News Stories 2009
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates '65, L.H.D. '98, talks with the William & Mary Alumni Association about service and sacrifice.
This column by President Taylor Reveley originally ran in the summer 2009 issue of the William & Mary Alumni Magazine.
Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will collaborate with public and private partners on a new effort to restore oysters, seagrass, and bay scallops to the Commonwealth's seaside bays.
A protein known as the thyroid hormone receptor shuttles in and out of the cell's nucleus, where it goes about the all-important business of turning genes on and off.
William & Mary Law Professor Jayne Barnard was in courtroom for Bernard Madoff's sentencing June 29, 2009. Madoff's victims had their day in court thanks to a proposal Barnard authored that requires judges to hear fraud victims' impact statements. Madoff received 150 years.
The mascot search at the College of William & Mary got a bit of national exposure via ESPN.
An international team of scientists warns that accelerating losses of seagrasses across the globe threaten the immediate health and long-term sustainability of coastal ecosystems.
Virginia's oyster hatcheries saw a more than 18-fold increase in the number of seed and larvae sold between 2007 and 2008, according to a survey of shellfish farmers conducted by researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science's Sea Grant Extension Program.
The Virginia Shakespeare Festival, with William & Mary Theatre Professor Christopher Owens serving as its producing artistic director, kicked off its 31st season at Phi Beta Kappa Hall last night. This year's season includes three smash hits and a professional company recruited from all over the country.
Wednesday's press conference by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is a good case study, says Susan Wise Bauer, assistant professor of English at William & Mary.
Sandra Day O'Connor appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS last night and NBC's "Today" show this morning to promote her new children's book, "Finding Susie."
Richard Price's ethnographic account of a "trip down the rabbit hole" with a Samarka curer has won the Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarship.
Out of context features faculty members from the College of William and Mary who are quoted in the national and international media.
William & Mary's Office of Undergraduate Admission was recently awarded a Gold Medal in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's 2009 Circle of Excellence Awards Program for the video prompt the office created last year to help prospective students fill out their College application.
Scientists from the Center for Conservation Biology banded two peregrine falcon chicks June 18 at the bottom of a stack at Dominion Energy's Possum Point Substation in Prince William County.
Business and community leaders from across the state rallied together Monday to launch a campaign geared toward promoting economic growth in Virginia through higher education.
The College of William & Mary and Walter R. Beales III announced today that Evan French, a graduate of Prince Edward County High School in Farmville, Va., is the recipient of the Harriett Pittard Beales Scholarship at William & Mary for academic year 2009-10.
The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary – Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia chapter of The Nature Conservancy have successfully used state of the art, 9.5 gram, satellite transmitters to track five whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) from a migratory staging area in Virginia to their breeding grounds near Hudson Bay.
The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary - Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia chapter of The Nature Conservancy have successfully used state of the art, 9.5 gram, satellite transmitters to track five whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) from a migratory staging area in Virginia to their breeding grounds near Hudson Bay.
VIMS researchers have departed for a 6-week expedition to the deep waters of the North Atlantic as part of the Census of Marine Life, a global, 10-year study of the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans.
William & Mary alumni visiting Nationals Park Wednesday night got a little taste of home. Congressman Rob Wittman (R-Virginia) gave a nod to Tribe faithful Wednesday night as he wore a Willliam & Mary uniform in the Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game.
We’re also who made what we wear and what it’s made from. (And other fashion truisms that will keep green the new black.)
That is exactly what has happened to Mark O. Shriver IV ('71), who was just elected to become the president of Optimist International, the fourth-largest service organization in the world.
The City of Williamsburg airs a panel discussion on the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education featuring four William & Mary Law School faculty members beginning June 13.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has begun a new program to train the skilled workers needed to advance Chesapeake Bay's rapidly growing oyster-farming industry.
Rogers Hall has been renovated and is now part of the Integrated Science Center. The labs are working, even as unpacking continues.
Footage of the 2009 Commencement was featured on the "NBC Nightly News" in June.
William & Mary President Taylor Reveley appeared Friday night on WHRO's "What Matters" TV talk show as part of a "University Presidents" roundtable with host Cathy Lewis.
Now with less than a month left until the deadline for submissions, the William & Mary Mascot Search Committee continues to seek ideas for a symbol worthy enough to represent the alma mater of a nation.
During the annual Employee Appreciation Day luncheon, staff members were able to mingle with their colleagues and friends across campus, enjoy a free buffet lunch and win door prizes.
Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have created an interactive map that allows web users to see the coverage of underwater grasses in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Sylvia Stout, business manager for the Physics Department, is to be honored for 40 years of service at William & Mary's annual Employee Appreciation Day luncheon.
Nine employees at the College of William and Mary will be marking 35 years of service Friday during Employee Appreciation Day.
The following people will be recognized at the College of William and Mary's Employee Appreciation Day for reaching milestones in their years of service to the College.
Henry Hart hopes that "appetizer" booklets will spur publication of ambitious post-World War II literary anthology.
On track to its best fundraising year to date, the College of William & Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library has surpassed $5 million in private support, President Taylor Reveley announced today.
George Harris, Chancellor Professor of Philosophy at William and Mary, believes lack of a tragic ethic creates more tragedy in the world.
The Solar Cells on the Roof of Small team is investigating a key sustainability question.
William and Mary Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll announced the game times for the Tribe's five home football games for the coming season.
Serge Kovaleski, a member of William & Mary's Class of 1984 and a reporter for The New York Times, received a Pulitzer Prize today as part of a news team that covered the Gov. Elliot Spitzer scandal.
W&M alum Thomas Shannon ('80)was nominated May 27 to be U.S. Ambassador to Brazil by President Barack Obama.
Christina Romer ('81) presented a diagnosis of the ailing economy and outlined the government's treatment strategies.
Members of the Class of 2009 were featured on a BBC America news program profiling graduates entering the job market.
Our Center for Conservation Biology invites the public to watch the growth and development of Azalea, an eagle chick hatched at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens.
2009 Jeopardy College Champions winner Patrick Tucker to enter W&M's Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy this fall.
Several awards are presented annually to graduates, staff and faculty members during the William & Mary Commencement ceremony.
The soggy morning weather could not dampen the spirits of the Class of 2009 as they entered William & Mary Hall on Sunday for the College's 2009 Commencement Ceremony.
The following is a transcription of the 2009 Commencement address given by Tom Brokaw at the College of William and Mary - Ed.
The following are the prepared remarks by William & Mary President Taylor Reveley for the 2009 Commencement Ceremony. - Ed.
The following are the prepared remarks of Justin Schoonmaker ('09), the student speaker for William & Mary's 2009 Commencement ceremony. - Ed.
It's official: William & Mary students have broken the Guinness World Record for the most people doing the Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance simultaneously in one location.
William & Mary senior Elizabeth LaPrelle has opened for music great Ralph Stanley and toured the west coast singing songs of the Appalachia.
Longtime "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw, one of the most highly regarded figures in broadcast journalism, will receive an honorary degree and deliver the main address at the College of William & Mary Commencement Exercises on May 17, 2009.
Robert E. Scott '68 will deliver the 2009 Commencement address for the William & Mary Law School.
Geoff Feiss, provost of William & Mary for the past six years, reflects upon the College as he prepares for retirement.
As the 2009 student Commencement speaker, he will be joining the featured Commencement Speaker, Tom Brokaw. A common student would be intimidated by the prospect, but Schoonmaker believes he has a lot of life and ideas to share.
Rebecca Parker, president of the Starr King School for the Ministry, will serve as the speaker at William & Mary's baccalaureate service Saturday, May 16. The service will take place at 9:30 a.m. in William and Mary Hall.
Virginia M. Ambler ('88, Ph.D. '06), who brings a deep connection to William & Mary as both an alumna and administrator, has been named vice president for student affairs, President Taylor Reveley announced today.
First graduates from William & Mary's co-enrollment Program walk during May 17 Commencement.
Virginia's one-of-a-kind program to remove derelict crab traps from Chesapeake Bay is yielding important scientific data that will improve next year's effort to recover these "ghost pots" and further reduce their inadvertent trapping of Bay wildlife.
About 40 kindergarteners from Matthew Whaley Elementary School flocked around the dock at William & Mary's Keck Environmental Field Lab today to release the baby turtles they had raised from eggs.
W&M senior Elizabeth LaPrelle appeared with the Whitetop Mountain Band during a master class at the college. The class is being aired on City of Williamsburg Cox Cable channel 48 beginning May 8.
WMPD conducts campus food drive that yields more than 1,300 lbs. of non-perishable food for local food pantry.
Gen. David McKiernan, a member of the William & Mary Class of 1972, has been named as one of Time Magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World."
Heidi Geisz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, was among a handful of graduate students nationwide selected to participate in the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Baltimore in April.
Three William & Mary student-athletes were recently honored as recipients of the National Strength and Conditioning Association's (NSCA) annual All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year award. The Tribe's awardees are Derek Cox (football), Kate Lawlor (lacrosse) and Abby Lemon (track and field).
On Friday, May 15, 2009, during a ceremony at the Alumni House, five dedicated individuals will be welcomed into the Alumni Association as honorary alumni.
Brown and Harpole met at the College as roommates, and knew then that they would join forces on a project in their shared field of archaeology.
You can't feel them, but neutrinos are passing through your body in large numbers. They have no charge and very low mass, but their scientific value is priceless.
Henderson ('09) shared her brother's story with a group of about 35 William & Mary students, faculty and staff members in the College's Sunken Garden Thursday as part of the annual Moment of Remembrance.
Aramark and William and Mary Dining Services will be hiring three (3) student Sustainability Interns for the 2009-2010 academic year.
W&M's government department and Reves Center for International Studies hosted a forum marking the 20th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
After posting outstanding seasons and helping No. 20 William and Mary claim its second consecutive regular season league title, five Tribe lacrosse players were honored with all-conference awards at the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Awards Banquet on Wednesday evening.
It is official. The bacteriophage discovered in the Crim Dell at the College of William and Mary never had been seen before.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science's annual bay grass monitoring program shows that the abundance of underwater grasses in Chesapeake Bay increased by 18 percent last year, from 64,917 acres in 2007 to 76,861 acres in 2008.
The William and Mary men's basketball team handed out its yearly awards at its annual banquet recently.
H. Burton "Burt" Kester, a lecturer in flute and bassoon at William & Mary, died at his home on Sunday, April 19. The orchestra's spring concert, scheduled for 8 p.m. on April 29, is being dedicated to his memory.
William and Mary senior cornerback Derek Cox (Winterville, N.C.) was selected Sunday morning by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third-round of the NFL Draft.
The College of William and Mary is home to many firsts: first royal charter, first honor code, first Law School, but now it can add another one. Last year, William & Mary became the first university in the United States to have a detachment of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
A thesis published in the April 2009 issue of the William & Mary Quarterly reveals the discovery of nearly 50 letters to, from or about Benjamin Franklin previously not known to exist.
It's an experience that Mann will not soon forget, and it's for lessons like this that he and his fellow William & Mary ROTC cadets participated in field training exercises at Fort Pickett recently.
A recent study by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley and University of Massachusetts at Amherst suggests that cross-group friendships promote cultural understanding and diminish even the worst of prejudices and anxieties. A group at the College of William and Mary has been demonstrating that principle for years.
Graduate student Juliette Poleto Giordano of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, won the award for outstanding student oral presentation at the spring meeting of the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) in Ocean City, MD.
April is the month of milestones for Twitter and those who follow the social networking site. A week after actor Ashton Kutcher beat CNN in a battle to reach one million followers on Twitter, the William & Mary News broke new ground as well - gaining its 1,000 the follower of WMNews.
The William & Mary Law School, School of Education, School of Business and graduate program in colonial history were all recognized in US News and World Report's graduate school rankings for 2010.
A report issued by the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Thursday honored six William and Mary athletic squads as recipients of its public recognition award for 2008-09.
As free speech in cyberland proliferates, opportunities for expression in the real world continue to shrink, says Timothy Zick, professor of law at William and Mary.
William & Mary will explore its own past involvement with slavery and the complexities of race relations from the end of the Civil War to date.
William & Mary Police Department will hold a campus-wide food drive April 28 and 29 to benefit the local FISH food pantry.
John Chichester, who served for nearly three decades in the Senate of Virginia and was a champion for higher education in the Commonwealth, has been named the 2009 Hunter B. Andrews Fellow in American Politics at the College of William & Mary.
Brooks was one of about 600 people who were added to the national bone marrow donor registry this year thanks to William & Mary's annual drive.
Dr. Eugene Burreson, Chancellor Professor of Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has received an Honored Life Member Award from the National Shellfisheries Association for outstanding contributions to the field of shellfish biology.
Hundreds of William & Mary students turned out April 19 to attempt to break the Guinness world record for largest Thriller dance.
The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at William & Mary Law School was named National Chapter of the Year on March 21 at the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) Convention in Irvine, CA.
The William & Mary Board of Visitors today approved first phase of the College's ongoing strategic planning process.
The William & Mary Board of Visitors today unanimously elected alumnus Henry C. Wolf, retired chief financial officer of Norfolk Southern, as the College's next Rector. Wolf ('64, J.D. '66) takes the post on July 1, 2009.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science dedicated its two new research buildings -- Andrews Hall and the Seawater Research Laboratory -- in an April 16 ceremony that highlighted the many contributions made to VIMS and the College of William and Mary by the Hall's namesakes, the late Senator Hunter B. Andrews and his wife Cynthia.
Financial Forum II discussion taped March 26 will air in April in the City of Williamsburg on local cable channel 48.
Without so much as a map or an "X" to mark the spot, a group of William & Mary students recently uncovered some historical "treasure" that is expected to shed new light on the lives of early 20th-century African-Americans, including Maggie L. Walker, the first woman to found a bank in the United States and a black woman who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of other black women.
William & Mary's in-state undergraduate tuition will increase by 4.9 percent, or $298, to $6,388 for the 2009-10 academic year, according to a proposal approved Friday by the William & Mary Board of Visitors.
After several years of hard work and advocacy, William & Mary's 460 professionals and professional faculty members now have an assembly to make their voices heard on campus.
The William & Mary Committee on Sustainability (COS) has approved funding for 14 new projects, including efforts to improve energy efficiency and performance of existing facilities and a series of pilot studies and educational outreach programs.
Sanford "Sandy" B. Wanner, longtime county administrator and public servant for James City County, has been named this year's recipient of the College of William & Mary's Prentis Award.
William & Mary's Committee on Sustainability (COS) has awarded four Student Summer Research Grants for projects that will focus on areas such as campus recycling, GIS mapping of campus habitat and ecosystems and a new program to increase the College's use of locally grown and sustainable food.
Tenuous internal conditions-complicated by difficult relationships with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Syria-pose the greatest challenges to Iraq's future.
A Balinese sacred performance workshop came a day after Wayang Kali, an experimental shadow theater troupe, performed in the Kimball Theatre as the final event in this year's Ewell Concert Series.
William & Mary recognizes longtime employee Raymond Bernard Bowman with top staff award, the Duke Award.
William & Mary's Office of Procurement, in collaboration with the Committee on Sustainability, announces that it has changed the College's preferred type of general purpose copier/printer paper from a virgin 0% recycled option to a 75% recycled content paper.
William & Mary is renowned for its emphasis on undergraduate student research, and supporting that research just became much easier.
Congressman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) will join a group of William & Mary students and an alumna who now works with the ONE organization on April 13 for a panel discussion about global poverty and American foreign policy.
For Charlie '01 and Sarah Park '01, their new business started out as a way not to make money, but to help themselves get their finances in order.
Direct from Japan (and the mercury sGIG)...it's Future Shock, a whirling look into the fast-food culture infecting Japan.
W&M's George Grayson meets with Clinton prior to March trip to discuss U.S. - Mexico relations.
The United States is the best place to be a Muslim, says William and Mary senior Madeeha Hameed, who traveled with the "Journey into America" program.
Students in Tamara Sonn's class Women in the Muslim World received a rare treat when guest-lecturer Akbar Ahmed led discussion.
The Mascot Committee will begin taking official submissions for ideas for the William & Mary mascot on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
As she prepared for her first year at William & Mary, Martha Barksdale ('22) faced the usual freshman stresses -- along with one big addition.
Graduate students from different disciplines in Arts & Sciences come together once each year to unite in a display of intellectual firepower.
An ethnographer writes of a master curer, spirit possession and a race of sea gods that control the ebb and flow of the world’s money supply.
Michael R. Halleran, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami, was named William & Mary's next Provost.
The 10th annual Arc Carnival hosted by fraternity and sorority communities at the College of William and Mary, was the largest, loudest and most fun ever.
Bassett was one of three William & Mary undergraduates who joined History Professor Lu Ann Homza on a research trip to Pamplona, Spain over Spring Break to peruse two sets of archives and get a better understanding of Spanish history through the hand-written accounts of the people who lived it.
The recently redesigned William & Mary Web site is now serving as an example of excellence for other institutions of higher education to follow.
For nearly two decades, Davison M. Douglas has served the William & Mary Law School as an acclaimed teacher, distinguished scholar, student mentor, and faculty leader. Today, he'll add dean to that list.
W&M professor David Aday was at personal and professional crossroads when students invited him to serve as advisor for an international medical mission initiative.
On the heels of the Darwin bicentennial and at the end of women's history month, a William & Mary scholar will present her one-person play exploring the life of Victorian-era fossil-hunter Mary Anning.
In the spirit of a free exchange of ideas, William & Mary will host a forum Monday afternoon that will address the upcoming Sex Workers Art Show and the issues it raises.
In a quiet corner of the Alumni House on March 13, dozens of students, colleagues and friends from around the country gathered to discuss and applaud the far-reaching effects of one William & Mary faculty member's lifetime of work.
W&M Business School faculty to discuss ongoing U.S. economic crisis in open forum.
A new analysis of the worldwide scientific literature shows that Virginia Institute of Marine Science professors Deborah Steinberg and Jim Bauer are at the cutting edge of their respective fields.
W&M faculty member Joanne M. Braxton to disscuss Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" on NPR's Diane Rehm Show March 18 at 11 a.m.
The Middle Eastern Music Ensemble offers a window into a culture that is becoming more and more a part of our own.
The instruments for making Middle Eastern music are a blend of the familiar and the exotic.
If you missed the William & Mary faculty's observance of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, you can view Darwin Across the Disciplines on Channel 48. The symposium explores Darwin's influence across the spectrum of intellectual life.
W&M presents the 2nd annual global/local film festival, Global Film Migration, March 16 - 22.
The Office of Undergraduate Admission is asking students to write, film and produce their own video commercials about William & Mary in the first-ever "More Than Bricks Challenge."
Joseph Galano told the national Democratic Caucus that failure to treat adverse childhood experiences 'upstream' represented a 'national shame.'
A survey of recreational boat owners who make Hampton their home port concludes that these boaters bring $55 million to the city and help create nearly 700 full-time jobs.
Third-year law student, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer has penned a book on Barack Obama's campaign for the presidency. It is the first book about the campaign by a campaign staffer.
Ask any parent, and they will tell you that the most stressful time to be a mother or a father is when a child is ill or sick, and there is nothing that they can do for their own.
The Office of University Relations has created a YouTube channel to share its news videos that feature William & Mary people and events with the world.
Adam Potkay's book "The Story of Joy" has been named co-winner of a major literary award.
Professor Elizabeth Canuel of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and colleagues have received seed funding from the College of William and Mary to establish a multidisciplinary study group to explore the use of algae as a source of biofuels.
For the second straight year, the faculty of the College of William and Mary School of Business has received a perfect grade from the students, according to the Business Week 2009 Best Undergraduate Schools ranking.
William & Mary's Law School forms forms program with National Center for State Courts to increase public education and scholarship on state supreme courts.
W&M's men's basketball team face No. 7-seeded James Madison in opening round of CAA Tournament.
Jan Rozzelle, executive director of the School-University Research Network at the College of William and Mary, helps Virginia teachers incorporate the latest research in their classrooms.
William & Mary's Office of Admission recently won acclaim for the video prompt they created last year to inspire prospective students as they fill out their College application.
Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA)talked with an Econ. 300 class about Chesapeake Bay Rcovery.
Dean Virginia McLaughlin recently talked with William & Mary News about the new facility and what it will mean for the school and the Commonwealth.
Comedy Central was full of "Tribe Pride" Tuesday night. William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" yesterday to promote her new Web site, Our Courts.
J.C. Poutsma runs a mass spectrometry lab by day and by night has been seen wearing a cape. Is it any wonder the National Science Foundation finds him interesting?
In a message to the College community, William & Mary President Taylor Reveley said that he has asked a committee of faculty, staff, students and alumni to work on finding a new mascot for the nation's second-oldest university.
The College of William and Mary will play host to the 12th Annual Virginia High School League Scholastic Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 28. The event begins at 9 a.m. and will run to 6 p.m.
In an effort to broaden its communications and outreach efforts, the College’s Committee on Sustainability (COS) has launched a new Web site, which includes up-to-date information for new project proposal and student research grants that will be supported by the College’s “Green Fee.”
Charles Hobson is among the historians interviewed in an hour-long documentary titled "Judicial Independence in the New World," which explores the early history of the court system.
In running for a seat in Congress against more than a dozen others contenders, Jan Donatelli ('82) is preparing for a new journey and faces incredible odds.
"When the Purple Settles," an original "hip-hopera" by Francis Tanglao-Aguas, is set for its American premiere at William & Mary's Phi Beta Kappa Hall Feb. 26 - March 1.
Haulman discusses his book "Virginia and the Panic of 1819." It deals with America's first modern economic depression.
Answering questions on subjects ranging from Harriet Tubman to President Barack Obama, six William & Mary students, faculty and staff members battled it out last week to see which team would claim the victory in this year's Black History Trivia Contest.
Matt Pinsker, who was both an ROTC cadet and a cheerleader, decided to write about his experiences in bridging the gap between the two little-connected worlds. The result is now the feature-length movie "Sergeant Cheerleader."
Members of a freshman seminar have found a strain of bacteriophage that may be previously unknown to science. The phage was found in William & Mary's landmark Crim Dell.
If it seems like something has been missing on campus, but you can't put your finger on it. You're right. Longtime William & Mary Police Captain Ed Davis retired a few weeks ago.
Despite trying economic times, the faculty and staff of the College of William and Mary still understood the importance of giving to those in need.
You, too, can now understand Cuban films, thanks to Anne Marie Stock.
A Facebook group dedicated to celebrating the success of Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin ('95) has garnered more than 500 members.
Anthropologist Barbara King discusses the emotional life of apes at the nation’s largest gathering of scientists.
From Obama to Kennedy, what have been the private and public faiths of modern American presidents? For almost a decade, Professor of Religious Studies David Holmes has studied this and other questions about the faiths of American presidents.
Students, faculty and staff members from various cultural backgrounds joined hands in the second floor of the Wren building Thursday night and celebrated a century of progress made by nation's oldest civil rights organization.
The City of Williamsburg and William & Mary announce partnership to feature W&M events on local cable channel 48.
ISC 1 is open and producing science. ISC 2 is under construction. Just wait until we build ISC 3.
Assistant Professor of Government Stacey Pelika featured on local public radio program, HearSay with Cathy Lewis, Feb. 13.
Doug Pierson M.B.A. '99 may very well be the only William and Mary alumnus who has reached the peak of Mount Everest. The endurance, strength and lung capacity necessary to accomplish the feat are bestowed on a select few and, in fact, only around 3,000 people have actually summited.
On Feb. 10, six graduate students from the College of William and Mary participated in the fourth annual Graduate Student Research Forum, held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.
The newest version of Google Earth contains data on marine "dead zones" contributed by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary.
The Linnean Society of London has awarded Darwin-Wallace medals every half-century since 1908. The most recent class includes H. Allen Orr ’82, ’85 and Mohamed Noor ’92.
After his freshman year at Princeton University, Robert Engs spent the summer working at Colonial Williamsburg, where the mission is “That the future may learn from the past.”
Education will be critical in helping the nation recover from its current economic crisis, U.S. Senator (D-Va.) Jim Webb told the students, faculty, alumni and community members gathered in William & Mary's Phi Beta Kappa Hall on Feb. 7.
Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin ('95) is the youngest head coach to have ever won a Super Bowl, and the William & Mary alum credits his experiences with the Tribe for helping get him there.
Katherine Kulick, Associate Professor of French and Modern Languages, received the Thomas Jefferson Award on Charter Day.
Paleontologist Rowan Lockwood received the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award, the highest award given to young faculty members at the College of William and Mary.
On Feb. 7, during William & Mary's annual Charter Day celebrations, Kelly Hallinger received the Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Philosophy for her work in biology and ornithology.
Devin Oller, a senior English major and biology minor, received the 2009 Monroe Prize in Civic Leadership during the William & Mary's Charter Day ceremony Feb. 7.
Remarks from U.S. Senator (D-Va.) Jim Webb's Charter Day speech.
The prepared remarks of President Taylor Reveley for the Charter Day Ceremony 2009. Virginia Sen. Jim Webb served as the keynote speaker.
William & Mary Chancellor Sandra Day O'Connor gave remarks during the Charter Day ceremony.
William & Mary's two major service programs will merge into one, and a new minor in community studies is currently under serious discussion and has enthusiastic faculty support, Provost Geoff Feiss announced during the Board of Visitors meeting Thursday.
The weather vane that sits on top of the Wren building is a familiar sight to anyone who has walked around William & Mary's campus.
Oxidative damage of protein happens to us all, but our bodies usually fix the problem. Usually.
William and Mary Head Football Coach Jimmye Laycock announced the College's signing of 10 prep players to National Letters of Intent Wednesday afternoon.
Two William & Mary alums got big nods of approval this week from two of the state's top officials.
William & Mary's undergraduate admission applications for next fall's entering class have surpassed 12,000 for the first time in the College's history.
At 6 a.m. on Jan. 29, senior Brittany Constance was awake, alert and ready to lead a busload of 35 students for the College of William and Mary's annual "Road to Richmond" event.
In advance of this week's regular meeting of the William & Mary Board of Visitors, Michael K. Powell, Rector of the College, posted the next installment of the BOV's new Web blog.
The College of William and Mary's Office of University Relations now has another way to disseminate news and information about the College to its community and the world.
Mike Tomlin ('95) becomes the youngest coach in history to win the Super Bowl.
Ronald Sims talks about collusion, crusading and how his students' concern for their "footprint" has kept him in the classroom.
Carl Strikwerda, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, discusses the relationship between humanities and science at the College.
William & Mary Law School will open a new Special Education Advocacy Clinic in February.
William & Mary football head coach Jimmye Laycock appeared live on ESPN2 Wednesday.
William and Mary signs a collaboration agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University centering around W&M’s Center for Conservation Biology.
Two William & Mary faculty members received the state’s highest honor for professors, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia announced today.
The College of William and Mary is still one of the top producers of Peace Corps volunteers in the nation, the organization announced recently.
Progress on the new strategic planning effort at William & Mary continues on schedule and the Planning Steering Committee has narrowed a set of draft “grand challenges” the College faces moving forward.
Researchers have discovered that three fish families are actually the larvae, males, and females of just one -- the whalefishes.
William & Mary's Sinfonicron Light Opera Company will present "The Secret Garden" in Phi Beta Kappa Hall Jan. 22 to 25.
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine joined about 20 William and Mary students to work on a Habitat for Humanity project in Petersburg on Jan. 19.
Many William and Mary students spent time volunteering instead of vacationing during winter break this year.
Roland S. Martin, a nationally syndicated columnist and analyst for CNN and TV One will serve as the keynote speaker for the Office of Multicultural Affairs' annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Program.
The William & Mary community will join with millions of people around the world today in witnessing the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president.
An address by Amb. Thomas Pickering (ret.) given at the College in Nov. 2008 to be aired on Williamsburg cable channel 48.
David Holmes, Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies, discusses the faith of President-elect Barack Obama.
Fourteen W&M professors featured in Presidential Inaugural issue of local publication.
Fear and other negative emotions make your world completely different. But don't worry--it happens to everybody.
W&M alumna Glenn Close ('74) to be recognized for award-winning acting career with "star" on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
U.S. Senator (D-Va.) Jim Webb, who championed the creation of a GI Bill for post-9/11 service members, will serve as the keynote speaker at the College of William and Mary's annual Charter Day ceremony on Feb. 7, 2009.
For the second time this academic year, the College of William and Mary has been ranked among the country's top values in public universities. In its 2009 annual college rankings of best bargains, The Princeton Review listed William & Mary third among its top public universities.
What can an understanding of the genetics of yeast do to get us closer to a cure for cancer? Plenty.
The following is a Q&A with President Taylor Reveley that appeared in the Winter 2008 edition of the William & Mary Alumni Magazine.
William and Mary Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll has announced the release of the Tribe's 2009 eleven-game football schedule, which is highlighted by five home games at Zable Stadium and a season-opening visit to Atlantic Coast Conference foe University of Virginia (Sept. 5).
Hundreds of students, faculty and community members braved the cold to participate in the annual Yule Log Ceremony held Dec. 13.
