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Chemistry

The study of chemistry has a long and rich history at the College of William & Mary, with references dating back to Thomas Jefferson. Today the Chemistry Department offers one of the nation's premier undergraduate programs, ranking nationally amongst the top programs in the number of degrees certified by the American Chemical Society, and typically producing more majors every year than any other predominantly undergraduate institution in the country. In addition to certified and non-certified bachelor's degrees, the department also offers several masters' degree tracks and a biochemistry minor.

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English-Stonehouse Fellowship

J.C. Poutsma has been named English-Stonehouse Professors.

2013 Faculty Awards for Teaching Excellence

Two faculty members have been recognized with the Arts & Sciences award for teaching excellence.

Two A&S professors receive faculty governance awards

Two Arts & Sciences faculty members were recently recognized for their service to their colleagues and the College.

Turning the phage

A sample of bacteriophage peptides are loaded into a mass spectrometer for analysisIt was a hard act to follow. What could possibly be a follow-up to a group of freshmen discovering a new form of life and finding new genes in its genome?