Notice
Breaking Ground, Cultivating Change
On Feb. 6, students, faculty and staff celebrated Claiming Williams Day, a series of discussions, performances and events aimed at building and sustaining a more inclusive community. This year’s themes was “Breaking Ground, Cultivating Change,” and the program included (clockwise, from top left) spoken-word poetry by Joshua Bennett, a workshop on class identity, a performance
Congratulations to Our Newest Rhodes Scholar…And to Our Recently Named Churchill Scholar
Brian McGrail ’14 has been named a Rhodes Scholar for 2014. He’s one of 32 U.S. students selected this year and the first from Williams since 2005. He plans to use the fellowship to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford. A double major in history and
Tenured
Five Williams faculty members have been promoted to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1. They are: Jessica Chapman, history. Chapman specializes in U.S. foreign relations with a focus on Vietnam, decolonization and the Cold War. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and serves on the college’s Committee on Undergraduate
Williams Welcomes 237 to Class of ’18 via Early Decision
The college has offered admission to 237 students under its early decision plan. The 124 women and 113 men comprise 43 percent of the incoming Class of 2018, which has a target size of 550. Students from 33 states and Puerto Rico as well as 17 countries make up the early decision cohort. American students
By the Numbers: Williams Trivia
Trivia related to the 95th installment of Williams Trivia on Jan. 17
Roomful of Teeth Wins Grammy
“New classical music is well and alive,” Brad Wells said as he and his vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth accepted a Grammy in January for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. Wells, the Lyell B. Clay Artist in Residence in Vocal Studies and director of choral activities at Williams, founded Roomful of Teeth in 2009. The
In Memoriam
Gordon E. Winston, the college’s Orrin Sage Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, died on Dec. 3 at the age of 84. Winston joined the economics faculty at Williams in 1963 and focused primarily on economic development. He was influential in the growth of Williams’ Center for Development Economics and served as head of the Yale
Low-Tech Printmaking
Mei Kazama ’16 bends over a large piece of linoleum that’s warming on a 2-by-2-foot hot plate. Gripping a sharp cutting tool, she slowly carves a design into the softened tile, called a “lino plate.” She straightens up every few minutes to check her progress, alternately sketching with a pencil and then carving over the
