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Adventures in Music

Students performed at The Clark Art Institute as part of the I/O Festival, the Williams College Department of Music’s annual expedition into the music of today. Over the course of four days and nights, performers and audiences toured a world of new sounds and adventurous music. I/O Fest 2022 featured guest ensembles, music by composers-in-residence, and performances by the I/O Ensemble and an array of Williams faculty, students, alumni and guests.

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Meg Bossong ’05 uses an unlikely source—The Bachelor/ette franchise—to talk about good and bad relationships in a Winter Study course.

Tasting Austria

Students sitting around a dining table eating a meal in a sunny room

A Winter Study course offers students the chance to explore the culture of Austria through music, art, food, dance, language, skiing and more.

Claiming Williams

Participate in a full day of events as we question how we can break the cycle of oppression, injustice, and the notion of effortless perfection that defines experiences at Williams and beyond.

WILLIAMS NEWS

From the College

President Maud S. Mandel announces that professors Gretchen Long and Eiko Maruko Siniawer ’97 will serve as the next dean of the college and provost, respectively.

From the College

Economics professor Lara Shore-Sheppard has been named a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar.

From the College

Darla Torres ’18 is awarded a prestigious Rangel Fellowship.

Covid-19 Information

Please visit the Covid-19 website for the latest information, including details about vaccination, testing and mask requirements, and travel.

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Jan 28

Meet Tony '25, one our Admission Ambassadors (Hi, Tony!). We asked him a few questions about life as an Eph - here's what he has to share:

q. What's been your most unexpected Williams experience?
a. Everyone always mentions how rural and middle-of-nowhere Williams is. Being from the Bay Area, I knew that it would be a bit of a location adjustment for me. During one of my summers at Williams, I casually and unexpectedly saw deer and a bear that came to campus and hovered around the dorm (Agard House) that I was staying at!

q. What has been your favorite class or research experience?
a. My favorite class experience has to be ECON 501: Economic Growth and Development as a part of the CDE program. It is not only fascinating to learn about global wealth disparities, but I really enjoy and appreciate being in a classroom full of future government officials and leaders from developing countries across the world and learning more about each of their perspectives.

q. Who have you met that you wouldn’t have expected to meet?
a. Being at Williams is the first time I've been surrounded by people from not only different cultures and states, but also from different countries all over the world. I have had the opportunity to meet and become really good friends from Ghana and Kenya.

q. Name a dish you’ve had in the Berkshires that you wouldn’t have had at home.
a. Williams Fried Rice from Blue Mango

q. What's on your Williams College bucket list.
a. Rent out the college’s cabin one weekend and go camping with friends and, when the weather is nice, plan a hangout day during the semester to go on a swim in the Green River

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Jan 28

From Songwriting to Glassblowing to Woodturning to a Taste of Austria - take a look back at a great Winter Study with us!

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Jan 28

Spring semester is right around the corner!

Please take a moment to review our plan for the first week of classes and Covid policies around travel and quarantine.

Thank you for your understanding and efforts to keep our community safe. We've got this, Ephs!

Read more in the link in bio. #togetheratwilliams

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Jan 27

Library Shelfie Day was founded in 2014 by the New York Public Library. Special Collections Fellow, Nelly Lin-Schweitzer’21, notes, “I like the library because it holds a lot of surprises and takes care of ideas both big and small.” Director of Libraries, Jonathan Miller, is in front of our no-contact pick up shelves “with the new book I am very excited to read on which Howard French puts Africa and Africans at the very center of our thinking about the origins of modernity.” 📚 💜 💛

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Jan 25

Share your ideas and feedback and get involved in the Campus Plan this year!

Take a look at the updated website, learn more about upcoming events and see the current Campus Cup standings via the link in bio.
#williamscampusplan

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Jan 24

Before enrolling at Williams, Beam Maskati '25 used the 2020-21 academic year “as a period of exploration and discovery.”

Based in Bangkok, Thailand, she set out to gain a deeper understanding of her home country.

From working on an organic rice field to teaching English and taking an online course on integrative medicine and holistic health, she says her experiences made her feel like a new person and allowed her to “hone my interest for psychology/neuroscience, environmental studies, public health and sociology. But I am perhaps even more open to taking fun courses that spark my curiosity.”

Read more at the link in bio.

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Jan 23

Nicolle Mac Williams '22 took the spring 2021 semester off to deepen her academic understanding of the Madres and explore her interests in Argentina.

Read more about her subsequent fellowship and research at the link in bio.

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Jan 22

Carl May '25 deferred his enrollment for a year to contribute to society by working for his family's business sterilizing cotton swabs for use in Covid testing.

"I learned a lot this year... It was really interesting to learn the science behind the sterile processing of swabs and gain hands-on experience during this critical time for the world."

Read more at the link in bio.

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Jan 22

Contemporary Intaglio Printmaking in Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz’s Winter Study course last week. Check out this work on the press with newly etched plates!

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Jan 22

Abby Vieira '25 spent what would have been her first year of Williams at home, but she managed to travel the world.

From teaching English to children in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic to working with a New York City-based marketing firm, read more about her gap year experience at the link in bio.

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Jan 21

Working with kids has always been important to Max Litvak '25.

Find out more about his experience with City Year AmeriCorps and how he wants to continue helping his community at the link in bio.

Stay tuned as we feature Ephs and their unique perspectives gained during time away from Williams.

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Jan 20

Snow much fun! ☃️ Thank you to Syl Foisy '24 and all Ephs who volunteered to help build this epic snowman in Berkshire Quad.

Photo 1 by Noah Poll '24
Photo 2 by Rwick Sarkar '23.5