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Exposure

Students taking "Landscape Photography" during Winter Study increase their awareness of the world.

Impassioned Public Speaking

Students persuade and inspire on topics of spirituality, faith, activism, and social justice.

Decoding Earth’s History

Geosciences professor Ronadh Cox shares her thoughts on deep time, the origins of life and the stunningly young field of geology.

Room to Learn

When vast amounts of human scholarship are as close as the nearest smartphone, what's the future for libraries at Williams?

Pinning Down History

Zoë Samels, a second year graduate student in the history of art, works to conserve a work of art made of insects.

A Season of Learning

As his Williams career comes to a close, a top basketball player reflects on the surgery that nearly sidelined him...and the support that saw him through.

Aspects of Asian Art

Students in Professor Jang's Asian Art course reflect on the global scope of art and art history.

Whom Would You Elect?

A course on the American presidency combines two modern phenomena—TV campaign ads and technology—to study the early days of the republic.

In Patagonia

Recent grads Alex Bain and Sarah Tory bike 3,000 miles to the world's southernmost city

Women's tennis wins 5th consecutive national championship

Women’s Tennis Wins Record 5th Consecutive NCAA Championship

The Ephs topped the University of Chicago this week to become the first Division III team to win five national titles in a row

The View from CERN

Alice Adrienne Sady '13 is spending the semester studying and interning at CERN, getting the rare opportunity to conduct research on the Large Hadron Collider.

Wall Drawings Inspire Dance

This spring, the Contemporary Dance Company is taking its inspiration from the drawings of Sol LeWitt.

Re-imagining Voice

Choral director Brad Wells' ensemble Roomful of Teeth brings renowned artists and composers from all over the world to the Berkshires to create brand new sounds together.

News

May 24, 2012

Christopher Nugent Awarded Asian Studies Book Prize

For his book, Manifest in Words, Written on Paper: Producing and Circulating Poetry in Tang Dynasty China, Nugent has received the 2012 Joseph Levenson Book Prize.

May 23, 2012

Gerard Caprio Named “Top Wonk” on the Economy

Professor of Economics Gerard Caprio has been named a “Top Wonk” on the economy. Top Wonks is a group of experts in a broad range of public policy issues.

WCMA Announces the Recipients of the Fulkerson Award for Leadership in the Arts

The Williams College Museum of Art is pleased to announce that seniors William Su and Caitlin Condell are recipients of the Fulkerson Award for Leadership in the Arts.

May 14, 2012

Darra Goldstein Wins Beard Award for Gastronomica Publication

Darra Goldstein has been awarded the 2012 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Publication of the Year for the quarterly journal on food and culture, Gastronomica.

May 8, 2012

Four Recipients of Olmsted Awards for Secondary School Teachers Announced

Williams College will award its annual George Olmsted, Jr., Class of 1924 Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching to four outstanding high school teachers on Saturday, June 2, at Ivy Exercises.

May 2, 2012

Five Seniors Receive Hubbard Hutchinson Fellowships

The Williams College Office of Fellowships has awarded Hubbard Hutchinson Fellowships to five graduating seniors pursuing careers in the arts.

Mar 29, 2012

Williams Admits 1,182 Students for Class of 2016

Congratulations to the newly admitted group, who've just received word of their acceptances!

Mar 14, 2012

Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degrees Announced

Atul Gawande, a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher whose work focuses on transforming safety and performance in surgery, childbirth, and care of the terminally ill, will be the principal speaker at Williams College's 223rd Commencement Exercise on Sunday, June 3.

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