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Leave single rooms to upperclass students — first-years don’t need them

Pauli Voelkel April 24, 2024
In an op-ed, Pauli Voelkel ’27 argues that Mission, a long-time first year dorm, should be converted to upper class housing.
Promoting institutional equity and improving educational experiences: The case for C/NC

Promoting institutional equity and improving educational experiences: The case for C/NC

Cooper Desmond April 17, 2024
In an op-ed, Cooper Desmond ’24 argues in favor of a proposal to implement a pilot Credit/No Credit policy for first-semester first-years at the College.
Chaplains’ Corner: Taking the risk of sharing time

Chaplains’ Corner: Taking the risk of sharing time

Bridget Power April 17, 2024
In this week's Chaplain's Corner, the College's Catholic Chaplain shares lessons learned from the L'Arche community.

Junior Advisors to the Class of 2028

News Desk April 10, 2024

Aashi Mittal Alex Choi Alex Root Amir Estejab Ariana Oppenheimer Arthur Johnson Atlas Tan Audrey Riddle Ben Loudenslager Catherine Farman-Farmaian Charlene Peng Chris Flores Daria Lukinova Emily...

Chaplains’ Corner: Finding hope amidst despair in Ramadan

Chaplains’ Corner: Finding hope amidst despair in Ramadan

Sidra Mahmood March 13, 2024
In this week's Chaplain's Corner, Sidra Mahmood, The College's Muslim chaplain, urges students to take Ramadan as an opportunity to empathize with those who are facing hardship in while finding hope in community.
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College’s transportation working group develops crowd-sourced guide

Maya Prakash March 6, 2024

The College’s Ad Hoc Transportation Working Group is currently working on a Transportation Hub document, a version of which was published in February. The document is composed of over 15 pages of...

Despite its pledges, the college cannot call itself truly inclusive without a comprehensive accessibility map of its campus, Pauli Voelkel  ’27 argues. (Image courtesy of Williams College)

Why the College needs an accessibility map

Pauli Voelkel February 28, 2024
In an op-ed, Pauli Voelkel argues that the College should provide a public resource for building accessibility.
Test well at new WCMA site fails, College to continue geothermal efforts

Test well at new WCMA site fails, College to continue geothermal efforts

Max Billick February 28, 2024
Following the failure of a geothermal test well at the site of the new Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the College will continue to explore the use of geothermal energy.
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Normalizing imposter syndrome in the first-year experience

Hikaru Hayakawa February 21, 2024
In an op-ed, Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa ’24 discusses the importance of addressing imposter syndrome at the College.
Women’s Nordic finished 10th, a season best, at this weekend’s home carnival hosted at Jiminy Peak (Photo courtesy of Steve Fuller.)

Women’s skiing impresses with solid performance at Williams Carnival

Hugh Kane February 21, 2024
After snow returned to Williamstown on Thursday, women’s skiing put up a strong performance at this season’s home carnival at Jiminy Peak amid a weekend of Winter Carnival festivities.
Academic  Ruth Simmons, writer Aaliyah Bilal deliver Claiming Williams Day keynote addresses

Academic Ruth Simmons, writer Aaliyah Bilal deliver Claiming Williams Day keynote addresses

Sonia Zinkin-Meyers and Haley Zimmerman February 7, 2024
Ruth Simmons, the first Black president of an Ivy League university, delivered the evening keynote address at Claiming Williams Day on Feb. 1. Earlier that day, Aaliyah Bilal, the author of Temple Folk presented the morning keynote address.
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Mandel to convene Ad Hoc Committee on Posting and Protest Policies

Lena Kerest January 24, 2024
President Maud S. Mandel has established an ad hoc committee that will evaluate the College’s current policies on permitted protest and posting of printed materials, the College announced in a Daily Message on Jan. 16.
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