Joel Nicholas ’23 composes electronic music from his studio at home.
“I picked up music by ear, pretty much,” student musician and composer Joel Nicholas ’23 said. “In my old house in Rochester...
As future chief of the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, located in Louisiana, Devon Parfait ’22 regularly contemplates problems facing his tribal community such as coastal land...
Every December, the Williamstown Holiday Walk ushers in the holiday season with a wide variety of events, which last year ranged from a tag sale to a screening of Elf. The centerpiece of it all, and my...
Having written the book pre-pandemic, Professor of English Anjuli Raza Kolb said that it is suddenly about "the thing that's happening all around us." (Photo courtesy of Anjuli Raza Kolb.)
Even before...
Emily Tibbetts ’20 and Eliza Bower ’20 of Williams for Williamstown (W4W) deliver food from the Purple Pub in Williamstown to Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) in Pittsfield. (Photo courtesy of Eliza...
Photo courtesy of Raquel Livingston.
Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of all current students at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature. As long as the owner of a selected...
“This Week in Williams History” is a column dedicated to looking back at memorable moments in the College’s past through articles in the Record. This week in history, three guests visited the College:...
Masked musicians perform six feet apart while unmasked musicians perform behind shields, 15 feet apart. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Miller.)
When asked what I/O stands for, violist and pianist Rebecca...
Antony Chen ’24, who has millions of TikTok followers, makes videos in his Mission single. (Taryn McLaughlin/The Williams Record.)
Millions of people around the world have seen TikTok content creator...
Poster courtesy of Nicolle Mac Williams ’21.5.
Tonight, the theatre department will present Radio Dramas, a series of short pre-recorded radio plays selected from Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days / 365...
Assistant Professor of History Christine DeLucia discussed the local history of the Stockbridge-Munsee people, and how the town engages with this history, at a Zoom panel last Thursday. (Kiara Royer/The...
Chief Communications Officer Jim Reische works in partnership with many senior staff members to craft emails and other communications. (Taryn McLaughlin/The Williams Record)
With COVID-19 changing...
Brittany Andrade, a seven-year U.S. Army veteran, attended the Warrior-Scholar Project's virtual boot camp at Williams this summer before enrolling at Vassar College. (Photo courtesy of the Warrior-Scholar...
Devika Goel/The Williams Record
Check in with your breath right now.
Are you breathing deeply, fully?
Or are you breathing shallowly, perhaps even holding your breath?
The latter might point...
“I’m an immigrant myself,” María Román ’22 said. “I lived in Colombia for 11 years and then I moved here, and my family has had to go through the USCIS process.”
Román is a coordinator...
Hazell’s Hot Dog Stand is run by soon-to-be-married couple CJ Hazell and Brittany Lillie, both dining services workers at the College. (Tina Zheng/The Williams Record.)
On a warm fall day on Spring...
Affinity groups have turned to game nights, Zoom discussions, social media and more to maintain community under campus restrictions. (Rachel Buccalo/The Williams Record)
Williams students have found...
On Monday, Oct. 26, the Record sent out an anonymous survey to the entire student body asking questions about the U.S. presidential election. The results indicate overwhelming disapproval of President...
Visiting Professor of Political Science Elizabeth Wellman studies the intersection of international migration and electoral politics. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Wellman.)
“Senegal has 750 polling...
Photo courtesy of Francesca D’Arista.
Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of all current students at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature. As long as the owner of a selected...
A staff member has been sent a hateful letter at their home targeting them based on their race and sexual orientation, President Maud S. Mandel announced tonight in an all-campus email.
The email...
Lea Obermüller ’24 (right) is enrolled remotely from Munich, Germany — six hours ahead of EDT. “Engagement with the community is a bit difficult because most of the activities happen during my...
As the fall semester approached, Nathan Thimothe ’22 and Gavin Li ’22 saw an inefficiency in the College’s “COVID-19 dashboard” — and with it, an opportunity. The statistics on...
Varsity teams will not compete this winter, President Maud S. Mandel and Athletic Director Lisa Melendy announced in an all-campus email this afternoon, half an hour after the presidents of the 11 NESCAC...
The Mountain Day T-shirt, designed by Kristen Chou ’23, shows a mask above the mountains. (Taryn McLaughlin/The Williams Record)
“It’s pretty straightforward,” Williams Outing Club (WOC) Director...
Professor of Biology Steven Swoap brought his dog, Daisy, with him to Oxford. (Virginia Ontiveros/The Williams Record)
Daisy, Professor of Biology Steven Swoap’s beautiful Goldendoodle, is 34 inches...
During the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders of COVID-19’s first wave in the spring of 2020, a distinct trend spread among college students quarantined at home: building virtual campuses on Minecraft...
This year, the entry experience has moved online for remote students. (Nigel Jaffe/The Williams Record)
I made many predictions for my freshman year, but making my first college friends over Zoom was...
Beginning Oct. 5, students will be able to travel for limited purposes in the zone indicated on this map, which Dean of the College Marlene Sandstrom linked to in her all-campus email. (Screenshot by...
Brian Hirshman ’06 revealed the true story behind the 'B+' on Amherst College's football field. (Photo courtesy of Brian Hirshman.)
In the digital nooks and crannies of Willipedia, one name keeps...
Frosh Quad entries in Sage and Williams Halls are now organized by floor. (Taryn McLaughlin/The Williams Record)
Decades ago, first-year students lived in Morgan while upper-classmen lived in Mission;...
A meme in the “Williams memes for sun-dappled tweens” Facebook group discusses the College’s sudden profusion of finance clubs. (Meme courtesy of Onder Kilinc ’23.)
A post in the “Williams...
Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of all current students at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature. As long as the owner of a selected unix is willing to be interviewed and is...
In a normal year, only one or two Junior Advisors (JAs) choose to step down from their role after accepting it. But due to campus restrictions and the option to study remotely or take time off, eight...
(Irene Loewenson/The Williams Record)
Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of all current students at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature. As long as the owner of a selected...
Weeks following a tweet from University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler on Aug. 26 reading “I would be down as a professor to follow the NBA and Strike for a few days to protest police violence...
As the College prepares for an in-person fall semester, a large majority of Junior Advisors (JAs) is pressing the College administration to implement changes to the entry system for the 2020-21 academic...
With the College’s decision to welcome students back for an in-person but socially distanced fall semester will inevitably come changes to first-year student traditions, including EphVentures, the entry...
(Graphic by Nigel Jaffe/The Williams Record.)
Though students have been invited back to Williamstown for the fall semester, the campus that awaits them will be dramatically different from the one they...
After more than two weeks of pressure from students, alums and other members of the College community, President Maud S. Mandel released on Friday an outline of actionable steps the College will take...
Arthur Judson Prize in Music:
Yeojin Choi, Hannah Gruendemann, and Tiffany Tien
Arthur Kaufmann, Class of 1899, Prize in English:
Calen Firedancing
Bruce Sanderson, Class of 1956, Prize in...
As I share into this space, I do so with trepidation. My hesitancy is not from the fear of saying the wrong thing, but from the feeling that I am unsure of my right to say much of anything...
Giebien Na has taken five courses per semester since his sophomore year.(Photo courtesy of Giebien Na, taken by Shaheen Currimjee.)
Giebien Na ’20 did not expect to graduate as the first-ever quadruple...
As the College works to cut costs to weather the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP) has been discussing sabbaticals, hiring, tenure decisions...
Graphic by Nigel Jaffe/The Williams Record
Abby Shen ’24 was disappointed when Previews, the on-campus program for admitted students, was made virtual. And she was disappointed when her high school...
When Brian Wecht ’97 lost his high school class ring while living in Gladden his junior year, he didn’t think much of it. The ring was bulky and ornately carved, with a hefty green gemstone embedded...
“I didn’t want to just listen to the music and be amazed by it. I wanted to create it for myself,” said Emily Ham ’22, a mezzo-soprano who takes voice lessons, attends the opera workshop...
