February 15, 2021—Williams College will present its annual Faculty Lecture Series online, starting Feb. 25. The series aims to present big ideas beyond disciplinary boundaries. Lectures will be offered on Thursdays, Feb. 25, March 4, 11, 18 and 25, and April 1. Continue reading »
February 8, 2021—Williams College will hold its annual Claiming Williams Day on Thursday, Feb. 18, with virtual events throughout the day that encourage critical thinking about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Continue reading »
February 2, 2021—Williams College, Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), and Connecticut’s Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM) are partnering on a three-year project that will use maritime history as a basis for studying historical injustices and generating new insights into the relationship between European colonization in North America, the dispossession of Native American land and racial slavery in New England. Continue reading »
January 14, 2021—The Board of Trustees of Williams College voted to promote eight faculty to the position of associate professor with tenure. Promotions will take effect July 1, 2021, for Jeremy Cone, psychology; Christine DeLucia, history; Matthew Gibson, economics; Lama Nassif, comparative literature; Christina Simko, sociology; Owen Thompson, economics; Emily Vasiliauskas, English; and Zachary Wadsworth, music. Continue reading »
December 7, 2020—Williams College student Julius Dodson ’21 has been named a Schwarzman Scholar and will join the program’s sixth cohort of students since the program began in 2016. Schwarzman Scholars is a highly selective, one-year master’s program located at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing that aims to prepare the next generation of global leaders for the challenges of the future. Continue reading »
Assistant Professor of History Alex Bevilacqua’s book The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018) won the American Historical Association’s 2020 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize for an author’s first book in European history from ancient times to 1815. The Republic of Arabic Letters reconstructs… Continue reading »
The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (OIDEI) has announced this year’s Towards Greater Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (TIDE) grant awards. The 2020-2021 awardees are: Ephs Inclusion & Diversity Summit Organizers: Tommy Verdell, Athletics and Carolyn Miles, Athletics The Ephs Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Summit aims to educate student-athletes… Continue reading »
Williams College is among the 51 colleges and universities who joined the University of Southern California (USC) Race and Equity Center’s newly launched Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance. Beginning in January 2021, the Center will host a dozen eConvenings, each on a particular aspect of racial equity. These… Continue reading »
With support from a newly awarded three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Assistant Professor of Biology David Loehlin’s research aims to learn basic rules that apply to tandem duplicated genes. Continue reading »
September 22, 2020—Martha S. Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and president of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, will deliver a talk titled, “The Struggle for Voting Rights.” Hosted by Williams College, the event is open to the public and will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., September 16, 2020—Carol Anderson, critically-acclaimed author and professor of African American studies at Emory University, will deliver a virtual talk titled, “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy.” Continue reading »
Sept. 4, 2020—Williams College will present a Bicentennial Medal to distinguished alumnus Wole Coaxum ’92 at the Fall Convocation, to be held on Saturday, Sept. 12. Continue reading »
Sept. 3, 2020—Eleven Williams College graduates have been offered Fulbright grants for 2020-21. Five of the honorees will receive a one-year grant to study or conduct research in their academic fields, one will pursue an academic year-long binational internship in Mexico, and five will receive English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) for teaching abroad. English Teaching Assistants help local students increase their English language skills and their knowledge of the United States. Continue reading »
Aug. 4, 2020—Williams College has announced the promotion of eight faculty to full professorships, effective July 1, 2020. They include Jessica Chapman, history; Lisa Gilbert, geosciences; Christopher Goh, chemistry; Jacqueline M. Hidalgo, Latina/o/x studies; LeRhonda (Rhon) S. Manigault-Bryant, Africana studies; Ashok Rai, economics; Neil Roberts, Africana studies; and Fred Strauch, physics. Continue reading »
July 8, 2020—The Williams College Office of Fellowships has awarded Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowships to five class of 2020 graduates pursuing careers in the arts: Caroline Fairweather (theater), Panalee Maskati (dance), Theodore McNally (writing), Alexandra Medeiros (music), and Sydney Rainer (art). Continue reading »
July 2, 2020—Rónadh Cox, Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Williams College, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The three-year, $340,000 grant will support her research on how boulder beaches respond to storms and how they change over time. Continue reading »
June 30, 2020—Three faculty members at Williams College are the recipients of the Nelson Bushnell ’20 Prize for excellence in teaching and writing, an award given annually to the faculty since 1995. This year’s recipients are Rashida K. Braggs, Mea Cook, and Bernie Rhie. Continue reading »
June 11, 2020—Luana Maroja, associate professor of biology and chair of the biochemistry program at Williams College, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The five-year, $300,000 grant will support her research that examines how new species arise and persist across different environments. Continue reading »
Williams College President Maud S. Mandel today conferred Bachelor of Arts degrees to 14 local graduates. Continue reading »
Williams College has awarded the annual George Olmsted Jr. Class of 1924 Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching to four outstanding high school teachers. Continue reading »
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