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ARES will parachute down to above the surface of Mars
Airplane over the Red Planet
Joseph McClain | May 2, 2012

William & Mary might become the base for a mission to Mars. The mission is called ARES—the Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor. Joel Levine explains that the idea is to send an airplane to Mars.

 
Science, in 3 to 5 minutes
Justine Whelan '14 | April 17, 2012

There are the arts, and then there are the sciences. There is literature, language and film, and then there is calculus, physics and experiments.

 
VIMS grad student Samuel Lake shows off his game with Kristin Kelley
PERFECT combination
Joseph McClain | April 4, 2012

Theresa Davenport was having some trouble with a football player. Davenport was explaining to a biology class at Grafton High School about some of the problems that can stem from seawater that is low in oxygen.

 
Diving into Colonial history
David Malmquist | April 2, 2012

A partnership between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Watermen’s Museum in historic Yorktown is giving students at three local schools an opportunity to dive into Colonial history—literally.

 
Clay Harris ’13 shows students the wonder of rocks at a Geology on Wheels stop
Igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary journeys
Joseph McClain | March 29, 2012

When Geology on Wheels rolls into an elementary school, the star is usually obsidian—at least as far as the kids are concerned.

 
Pushing their own boundaries
Alla Herman ’15 | March 12, 2012

William & Mary students are pushing the envelope when it comes to undergraduate research. Hundreds of them put their research on display when the College hosted the 18th Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium.

 
All about the algorithms
Joseph McClain | March 1, 2012

Sometimes the guys on Team Gold say “worlds.” Other times, they say “finals.” Both terms refer to the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery’s International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) to be held in May in Warsaw, Poland.

 
From music to dark matter
Joseph McClain | February 13, 2012

Ari Cukierman enrolled as a freshman at William & Mary intending to major in music and philosophy. He'll graduate near the top of his class of 2012 as a physics-math double major, with at least one important peer-reviewed paper to his credit.

 
One size (or shape) isn’t the fittest
Joseph McClain | January 10, 2012

When it comes to the hard work of evolutionary paleontology, you can’t beat the humble clam.

 
Special ops
Justine Whelan '14 | December 15, 2011

It all was hypothetical—but very realistic. Mitchell, Emily Pehrsson ’13, Dallen McNerney ’14, and Connor Smith ’14 represented William & Mary at a CIA Crisis Simulation Competition in November.