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Oct. 19-23 is National Transfer Student Week! Transfer students bring diverse academic and life experiences that make Williams’ dynamic intellectual and student life community enriching and vibrant. We wish all of our transfers well this week and throughout the academic year!
“Life on the Moon” by Robbi Behr ’97 and Matthew Swanson ’97 is long listed for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. nationalbook.org/2026-nation…
Historian Kevin Waite '09 explores the life and legacy of Bridget “Biddy” Mason, a prominent Black community leader in early Los Angeles. Read more from Williams Today: bit.ly/4B3sZsl
Two "lost" Stephen Sondheim '50 songs from his Williams College years have resurfaced in a new podcast hosted by two of the composer's long-time friends. Read more from the @BerkshireEagle [subscription required]: bit.ly/4y698a8"
President Maud S. Mandel spoke with the The @BostonGlobe about the challenges ahead for higher education and an effort on campus to encourage difficult, important conversations. Read more: bit.ly/3V49u2x
Ariella Scheer ’26 is quoted in this @Marketplace article about phone fatigue and screenless tech: marketplace.org/story/2026/0…
Mo Kenyatta ’85, founder of Brookside Africa Limited, the largest dairy processing group in East and Central Africa, offers advice to entrepreneurs in an article in @TheStarKenya: the-star.co.ke/news/2026-09-…
The New Haven Register (@nhregister) covered U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s ’96 annual walk across the state of Connecticut to talk to constituents, complete with his Williams baseball cap. bit.ly/4y4CB4s
Geosciences professor Phoebe Cohen has been named a 2026 50 Under 50 Award recipient by the Geological Society of America (@geosociety) for her “contributions to research, education, leadership, service and mentorship.” bit.ly/4cQFb5r
Will Dudley ’89, former philosophy professor and provost at Williams, presided over his first convocation at the end of August as the new president of Claremont McKenna College (@CMCnews): claremontcourier.com/schools…
Prestige Online profiled the educational journey of Pan Daochai ’17, whose career has spanned investment banking and strategy consulting. prestigeonline.com/th/presti…
A collaborative project with physics professor Kate Jensen, her former students and a team from @tufts studied the physics of reversible adhesives. The results of their work were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in June: today.williams.edu/announcem…
Located 11 miles from campus, a college-owned bog offers a vibrant ecosystem ripe for research. At Williams Today, read more about how faculty and students are utilizing this 42-acre resource: today.williams.edu/stories/a…
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Today we honor the memory of Williams alumni Howard Kestenbaum '67, Brian Murphy '80 and Lindsay Morehouse '00, as well as all those who lost their lives during the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
The Hon. Christine Wormuth ’91, president and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, will speak at Convocation and receive a Bicentennial Medal on Sept. 19. Five others will also receive medals. Read the full announcement here: bit.ly/4gXAwzW
Tanja Srebotnjak, director of Williams' Zilkha Center for the Environment, shares her thoughts with the @BerkshireEagle about the college's energy future [subscription required]: bit.ly/3Sn1fNS
Historian and author of nine books on the presidency Michael Beschloss '77 writes in @TheEconomist about whether the United States is in danger of losing certain tenants of the country's founding principles. Read the column here [subscription required]: bit.ly/4qDhIdK