present a lecture titled “From Muslim to Christian: How Coffee Went Global.” Continue reading »
Award-Winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to Speak at Williams College on 1619 Project and Racial Injustice
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., February 12, 2020—Nikole Hannah-Jones, journalist for The New York Times Magazine will deliver a talk titled “Reflections on 1619 and the 400 Years that Built a Nation” at Williams College. Continue reading »
Computer Science Professor Shikha Singh Awarded NSF Grant
February 10, 2020—Shikha Singh, assistant professor in computer science, has been awarded a two-year, $155,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her research on verifying that computation outsourced to third-party service providers has been performed correctly. Continue reading »
Lecture at Williams College Explores Kenyan Athletics in the Era of Olympic Boycotts
February 3, 2020—Jessica Chapman, associate professor of history at Williams College, will present the first of six talks in the college’s 2020 Faculty Lecture Series. Continue reading »
Williams College to Present Annual French Film Festival
January 31, 2020—The 2020 Williams College French Film Festival will take place over three consecutive Mondays at 7 p.m. on February 17, 24, and March 2, at Images Cinema, 50 Spring Street, in Williamstown. All screenings are free and open to the public. Continue reading »
Film Screening at Williams College Explores the History of Racism in France
January 28, 2020—The Davis Center at Williams College presents the film Too Black to Be French, which explores persistent racism in France and the vestiges of the country’s colonial history. Continue reading »
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