News Releases

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., February 21, 2001 — One of America’s most renowned poets, Louise Glück is the winner of the coveted Bollingen Prize in Poetry. She is the Preston S. Parish ’41 Third Century Senior Lecturer in English at Williams… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 20, 2001 — Poet Stephen Dunn will read selections of his poetry on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. in Griffin Hall, room 3, on the campus of Williams College. He is the author of 11… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 16, 2001 — Hot new songs from a rising generation of musical theatre composers and lyricists will be featured in a special Williamstown performance by Broadway tenor and Williams College alumnus Michael Winther ’85. The performance,… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 16, 2001–Williams College will host a community coffee with The Honorable Madeleine Kunin on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Faculty House (968 Main Street). Ambassador Kunin will discuss “An Insiders View… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 16, 2001 — Lee Y. Park, associate professor of chemistry at Williams College, will present a lecture on “Liquid Crystal and Molecular Wires — Doing Chemistry in One Dimension” on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 4:15 p.m. Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 14, 2001 — “Some of the essays are philosophical, some heart-wrenching, some humorous, some ruminative, some just plain quirky” says Sarah Ban Breathnach of the essays by men “on what it means to be a man… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 14, 2001 — Williams College Museum of Art is considered one of the finest college museums in the country and its teaching doesn’t stop with undergraduates. Through a series of active community outreach programs, the museum… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 8, 2001 — Dr. Chung-in Moon, a member of the South Korean Delegation to last year’s Pyungyang Summit, will give a public lecture titled “Two days on the other side: an insider’s account of the historic… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 6, 2001 — R. Cragin Lewis of 800 Oblong Road died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown following a brief illness. The former director of alumni relations at Williams College was 81. “Craig Lewis… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., February 5, 2001 — If you think the universe an infinite body, not so fast, says Jeffrey Weeks, a mathematician whose research is at the vanguard of cosmological study. Weeks will present his evidence in “The Shape… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., February 5, 2001 — The Williams Outing Club didn’t have to look very far when deciding on a theme for this year’s Winter Carnival: the answer was right there on the calendar. In honor of the new… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Sept. 13, 2001–Darby English and Tanya Mears have been appointed Gaius Charles Bolin Fellows for 2001-02 at Williams College. English is a doctoral candidate in the graduate program in visual and cultural studies at the University of… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 12, 2001 — On January 24-25, the Bernhard Science Symposium will bring to Williams College 11 women scientists to discuss their research, new trends and emerging disciplines, and careers in science and engineering. They are… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 12, 2001 — Williams College recently learned that Civil War historian Charles Dew has been named historical advisor to the Tredegar National Civil War Center in Richmond, Va. Located at the historic Tredegar Gun Foundry on… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 12, 2001 — The Mathematical Association of America has awarded Edward Burger, associate professor of mathematics at Williams College, the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. The award… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 12, 2001 — The two hundred and seven-year history of Williams College might pale in comparison to the history of the universe, but Williams College’s new Science Center will do its part to chronicle the universe’s… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 12, 2001–Robert Williams, former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, will present a lecture titled “Probing the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope” on Monday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. in the Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 5, 2001 — Dr. Allida Black will give a lecture called “Eleanor Roosevelt: Profile in Courage” on Monday, January 22 at 2 p.m. in the downstairs lounge of the Williams College Faculty Club. The talk will… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 5, 2001 — The Klezmer Conservatory Band will perform at Williams College on Sunday, January 14, at 2 p.m. in Chapin Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. Founded in 1980 by Hankus… Continue reading »

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected] WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 3, 2001 — Williams College will celebrate the life and work of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 12-15, 2001 as part of the observance of the nationwide observance of Martin Luther King Day. Events… Continue reading »