July 14, 2021—Ron Bassar, assistant professor of biology at Williams College, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The three-year, $1.6 million dollar grant will support research aimed at understanding how temporal variation in ecological and evolutionary processes allow similar species to coexist. Continue reading »
May 3, 2021—Williams College President Maud S. Mandel, received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from Brown University during the university’s commencement on Sunday, May 2. Continue reading »
April 9, 2021—Daniel Aalberts, Kennedy P. Richardson ’71 Professor of Physics at Williams College, will present the Sigma Xi Lecture, titled “Shooting the messenger RNA ==>— mRNA vaccine technology,” on Friday, April 16, at 3:15 p.m. in the North Science Building Auditorium. Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., March 26, 2021—On Thursday, April 1, Kelly Shaw, associate professor of computer science at Williams College, will present the final installment in the 2021 Faculty Lecture Series with her talk titled “Smart Home Devices: Why They Don’t Always Work Correctly.” Shaw’s online lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 4:15 p.m. Continue reading »
March 22, 2021—Associate Professor of Economics at Williams College Owen Ozier’s research interests include health, education and economic decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa. These areas will be the focus of his free lecture to be held online on Thursday, March 25, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Continue reading »
March 15, 2021—Associate Professor of Psychology Kate Stroud focuses her research on the origins and consequences of depression. On Thursday, March 18, Stroud will present a talk titled “Understanding the Interplay of Stress, Relationships, and Biology: Implications for the Development of Depression and Anxiety." Continue reading »
March 8, 2021—Peter Murphy, Williams College professor of English, emeritus, will deliver a talk titled, “In Conversation with Peter Murphy: The Long Public Life of a Short Private Poem: Reading and Remembering Thomas Wyatt.” Continue reading »
March 5, 2021—Jessica Fisher, associate professor of English and a widely published writer, will present “The Faraway Brought Close: Poetry and the Work of Feeling" on Thursday, March 11. Continue reading »
February 26, 2021—Mike Glier, artist and Alexander Falck Class of 1899 Professor of Art at Williams College, will present the second of six talks in the 2021 Faculty Lecture Series at Williams College. Continue reading »
February 22, 2021—Matt Carter will present the first of six talks in the 2021 Faculty Lecture Series at Williams College. Titled “The Food Network: How your brain makes you feel hungry and full,” Carter will explore how neural populations and neural networks in the brain play an important role in maintaining homeostasis and how their activity affect animal physiology and behavior. Continue reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
April 30, 2020—José Constantine, associate professor of geosciences at Williams College, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research on why rivers move, jump, and reshape the landscape and the impact that has on communities. Continue reading »
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 »
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