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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies Awards!

Congratulations to Julia Norsworthy-Edghill and Hannah Ray on receiving the REES Excellence Awards! Congratulations to Jed Burke on receiving the MLL Excellence Award in Russian! Congratulations to Sammy Jennings on receiving the MLL Book Award in Russian! Congratulations to Greta Lin Risgin for receiving the national ACTR Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate award!

Congratulations to Ava Pastor and Payton Frederick!

Ava Pastor received Bronze Medal and Payton Frederick received Silver Medal at the 2025 National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. 941 students from 52 universities across the United States took part in this year’s contest.

Congratulations to Elena Prokhorova!

Congratulations to Lena Prokhorova on her appointment as the Class of 2028 Professor of Russian Studies. So happy and proud of you!

Congratulations to Bella Ginzbursky-Blum!

Congratulations to Bella Ginzbursky-Blum! Bella Ginzbursky-Blum has been awarded the 2025 Jefferson Award! We are so proud of our colleague! So well deserved! REES Faculty

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Tepper Lecture Series

The Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program invites you to a Tepper Talk by Serhy Yekelchyk and Yuliya Ladygina.

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The Political, Military and Legal Implications of the War in Ukraine

The Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program invites you to a Tepper Talk by Eugene Vindman, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired; and U.S. Mission Deputy/Director, Military Analysis Cell, Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, Kyiv, Ukraine. December 1, 2022, Wash 201, at 5 pm.

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RPSS Homecoming talk

Who Needs Russian? We All Do!” will be presented by our guest speaker, Spencer Small

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W&M alumnae draw on Chi Omega sisterhood to excel in public policy roles

If you walked inside the Chi Omega sorority house on a typical afternoon in the early 2000s, you probably would have seen sorority sisters gathered in pajamas on the couch with hot drinks and snacks, watching C-SPAN or White House press conferences.

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W&M campus structures named for trailblazing alumni

Following a consultative and thorough process established earlier this year, William & Mary’s Board of Visitors voted Friday to rename two campus buildings and name one campus structure to honor trailblazing alumni who helped open the door for marginalized people at both the university and beyond.