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A Complicated History

Photograph of Sophie Wunderlich, Williams Class of 2018, who helped curate the archives exhibition

As part of the ongoing World War I Centennial, history major Sophie Wunderlich ’18 helped curate an exhibit in the Williams College Special Collections exploring the life and death of WWI veteran and Williams Class of 1905 alumnus Charles Whittlesey. As leader of the troop commonly referred to as “The… Continue reading »

Hudson Bohr ’18 Photography Show

In a new series of film and digital photography, Hudson Bohr ’18 documents his own life and those of close queer friends between Williamstown and New York. Bohr grew up with his father in rural Tiros, Brazil. He knew from a young age that he was gay, “but in deeply… Continue reading »

Bringing FamKeepa to Life

A photo of Tafara Makaza, Class of 2020, on the left, and Sean Ninsing, Class of 2019, creators of FamKeepa

After coming in second place in the Williams College Business Plan Competition last semester, Tafara Makaza ’20 (above, left) and Sean Ninsing ’19 (right) spent the summer at Lever, a North Adams-based nonprofit that seeks to increase economic development in the region by recruiting, developing and supporting local entrepreneurs and… Continue reading »

Environmental Impact

In high school at St. Andrew’s in Delaware, Luke Baumann ’19 led a student task force in developing a proposal to install a small solar array on campus. They succeeded—researching the technology, meeting with contractors, presenting to the board of trustees, and securing funding through grants and donations—and the experience… Continue reading »

Summer Research Discoveries

By Julia Munemo On a sunny Friday in August, Schow Science Library is crammed with people. Nearly 200 students, mostly from Williams and some from other colleges, are presenting their findings from a summer spent conducting in-depth research. The college’s Summer Science Research Program always ends this way, with… Continue reading »

Spring in the Air

Joan Edwards' Field Botany class took a trip to south Williamstown recently to see the area's first spring wildflower in bloom, the impressive--and impressively smelly--skunk cabbage. Continue reading »

Model Behavior

The little brown bat native to this region could be extinct by 2030. That’s a possibility mathematician Julie Blackwood and her thesis student, David Stevens ’14, hope to help prevent. Blackwood, an assistant professor in her first year at Williams, is an applied mathematician whose models help biologists study the… Continue reading »

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