August 22, 2019—Williams College Bicentennial Medals will be presented at Fall Convocation on Saturday, Sept. 7, to four accomplished alumni, including Convocation Speaker Martin A. Samuels ’67, who will address the college community. Continue reading »
August 21, 2019—The Davis Center at Williams College will host a free, monthly film series during the 2019-20 academic year that aims to broaden our understanding and deepen our appreciation of social change. Continue reading »
August 15, 2019—Williams College invites the community to experience the wonders of our universe at the Milham Planetarium, located inside the Old Hopkins Observatory at Williams College. Astronomy students at the college will host free shows for the public on Friday evenings at 8 p.m. beginning September 13 and running through December 6. Continue reading »
August 12, 2019—Williams College invites the public to an open house at the recently completed Garfield House residence hall on Friday, August 16, at 1:30 p.m. Continue reading »
July 24, 2019—Williams College is pleased to announce the return of planetarium shows at the Old Hopkins Observatory beginning Thursday, July 25. Continue reading »
July 23, 2019—Stephen Freund, professor of computer science, received the 2019 Most Influential Paper Award at this year’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. Continue reading »
July 22, 2019—President Maud S. Mandel and her family will host a free outdoor concert featuring music by acclaimed folk artist Dom Flemons on Monday, July 29, at 6 p.m. on the President’s House lawn. Continue reading »
July 18, 2019—Williams College’s Department of Astronomy will host a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing with a talk and film screening on Saturday, July 20, at 7 p.m. Continue reading »
July 17, 2019—Physics professor Protik Majumder has been awarded a three-year $364,933 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue his research program of high-precision spectroscopic studies of heavy metal atoms such as indium, thallium, lead, and tin. Continue reading »
July 9, 2019—Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy Jay Pasachoff and a team that included Williams College seniors Christian Lockwood ’20, John Inoue ’20, and Erin Meadors ’20 joined fellow astronomers and spectators in South America to observe the solar corona during the total solar eclipse of July 2. Continue reading »
July 3, 2019—The Chapin Library of rare books at Williams College will host the annual July 4 reading of the Declaration of Independence by actors from the Williamstown Theatre Festival at 1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Continue reading »
July 1, 2019—Four faculty members at Williams College have been recognized for excellence in teaching and writing. Matt Carter (biology), Edan Dekel (classics), Nimu Njoya (political science), and Michelyne Pinard (athletics) are the recipients of the Nelson Bushnell ’20 Prize, an award given annually to the faculty since 1995. Continue reading »
June 28, 2019—Celebrate summer with family, friends, and world-class live music on the campus of Williams College, where President Maud S. Mandel and her family will host an outdoor summer concert series on the President’s House lawn. Open to all members of the community, the free concerts will be held on select Monday evenings at 6 p.m. in July. Continue reading »
June 27, 2019—Williams College has announced the promotion of seven faculty to full professorships, effective July 1, 2019. They include Quamrul Ashraf, economics; Amy Holzapfel, theatre; Sara LaLumia, economics; James Manigault-Bryant, Africana studies; Ngonidzashe Munemo, political science; Jason Josephson Storm, religion; and Amanda Wilcox, classics. Continue reading »
Williams College President Maud S. Mandel today conferred Bachelor of Arts degrees to local graduates at the college’s 230th Commencement. Continue reading »
May 30, 2019—The Williams College Office of Fellowships has awarded Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowships to five graduating seniors pursuing careers in the arts: Leonard Bopp (music), eva henderson (art), Story Ponvert (creative writing), Thomas Robertshaw (theater), and Nicholas Wallach (dance). Continue reading »
May 24, 2019—Jay Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and director of Williams College’s Hopkins Observatory, has received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for support of his solar-eclipse research over the next three years. Continue reading »
May 23, 2019—The Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, offered in collaboration with the Clark Art Institute, will host activities and events in conjunction with Commencement weekend. On Friday, May 31, the program’s 12 graduates will present papers at its Graduate Symposium. On Saturday, June 1, they will participate in the annual M.A. Hooding Ceremony to celebrate their achievements. Continue reading »
May 17, 2019—The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded research fellowships to 10 Williams College students and alumni. In addition, the NSF has awarded honorable mentions to three Williams graduates. The NSF fellowships support graduate study in the natural and social sciences. Continue reading »
May 15, 2019—Quenton Hurst, a senior at Williams College, has been named a Scholar by the Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York to pursue graduate studies in Scotland in the 2019-20 academic year. Continue reading »
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