Arts & Sciences Announcements

Announcements and updates from across the College of Arts & Sciences

 

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• Professor Chia-Hua Kuo talks with Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks on CBC radio

  February 18, 2025 | W&M Visiting Scholar in the Department of Kinesiology, Professor Chia-Hua Kuo talks with Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks on CBC radio

• Professor of Computer Science, Gang Zhou, reappointed to three-year term as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (HEALTH)

  October 3, 2024 | This prestigious journal, under the umbrella of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), is recognized as a leading multidisciplinary publication in the computing and healthcare fields

• Computer Science Ph.D. student wins second place in W&M Entrepreneurship Hub's Venture Acceleration Program

  October 1, 2024 | Computer Science Ph.D. student represents Motion Medix LLC in Venture Acceleration Program, secures second place and $2,000 prize

• Professor of Government, John McGlennon, on dockworkers strike for the Richmond Times-Dispatch

  October 1, 2024 | John McGlennon quoted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on dockworkers strike

• Graham Ousey, Professor of Sociology on "What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime?"

  September 27, 2024 | Professor of Sociology, Graham Ousey, featured in the Poynter Institute's PolitiFact

• William & Mary Presents! inaugural season featured in regional media outlets

  September 26, 2024 | Inaugural presented season featured ahead of opening weekend

• Assistant Teaching Professor of Public Policy, Alan Kennedy, featured in Daily Press, WYDaily

  September 24, 2024 | "Group launches petition calling for recall of York County School Board member"

• Adjunct Teaching Professor, Peter Atwater on new Nike CEO

  September 23, 2024 | Peter Atwater joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss new Nike CEO John Donahoe and the challenges facing new CEO Elliott Hill

• Jefferson Lab: Mapping out matter’s building blocks in 3D

  September 17, 2024 | W&M physics researchers "turn to supercomputers to help build a 3D picture of the structures of protons and neutrons"

• A&S Faculty at Center for Conservation Biology release updated findings on poor osprey breeding due to starvation

  September 13, 2024 | Ospreys continue to experience poor breeding performance due to starvation.

• TRIP research featured in Foreign Policy articles

  September 9, 2024 | Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project research featured over several articles in Foreign Policy

• Randy Chambers, Professor, Biology and Director, Keck Lab, featured on NPR With Good Reason

  September 6, 2024 | Randy Chambers, Professor of Biology and Director of the Keck Lab was featured on NPR With Good Reason episode, "Terrapins and Terriers." 

• 18-year-old A&S student becomes youngest New Hampshire delegate

  September 5, 2023 | Aliyana Koch-Manzur, an 18-year-old student at William & Mary, became the youngest delegate from New Hampshire

• Publication: Holly N.S. White Ph.D. '17, Adjunct Lecturer, History, published co-edited collection "Engaging Children in Vast Early America"

  September 2, 2024 | Holly N.S. White Ph.D. '17, Adjunct Lecturer, History, published co-edited collection "Engaging Children in Vast Early America."

• Yixuan (Janice) Zhang, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, studies impact of AI on students; featured in Virginian-Pilot, other outlets

  August 30, 2024 | Assistant professor of computer science, Yixuan (Janice) Zhang's research on AI was featured in the Virginian-Pilot, other publications.

• Rising sophomore spends summer internship at MITRE creating "new vision of opportunity"

  August 30, 2023 | Computer science and physics student Kenny Calhoun, who is legally blind, interned at MITRE this summer

• Opinion: Christopher Howard, Harriman Professor of Government & Public Policy in The Hill 

  August 22, 2024 | Christopher Howard published opinion piece in The Hill

• Xiaowen Xu, assistant professor of psychological sciences, quoted in The Guardian on impact of personality differences on voting

  August 14, 2024 | Assistant professor of psychological sciences, Xiaowen Xu, was quoted in an article by The Guardian on impact of personality differences on voting.

• W&M ranked as a top international relations school for 2024

  July 30, 2024 | W&M ranked #16 for international relations faculty

• Professor of Anthropology Martin Gallivan featured on WTKR

  July 4, 2024 | Martin Gallivan discussed his research at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown with WTKR.

• NEH Professor of Anthropology, Africana Studies, and American Studies Michael Blakey featured in Daily Press

  July 3, 2024 | Michael Blakey was featured in a Daily Press article to discuss the importance of informed consent of descendants as central to ethical archaeological research and excavation.

• Professor of Sociology Graham C. Ousey featured in CNN article

  June 28, 2024 | Graham Ousey was quoted in a CNN article about the recent presidential debate.

• Fulbright Scholar Aleksandr Kuzmenchuk featured in Daily Press

  June 20, 2024 | Aleksandr Kuzmenchuk was featured in a Daily Press article to discuss his trip to India.

• Assistant Professor of History, Brianna Nofil, featured on With Good Reason

  June 7, 2024 | Brianna Nofil was featured on With Good Reason.

• Data Science postdoctoral researcher, Karthik Suresh, awarded prestigious thesis prize

  June 7, 2024 | Data Science postdoctoral researcher, Karthik Suresh, awarded prestigious thesis prize.

• Associate Professor Saskia Mordijck to participate in White House Summit on June 6

  June 5, 2024 | Associate Professor of Physics Saskia Mordijck to participate in White House Summit on June 6

• Professor of Biology Shantá Hinton featured in ASBMB Today

  May 30, 2024 | Shantá Hinton's advocacy for scientific research funding featured in ASBMB Today

• Virginia Public Media interviews Professor and Chair of Geology Chuck Bailey

  May 1, 2024 | Professor and Chair of Geology 'Chuck' Bailey was interviewed by Virginia Public Media.

• Virginia Gazette features Professor Emeritus George Greenia

  May 1, 2024 | Professor Emeritus George Greenia was featured in the Virginia Gazette.

• Physics Department faculty and graduate student co-author article featured in Nature Physics

  April 8, 2024 | An article co-authored by Joseph J. Cuozzo and Enrico Rossi of the Physics Department was recently published in Nature Physics.

• Professor Adriano Marinazzo cited in a Rheumatology International paper

  March 28, 2024 | A study by Adriano Marinazzo, Curator of Special Projects at the Muscarelle Museum and Adjunct Professor and Designer in Residence in the Applied Science program, was recently cited in a Rheumatology International paper by leading surgeon and scientist Hutan Ashrafian.

• Professor of Sociology Graham C. Ousey featured in major news outlets

  March 18, 2024 | Graham Ousey's research on immigration and crime was featured in four major news outlets.

• Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, Xiaowen Xu, featured in Virginia Gazette

  March 5, 2024 | Xiaowen Xu was featured in the Virginia Gazette on March 4 to discuss her research on the link between personality traits and voting decisions.

• Professor of History, Lu Ann Homza, joins the Universidad Publica de Navarra virtually to celebrate Spanish translation of her latest book

  February 29, 2024 | Lu Ann Homza joined the Universidad Publica de Navarra virtually to celebrate the Spanish translation of her latest book, Village Infernos and Witches’ Advocates: Witch Hunting in Navarre, 1609-1614.

• Assistant Professor of English, Jennifer Lorden, published Forms of Devotion in Early English Poetry

  February 29, 2024 | Jennifer A. Lorden, W&M Assistant Professor of English, published Forms of Devotion in Early English Poetry with Cambridge University Press in November 2023.

• Professor of Art, Brian Kreydatus, featured on Curate 757

  February 21, 2024 | Brian Kreydatus, W&M professor of art specializing in printmaking and life drawing, featured on WHRO Curate 757.

• Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, Adrian Bravo, featured on With Good Reason

  February 21, 2024 | Adrian Bravo, W&M assistant professor of psychological sciences, was featured on With Good Reason.

• Work of OUAA highlighted in W&M's status as a top producer of Fulbright scholars

  February 21, 2024 | W&M was named a top producer of Fulbright scholars.

• Xiaowen Xu, Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences, featured on NPR With Good Reason

  October 4, 2024 | Xiaowen Xu, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences was featured on NPR With Good Reason episode, "Early Voting."