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Fall 2007

En España...y en Español
Cindy Baker | September 1, 2007

Our undergraduates conduct research projects in Spain...in Spanish, of course.

 
Fringed!
Erin Zagursky | September 1, 2007

Student playwrights take their plays and their companies to the New York theatre festival.

 
Changing your spots
Joe McClain | September 1, 2007

Optical illusions can be deceiving, but are we just fooling ourselves?

 
Digging up the old garden...and a few spots we can't tell you about
Suzanne Seurattan and Lillian Stevens | September 1, 2007

From the most visible spot on campus to ultra-secret sites deep in the woods, summer 2007 was a busy one for our intrepid shovelers.

 
We call them GIGs
Joe McClain | September 1, 2007

They're Global Inquiry Groups: Interdisciplinary, international...and they incorporate research.

 
The movies come to Williamsburg (and vice versa)
Joe McClain | September 1, 2007

Global Film s-GIG stages the King Kong of all retrospectives at the Kimball Theatre.

 
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Conference in Ghana
Suzanne Seurattan | September 1, 2007

The Omohundro Institute hosted a conference in Ghana which drew scholars from around the globe to discuss the history of efforts to end the Atlantic slave trade.

 
The giants upon whose shoulders we all are standing
Joe McClain | September 1, 2007

A new, comprehensive work profiles the lives and works of Aristotle, Socrates and other ancient men (and women) of science.

 
Moving up the rankings
Erin Zagursky | September 1, 2007

Two economists propose a better way to compare college graduation rates.

 
Corsets & doublets & fans. Oh, my!
Lillian K. Stevens | September 1, 2007

After a quarter century of designing theatre wardrobes, Patricia Wesp’s is one show that must go on.

 
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Art and artifact
the Ideation writers | September 1, 2007

The surprising depth of controversy about a new museum in Paris--plus joy, the Supreme Court and a rain-forest philosopher.

 
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Two professors earn Fulbrights
Erin Zagursky | September 1, 2007

Two College of William and Mary professors were awarded Fulbright Scholar Program grants this fall to conduct research abroad.

 
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School of Ed. to research literacy
by Erin Zagursky | September 1, 2007

William and Mary's School of Education has received a grant for $152,500 from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to help fund middle school literacy efforts.

 
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Two biology grad students receive grants for environmental projects
L. H. Brumfield | September 1, 2007

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Virginia Environmental Endowment support environmentally sensitive research projects.

 
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Spain's top honor awarded to Greenia
Erin Zagursky | September 1, 2007

George Greenia, known for his work in medieval studies and on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, received Spain's highest cultural achievement distinction for foreign nationals this fall.

 
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NSF grant funds undergraduate computational math initiative
Joe McClain | September 1, 2007

Undergraduates are learning techniques for finding the solution to very, very complex problems.

 
African Burial Ground
African Burial Ground in NYC is now a national monument
Erin Zagursky | September 1, 2007

Work of a William and Mary anthropologist is instrumental in developing the site.

 
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Noise disrupts monogamous bonds in birds
L. H. Brumfield | September 1, 2007

Researchers observe disruption of normally faithful pairs of zebra finches.

 
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ISC update: Looking forward to spring break
Joe McClain | September 1, 2007

We've passed the halfway point in the three-year construction process of Phase I and II of William and Mary's Integrated Science Center and progress is on track to meet the first important deadline - spring break.