Inés Garcia ’26 is a chemistry and English major from Palo Alto, Calif. She is a managing editor. Previously, she served as the executive editor for sports, a college news editor, and a staff writer for news.
Ever wondered how the Record miraculously appears in print on Wednesday mornings? This week, the Record went to our printing press, near Albany International Airport, to see the process firsthand.
Team: Women’s swim and dive
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Major: Spanish with a concentration in public health
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Ever wonder what makes Lickety ice cream the ultimate sweet treat? Well, look no further — this week, the Record's favorite food scientists took a deep dive into the creation process to discover what makes their scoops the best.
Professor and Chair of Chemistry Thomas Smith ’88 will serve as the next director of the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford (WEPO), President Maud S. Mandel announced in an all-campus email last Friday. He will succeed Professor of Political Science Sam Crane, who has held the position since July 2024.
Women’s golf — No. 2 in the NCAA Div. III East Region — won first place at the NESCAC Championship at the Taconic Golf Club last weekend, shooting a 303, +19, to beat Hamilton by 32 strokes. During the first day of the competition, Gio Kim ’25 made consecutive birdies on holes 17 and 18 and ended her match with a stellar 69, -2. Emma Abramson ’27 and Tianyi Zhuang ’24 followed in close pursuit with scores of 73, +2, as Zhuang scored birdies on holes 4 and 5. Victoria Kim ’26 and Euna Lee ’26 then finished strong with scores of 74, +3 and 78, +7, respectively.
Team: Men’s lacrosse
Hometown: Darien, Conn.
Major: Chemistry
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Women’s golf secured a first place finish in the 15-team field at the Martin and Wallace Invitational hosted by SUNY Cortland last Sunday. Due to heavy rain, high winds, and the resultant flooding of the course, the first round of the invitational was canceled, reducing the tournament to a shortened 18-hole format from its original 36-hole format.
No. 3 men’s tennis (10-1, 4-0 NESCAC) swept No. 45 Connecticut College (8-5, 1-5 NESCAC) in a 9-0victory last Saturday. The win extends the Ephs’ four match win streak, moving them to second place in the NESCAC, one game behind perennial rival No. 21 Amherst (10-2, 5-0 NESCAC).
Women’s swim and dive (7-0, 4-0 NESCAC) took first place at the NESCAC Championship last weekend, which was hosted at the Middlebury College Natatorium. Following an undefeated season and a historic Div. III dual meet streak of 135 wins, the four-day championship meet was the icing on the cake for the team. The win marks the team’s 20th title in program history.
Professor of Psychology Steven Fein found inspiration for his research on the social media frenzy over the relationship between pop star Taylor Swift and football player Travis Kelce. Fein suggested the idea to his students, who enthusiastically took it on.
Women’s track and field competed at the Boston University (BU) David Hemery Valentine Invitational and the Dartmouth Tune-Up on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10. Many of the Ephs hit their personal best times of the season and qualified for the upcoming Div. III New England Championship during both meets.
Students, alums, and family members gathered in Lower Manhattan on Jan. 27 to celebrate both the 30th anniversary of the Williams Asian and Asian American Alumni Network (WAAAAN) and the push for the...
Walking down Spring Street, one cannot help but notice the new expanse of sky peeking out just left of Where’d You Get That?!, Inc. — which appeared when the Towne Field House was demolished last month.
Ruth Russell began her term as Williamstown health inspector on Nov. 13, succeeding Jeff Kennedy, who retired in August after 23 years in the role. Russell’s appointment marks the end of a months-long vacancy and search process by the Town’s government.
Tony’s Sombrero was founded about 12 years ago by Antonio “Tony” Palestino, the original owner. According to his brother Hector Palestino, who now operates the restaurant, Tony Palestino quickly recognized the demand for a Mexican restaurant in town and founded Tony’s Sombrero on Spring Street soon after.
Jim Cervone, the founder of Crust, a pizzeria in Pittsfield, will open another location on Spring Street in late November. This will be Cervone’s second Crust storefront.
Asian American Students in Action (AASiA), Black Student Union (BSU), Native American Indigenous Students Alliance (NISA), and Vista hosted their annual teach-in on ethnic and Indigenous studies at Goodrich Hall on Monday.
The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Historic Preservation Office and the Native American Indigenous Student Alliance (NISA) celebrated new signage honoring the Mohican people and their history in Williamstown on Oct. 9, Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Students elected 11 candidates to the Williams Student Union (WSU) this semester, seven of which are returning representatives. Only the Class of 2027 had enough candidates for a contested election, and only two students from the Class of 2025 ran, leaving one of the governing body’s 12 spots unfilled.
The College held its annual Convocation for the Classes of 2024, 2023.5, and graduate students in their final year on Sept. 9 in Chapin Hall. During the ceremony, President of the College Maud S. Mandel presented Bicentennial Medals to six alums, highlighting their accomplishments in fields such as law and academia.
Between the notification of their acceptance and the deposit deadline, the cohort of accepted students had the chance to experience the College through Williams Previews — an annual three-day event organized by the Office of Admission where admitted students meet current students, faculty, and staff either virtually or on campus.
Former Texas poet laureate Emmy Pérez discussed excerpts from her poetry collection With the River on Our Face in an April 28 talk hosted by the Class of 1960s Scholars and the English department and moderated by Matthew Gonzales, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Latinx literatures.
In June 1969, the Board of Trustees voted to admit women. This, however, is merely one moment in the College's shift to coeducation in the 1960s and 70s.
President Maud S. Mandel delivered a speech on educational access at the 2023 Inter-Ivy First-Generation (1vyG) Conference — one of the largest first-generation student conferences in the country — at the University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 25.
In honor of Black History
Month, members of Muslim Student Union and the
Black Student Union hosted a talk titled “Black Radical Thought & Movement:
Islam in Black America” on
Feb. 18 in the Thompson
Chapel Muslim Common
Room.
The Williams College
Black STEM+ Student Association (BSTEM+) hosted LaShyra “Lash” Nolen,
the first documented Black
woman to serve as student
council president at Harvard Medical School, on Feb.
18.
At the start of the spring semester, students noticed something different about their professors’ syllabi and welcome-to-class announcements: Many included guidance on, prohibitions of, or encouragement to use ChatGPT — as long as it’s cited.
Special Collections holds hundreds of thousands of items. It is composed of two main components: the College Archives, which contain materials pertaining to the College’s history, and Chapin Library, which holds rare books and other special materials outside the scope of the Sawyer and Schow library collections.
At its winter meeting, the
Board of Trustees approved
the promotion of 11 assistant
professors to associate
professorships with tenure:
Alexander Bevilacqua, history;
Nicole Brown, classics; PeiWen Chen, biology; Brahim
El Guabli, Arabic studies;
Man He, Asian languages,
literatures, and cultures; Bill
Jannen ’09, computer science;
Laura Martin, environmental
studies; Sarah Olsen, classics;
Ben Snyder, sociology; Mason
Williams, leadership studies;
and Ricardo Wilson, English.
The promotions will go into
effect on July 1.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation
(MassDOT) is conducting
the Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study to explore
the feasibility of passenger train service between
North Adams and Boston,
as called for by the commonwealth’s 2020 budget.
Vista, the College’s Latinx and Allies student organization, hosted a panel on Friday where six alums who participated in the 1993 hunger strike protesting the College’s lack of a Latino/a studies department spoke about their experiences and reflected on the changes the College has made and what can still be done.
The College hosted a community-wide vaccination clinic in partnership with Berkshire Health Systems and the Berkshire County Boards of Health Association on Friday.
