Thanks to the combined power of irrepressible curiosity, passionate faculty mentorship, and Charles Center Research in Motion grants, W&M undergraduates are connecting with students and scholars from across the country.

As part of its mission to support undergraduate research across disciplines, the Charles Center is supporting seven undergraduates in their artistic pursuits over the summer through the Louis E. Catron Scholarship for Artistic Development.

Three Ph.D. candidates in history—Emily Wells, Jennifer Merriman, and Qiong Wu—received Boswell-Caracci Material Culture Study Fund grants this year to reach beyond campus and their primary fields to connect with leading experts in the world of material culture studies.

Undergraduate summer research experiences can be life changing. A seven-to-ten-week experience frequently blossoms into something larger — a senior thesis, a pathway to graduate studies, or even a lifelong pursuit.

Senior Chidi Akunwafor traveled to rural South Africa in summer 2023 on a Charles Center Summer Research Grant as part of a four-member research team whose findings were recently published in Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice.

Conveying complex research in a way that is accessible to a general audience is a challenge for even the most accomplished researchers. For Barr Fellows in Public Speaking, it is an unrivaled strength.

For many of the 100+ seniors honors students who presented at the Charles Center’s Spring Honors Research Symposium, their research journeys profoundly shaped their William & Mary experience.

More than 200 William & Mary undergraduates will reveal their research results Friday, Sept. 20 in Swem Library’s Read and Relax room at the Charles Center’s annual Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium.

For the more than 270 undergraduates who received 2024 Charles Center summer research grants, May through August is a period of profound discovery, personal mentorship, and meaningful connection.

This summer, ten undergraduates will scatter across the globe to develop their research and artistic acumen thanks to the Louis E. Catron Grant for Artistic Development, a Charles Center fund honoring Dr. Catron, a beloved professor of theatre at W&M from 1966 to 2002.

As scientists all over the world grapple with the impact of global climate change, biology and environmental science major Olivia Cunningham ’25 and neuroscience major Megan Fleeharty ‘24 are throwing their lab coats in the ring to identify potential solutions to the most pressing environmental concern of our time.

More than 30 undergraduate presenters took part in the 4th annual, day-long William & Mary Undergraduate Research Experience (WMSURE) Research Conference in Sadler April 12.

More than 20 William & Mary students have received Research in Motion travel grants since the Charles Center launched the program last fall to expand the impact and reach of undergraduate research.

More than 80 undergraduates have applied for Charles Center Honors Fellowships for summer ’24, marking surging interest in a program that provides up to $4,000 to rising seniors to conduct ten full-time weeks of research.

Seven undergraduate artists presented their work Feb. 22 in a sweeping Andrews Gallery exhibition that bridged disciplines and spanned media.

Caroline Leibowitz ’24 and Isabel Pereira-Lopez ’24 wish to understand the unexplainable, to travel down the roads that make the rest of us shudder with fright. They are currently working on separate research projects focused on the historical past and present of witchcraft.

Thanks to the generosity of adjunct professor of business law James Boswell ’86 and husband Chris Caracci, students with a passion for material culture have an unprecedented opportunity to connect with distinguished practitioners and other emerging scholars through two of the nation’s leading decorative arts institutions.

200+ students revealed their summer research results at the 2023 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, Sept. 22.

Raven Pierce '23 displays her research on the power of spirituality and expressive arts to help Black Women navigate oppressive experiences.