College of Arts & Sciences in the Media
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Williamsburg Yorktown Daily: Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi Delivers Inaugural Literature & Government Lecture at William & Mary
WYDaily covered the launch of the lieutenant governor's unique initiative in Virginia.
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Daily Yonder: Q&A: The Making of the Immigrant Detention Business in Rural America
Brianna Nofil, assistant professor of history, shares her research on how immigrant detention infrastructure has impacted small towns across America.
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WTKR: Wicked and Godspell composer Stephen Schwartz visits William & Mary to mentor performing arts students
The visit from the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist was arranged by Tiffany Haas, a William & Mary musical theater voice teacher.
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Daily Press: Birding: Hard-shelled eggs are the secret to birds’ success
Biology professor Dan Cristol wrote a piece for the Daily Press.
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WHRO: How officials go on ‘Osprey Watch’ to track Hampton Roads’ birds of prey
Reese Lukei, a research associate with William & Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology, was featured in this article.
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Virginia Gazette/Daily Press: Preserving the Past
Jennifer Putzi, English and gender, sexuality and women’s studies professor, is mentioned in this article about the Black Women’s Diaries Project.
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The New York Times: The ‘Terrible Intimacy’ of Black and White Americans Amid Slavery ’s Horror
The Times reviewed a new book by Melvin Patrick Ely, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities, History.
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Boston Review: The War on Iran: A Conversation
Peyman Jafari, assistant professor of history, was among four scholars convened to discuss the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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WAVY: Rising fuel prices drive up food commodity prices, UN reports
Economics professor David Feldman was quoted in local media.
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Mongabay: Mitchell Byrd, ornithologist who helped bring bald eagles back from the brink in the Chesapeake area
Byrd, director emeritus of W&M's Center for Conservation Biology, was profiled in this article from Mongabay.
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Washington Post: Higher social media use linked to lower support for democracy, poll shows
Jaime Settle, associate professor of government, was quoted in the Washington Post.
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Videomaker: The top 10 best film studies programs in the United States
William & Mary's Film & Media Studies program was recognized as one of the top in the country.
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MERIP: War Across Boundaries–Perspectives on Iran and a Region Under Siege
International relations professor Peyman Jafari is included in the collection of 11 perspectives on the war in Iran.
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Business Insider: The K-shaped economy is more split than ever — and it's showing up in groceries, credit cards, and the workplace
Peter Atwater, an adjunct lecturer of economics at William & Mary, thinks there's also unequal opportunity in how people can experience dining, travel, education, and entertainment.
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Black Enterprise: Student-Led Project Archives Black Women’s Diaries From Reconstruction Era And Beyond
The idea first came to life through the research of Jennifer Putzi, a professor of English and Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at William & Mary.
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Williamsburg Yorktown Daily: William & Mary Students Win National Ethics Bowl Competition
Students from the William & Mary undergraduate team won the national championship at the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, held March 7–8 in St. Louis.
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With Good Reason: Law Breaking Principals
Paul Manna, Isabelle and Jerome E. Hyman Distinguished University Professor of Government and Professor of Public Policy, was recently interviewed on Public Radio about education policy and governance.
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VoxDev: Can home visits enhance the impact of cash transfers?
Abigail Stocker, assistant professor of economics, examines the impact of home visits for social safety net programs providing cash transfers in an article co-authored for VoxDev.
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NPR: China and the U.S. alter foreign aid strategies
Carrie Dolan, associate professor of health sciences and expert on Chinese health aid, was interviewed by NPR.
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Vox: How did we get to ICE?
Brianna Nofil, assistant professor of history, was interviewed by Vox about the history of immigration enforcement in the U.S.
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Atlantic Council: Tunisia needs both bread and freedom
Ameni Mehrez, assistant professor of government, authored this post from the Freedom and Prosperity Center's 2026 Atlas.
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NPR: As US presence wanes, China works to increase its influence through foreign aid
Carrie Dolan, associate professor of health sciences, was featured in this segment on NPR News' Morning Edition.
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NPR: Who profits from migrant detention?
Brianna Nofil, assistant professor of history, was the guest on this episode of the Throughline podcast.
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LCGC International: Volatile organic compound profiling of commercial kombucha
LCGC International spoke with Sarah Foster, undergraduate researcher at William & Mary and lead author of the paper resulting from this study.
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Lectures in History: Williamsburg Revolutionary War Encampment
Robyn Schroeder, assistant director of the National Institute of American History & Democracy (NIAHD), discusses the site where colonial troops built an encampment ahead of the 1781 battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
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Daily Press: Water is vital to birds’ health
Dan Cristol, Chancellor Professor of Biology, on why providing water for backyard birds is just as important as food.
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Scientific American: Meet ‘Baseodiscus the Eldest’
Associate professor of biology Jon Allen's ribbon worm has set a record at more than 27 years old.
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With Good Reason: The Body Language of Trees
Dom Ciruzzi, assistant professor of geology, says the way trees sway tells us a lot about their overall health.
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Williamsburg Yorktown Daily: Two William & Mary professors describe the science of snowflakes
What gives a snowflake its symmetry? And is it really true that no two snowflakes are alike? William & Mary News pondered these questions with the recent blustery weather and asked two professors for the details.
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WAVY: Financial fitness at the grocery store
Economics professor David Feldman explains why consumers tend to feel food inflation more acutely than other price increases.
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Wall Street Journal: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is running out of road
Peyman Jafari, assistant professor of history, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal about Iran's Supreme Leader.
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Humane Pursuits: Adam Potkay on the pursuit of happiness
English professor Adam Potkay reveals how 18th-century understandings of happiness differed profoundly from our modern self-help versions.