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The Institute for Integrative Conservation's 2026 Conservation Research Program culminated with student research presentations and advisory board engagement, offering an opportunity to celebrate the impact of collaborative, applied research and the community of students, conservation partners and leaders that make this work possible.
Drawing from impactful lessons in Nairobi, a dance professor is examining conservation challenges through the arts.
Congratulations to the Class of 2026
A new Nature Scientific Reports study from student and faculty researchers at William & Mary, done in collaboration with Nepali conservationists from Ukali, explores community perspectives on human–carnivore conflict in Nepal’s Annapurna Conservation Area.
A collaboration between the IIC and Rare, students participated in a winter course at W&M Washington Center exploring how people's behavior contributes to conservation.
William & Mary IIC Conservation Research Program students drive global conservation gains with 2025 projects
Students and alumni from the Institute for Integrative Conservation participate in Homecoming events that showcasing William & Mary’s influence on its students and the field of conservation.
Highlights from summer with the IIC and a look forward
Richard will lead the IIC’s Conservation Research Program (CRP) that engages W&M students, faculty, and external partners in applied research designed to address complex environmental conservation challenges.
Institute for Integrative Conservation students and faculty featured in "World Minded"
W&M students work with faculty and conservation partners to cultivate a sustainable future
W&M students exchange innovative conservation ideas and technologies, bridging local efforts with global impact
The latest news and a look back at the year for the Institute for Integrative Conservation
W&M students work with Kenyan conservation groups and Maasai women to sustain the economy and protect the environment
This essay on the historical foodways and cultural traditions of herring–human kinship in Virginia is part of the Companion Species series, which investigates a complex, interconnected, and co-constituted web of beyond-human relating.
W&M and Kenyan students learn valuable leadership lessons from shadowing the women rangers of he South Rift Association of Landowners in Kenya
The interdisciplinary collaboration between W&M’s IIC, Malagasy communities and Conservation International increases the affordability and accessibility of monitoring water quality.
This yearlong observance highlights W&M’s commitment to supporting biodiversity conservation research, education, and practice for healthy ecosystems worldwide, including stewardship of the estuarian environment that the W&M campus is a part of.
W&M Alumni Magazine captures how W&M women are responding to pressing environmental challenges
Institute for Integrative Conservation in the spotlight as W&M launches the 2025 Year of the Environment
Low-Cost Water Sensor Developed by William & Mary and Malagasy Students Supports Community-Driven Conservation in Madagascar
Integrative Conservation alumn Grace Dho now works to protect the Chesapeake Bay
News, updates, and a look forwards from the Institute for Integrative Conservation
Contributions to this KBA spatial planning research were made via the IIC Conservation GIS lab.
Institute for Integrative Conservation partners with Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance
W&M Integrative Conservation major, Lindsay Fisher, highlights her summer working on the Dragon Run.
A new paper by IIC Capacity Development team and IIC conservation partners
IIC Faculty Director John Swaddle part of a team identifying house sparrows as sentinels of childhood lead exposure
IIC news: A look back at 2024-25 and a look forward to summer 2025
Historic Brown Hall will be renovated and named Gates Hall. The sustainably designed building will become the permanent home of the Institute for Integrative Conservation, the Global Research Institute, and the Whole of Government Center of Excellence.
Award winning photo journalist and filmmaker Ami Vitale tells conservation stories of hope
Nepal Water Initiative advances W&M Vision 2026 with faculty and student research in Nepal.
The Institute for Integrative Conservation connects W&M with the world, and vice versa
Summer news and fall updates from the Institute for Integrative Conservation
Research led by IIC's John Swaddle and a team of William & Mary undergrads demonstrates that window decals only deter bird collision if placed on the outside of windows.
CRP student Emilio Luz-Ricca publishes population monitoring research on sandhill cranes
The IIC-sponsored project is teaming scientists with Indigenous people to preserve and monitor the vegetation of their bio-rich ancestral lands and share knowledge with each other. The project is centered in the trans-Mexican volcanic belt surrounding the southern end of Mexico City.
A new minor program in integrative conservation will be offered to William & Mary undergraduates as early as the fall, 2021 semester.
John Swaddle, faculty director at William & Mary’s Institute for Integrative Conservation, and a group of graduate students have published a paper evaluating a new window-film product designed to reduce bird-window collisions.
When we were first asked to write a proposal that detailed what William & Mary could do for global conservation, we did not realize the significance of this life-changing endeavor. Like seeing an okapi in the wild, an opportunity like this doesn’t come along very often.
The leaders of William & Mary’s Institute for Integrative Conservation envision their nascent enterprise as a smooth pathway to the empowerment of students with the knowledge and skills to engage in the knotty environmental issues of the 21st century.
William & Mary has received a $19.3 million gift from an alumna who wishes to remain anonymous to establish a landmark Institute for Integrative Conservation.
