David Backer in West Africa
Government Professor David Backer really went the extra mile to bring the world into the classroom. Well, make that miles.

PLAID: Creating a worldclass database
PLAID researchers spend the summer--along with the rest of the year--updating development data.

A Hazard without Borders
What do the Han River in China, gold mines in Ecuador, and swallows in the Shenandoah Valley have in common? All three are research projects focusing on mercury contamination.

Cross-Cultural (and Accidental) Encounters
Why William and Mary? That's a question Celine Carayon, a French graduate student studying U.S. history, gets asked all the time. "They say, 'you're from Europe--that's where the history is,'" says Carayon.