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Mountain Day 2019

A photo of a group of students posing for a photo.

On Friday, October 11, the Williams community woke to an email from President Mandel canceling classes and declaring the day Mountain Day! Check out photos and a video from the annual tradition!      … Continue reading »

Strength in Numbers

From left: Nohemi Sepulveda ’18, Dalia Luque ’18, assistant professor of mathematics Pamela Harris, and Claudia Reyes ’18.

Claudia Reyes ’18 came to Williams to study math. She loved the subject in high school and heard wonderful things about the department. But when she got here, she started to doubt herself—and her skills. “I felt lost in my math classes freshman year,” she says. “I was one of… Continue reading »

Mountain Day 2017 Recap

Friday, Oct. 13, dawned crisp and clear—perfect weather for Mountain Day. President Adam Falk rang the chapel bells to cancel classes kick off a day packed with outdoor activities for students, faculty and staff. Check out photos from Mountain Day and our social media coverage.    … Continue reading »

Math Games

Grace Mabie ’19 and Elena Teaford ’17 paired up last spring to make a game that helps young children learn math. With several two-colored spinners and a game board with moveable parts, players ages 5-7 can use their natural intuition about proportions to deepen their understanding of fractions. The game… Continue reading »

Students Take on Renewable Energy Projects

Several Williams students are working to help the college meet its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint by 35 percent of its 1990 levels by 2020. Two of the college’s Renewable Energy Interns spent the last year on a program that will deeply impact the town of Williamstown—a program the… Continue reading »

Welcome, Everyone, to Computer Science

By Julia Munemo It’s a play on words—or rather on acronyms. UnICS is the name of a student-led group, and it stands for Underrepresented Identities in Computer Science. The pun is that its homophone, UNIX, is an operating system some of those students have learned to master. “UnICS was created… Continue reading »

Boots to Books

Williams welcomed two veterans to the Class of 2020 as part of a partnership with Service to School (S2S) and VetLink, which is designed to connect high-achieving veterans with some of the most selective colleges and universities in the country and mentor them through the application process. Benton Leary ’20… Continue reading »