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![This year, the Colleges endowment had a positive return, although a smaller one than in several past years. (David Wignall/Williams Record)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-31-at-9.20.06-PM-1200x979.png)
Endowment sees 2.9-percent return in 2023 fiscal year
David Wignall
• November 1, 2023
The 2023-24 housing lottery, by the numbers
David Wignall
• May 10, 2023
![College reckons with declining interest in the humanities](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-8.43.20-AM-900x576.png)
College reckons with declining interest in the humanities
David Wignall and Julia Goldberg
• April 12, 2023
![The College admitted 858 students through the regular decision process.(Ella Marx/Williams Record)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Weston-Hall-1.jpeg)
College admits 9.8 percent of applicants to Class of 2027
David Wignall
• March 20, 2023
![Jay Pasachoff saw more eclipses than anyone else. (Photo courtesy of Williams College.)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/JMP-768x795-1.jpeg)
Famed astronomer and eclipse-chaser Professor Jay Pasachoff dies at 79
Gabe Miller and David Wignall
• December 7, 2022
![Owen Kolean, who was formerly in the Class of 2025 at Williams, transfered to UChicago, where he continues to study economics and mathematics. (Photo courtesy of Owen Kolean)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_1739-e1667343029350-675x900.jpg)
Why not Williams? Three students reflect on transferring out
David Wignall
• November 2, 2022
![Middlebury will pay its RAs $9,600. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/640px-Middlebury_campus_15.jpg)
Middlebury to increase RA compensation to $9,600
David Wignall
• October 19, 2022
![College to end JA housing perks](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG-0878-e1665072278105-675x900.jpg)
College to end JA housing perks
David Wignall
• October 5, 2022
![NESCAC coalition launches petition against crisis pregnancy centers](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2048px-MIddlebury_VT_-_College_Library-900x675.jpeg)
NESCAC coalition launches petition against crisis pregnancy centers
Gabe Miller and David Wignall
• October 5, 2022
![A student initially filed the complaint against Brown in May 2020. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/University_Hall_Brown_2-900x600.jpeg)
In Other Ivory Towers: Brown lawsuit, Oberlin settlement, UT endowment
David Wignall
• September 21, 2022
![Douglas in a hand-sewn cotton wrap skirt, inspired by her grandmother. (Photo courtesy of Caroline Douglas.)](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CD.jpeg)
The Artist Otherwise Known As: Caroline Douglas ’23
David Wignall
• April 13, 2022
![In-person Williams Previews returns after three years](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Weston-Hall.jpeg)
In-person Williams Previews returns after three years
Gabe Miller and David Wignall
• March 16, 2022
![Professors Long, Siniawer to serve as next Dean, Provost](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pjimage-900x900.jpg)
Professors Long, Siniawer to serve as next Dean, Provost
Megan Lin, Julia Goldberg, and David Wignall
• January 26, 2022
![Goodrich grapples with rising prices, $5 swipe limits](https://williamsrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-07-at-10.59.59-PM-900x674.png)
Goodrich grapples with rising prices, $5 swipe limits
David Wignall
• December 8, 2021
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