William & Mary is partnering with European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania, and National Central University in Taoyuan, Taiwan, for an eight-week summer study abroad program starting in 2022.
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William & Mary ranks fourth among public universities in the nation in study-abroad programs, according to the 2021 Open Doors® report released Nov. 15 by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
A new scholarship named for the late Gen. Colin L. Powell D.P.S. ’88 will help William & Mary cultivate leaders who can emulate his example as a statesman on the world stage.
Bennett Hawley '23 spends a summer at U.S. Embassy London thanks to the 2021 Pamela Harriman World Fellowship.
Paige Groome '22 receives a Harriman Fellowship during her internship at the U.S. State Department, where she studied disinformation and DeepFakes and learned about life in the foreign service.
Some Q&A with Mika Taylor '23, who is studying in South Korea fall 2021.
Jason Chen, associate professor of education at William & Mary, is working with Professor of Theatre and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies Francis Tanglao Aguas are using a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a professional development curriculum.
Students from around the world compete in William & Mary and NATO ACT’s international cybersecurity case competition. More than 200 students from 43 universities meet the challenge.
Yijie Zou is a Ph.D. student in William & Mary’s Department of Anthropology. He is planning a return to the west African country to continue observing the interaction of the Chinese community and native Ghanaians.
The improbable journey to earning her Master of Laws degree began for Rigzin Dolma LL.M. '21 when she met Professor Christie Warren in February 2020 during Warren’s visit to the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission.
Professor Dawn Edmiston, a clinical professor of marketing at William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business, was selected to be a Fulbright Scholar at Tallinn University in Estonia in 2019.
Elizabeth Losh, Duane A. & Virginia S. Dittman Professor of English & American Studies at William & Mary, was selected as a Fulbright Scholar for 2021-22.
The Reves Center for International Studies and the William & Mary Democracy Initiative have announced that Harvard Professor Daniel Ziblatt will deliver the 2022 George Tayloe Ross Address on International Peace.
As part of Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, W&M President Katherine A. Rowe hosted W&M Chancellor and former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 and former Navy SEAL Team 2 Commander Mike Hayes for a special conversation.
William & Mary’s Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC) partners with the Whole of Government Center of Excellence and NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) to host the first WMGIC x NATO ACT Cybersecurity Challenge on the topic of disinformation and election interference in the cyber realm.
Mari Carmen Aponte, a member of William & Mary’s Board of Visitors, has been nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden to serve as the nation’s next ambassador to Panama, the White House announced today.
AidData, an international development research lab based at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute, today released a trove of new findings about China’s secretive overseas development finance program.
A full slate of performances, writing talks and exhibitions open to the university and local communities is planned for the fall at William & Mary.
A Q&A with Rani D. Mullen, Associate Professor of Government at William & Mary, about the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Harriman Fellowship Advisory Committee and the Reves Center for International Studies have announced the 2021 Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellows.
Four W&M students were recently awarded fellowships from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), a program aimed at increasing diversity among college and university faculty.
Associate professor Emily Wilcox and W&M alumni Emily Matson ’12 and Austin Strange ’12 receive prestigious fellowships supporting the next generation of American scholarship on China.
The royal palace at Ijebu-Ode was the center of economic, political and ritual life in the great Ijebu kingdom for a millennium, maybe more.
William & Mary senior Caroline Duckworth ’21 is among a group of 12 students from across the country to be selected for a 2021-2022 fellowship with the James C. Gaither Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), a foreign policy think tank in Washington, D.C.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has awarded its 2020 IIE Seal of Excellence to William & Mary in recognition of making study abroad more accessible and inclusive for all students.
On March 19th & 20th, WMGIC V welcomed 30 student teams from 15 top universities, including William & Mary, Harvard, UPenn, Georgetown, and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.
The American singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist and two-time Grammy winner Frank Ocean can now say that mathematics proves he’s the most influential artist of the 21st century.
AidData researchers uncovered 100 loan contracts during a three-year study that details China’s lending practices to developing countries.
Sarina Faizy L.L.M. '21 is a human rights activist from Kanadahar who is about to receive her L.L.M. from William and Mary Law School.
William & Mary, in cooperation with the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) and King’s College London, will host “NATO Cyber Defence: A Decade of Opportunities and Challenges” on Friday, April 16, 2021, from 8:00 am until 10:00 EDT.
Sharan Grewal is an assistant professor of government at William & Mary and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. His research examines democratization, religion, and civil-military relations in the Arab world, especially Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria.
W&M News recently spoke with R. Benedito Ferrão, assistant professor of English and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies, to discuss the history and roots of anti-Asian sentiment and violence in the U.S. and abroad.
William & Mary reaffirms and strengthens its support for DACA and undocumented students: Appoints Drew Stelljes to lead new university advisory council.
Faculty from the School of Education Higher Education Program have launched a research project to help advance understanding of the engagement of William & Mary faculty in internationalization efforts both on campus and abroad.
The Reves Center for International Studies has announced that Yale Professor Timothy Snyder will deliver the 2021 George Tayloe Ross Address on International Peace.
Tamara Sonn, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam and Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, will present two public lectures as the 2021 Virtual Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence.
The Asian Centennial will celebrate all those at W&M, past and present, who identify as Asian or of Asian ancestry, including those from Southwest Asia – often referred to as the Middle East.
Olivia Ding is the 2021 recipient of William & Mary’s Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Philosophy. The honor is endowed by the trustees of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation to recognize excellence in the sciences and mathematics in an undergraduate student.
Stephen E. Hanson helps put into broader context the recent headlines about Alexey Navalny and Russian protests.
