EphNotes - For Williams Alumni, Parents and Friends

EPHNOTES, A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR WILLIAMS ALUMNI, SENIORS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS

Volume 13, Number 4, April 2007

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CLASS OF 2011
Williams has offered admission to 1,120 of 6,437 student applicants, some 500 of whom will choose to join the Class of 2011 next fall. At 17.4 percent, this year's admission rate is the lowest in Williams’ history.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=1456

THE L-TEAM
Williams Librarians score a YouTube hit with their first-year orientation video.
*SEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCUtpbUWgk

STUDENT LOANS AT WILLIAMS
If you've seen national news stories about improprieties in the student loan system and wondered how this all applies to Williams, the answer is "it doesn't." For a fuller explanation...
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/alumni/ofnotes/ofnote.php?id=85

STETSON-SAWYER PROJECT IN A NUTSHELL
This Berkshire Eagle article nicely clarifies a complex building project.
*SEE http://www.berkshireeagle.com/headlines/ci_5666099

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STUDENT NEWS

26 ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA
A full 26 Williams seniors were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society rewarding college students for high academic achievement.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=1434

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FACULTY NEWS

NSF SUPPORTS PROF. MARCUS ON "DELIBERATIVE CITIZENSHIP"
The National Science Foundation has awarded $435,000 to Professor of Political Science George Marcus and researchers at the University of Michigan and University of North Carolina for their project called "Deliberative Citizenship," a study of responses to new political circumstances.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=1454

PROF. STOLL TAKES YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD
For her work on historical patterns of climatic and oceanographic change, Assistant Professor of Geosciences Heather Stoll received The Young Scientist Award from the European Geoscience Union.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=1462

JOY, SCANDAL AND SIN FROM PROF. STAMELMAN
Rizzoli International Publications recently published "Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin: A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present," by Richard Stamelman, professor of comparative literature.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=1444

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ALUMNI NEWS

REUNION REGISTRATION ONLINE!
If you're in a class ending with "2" or "7," you can register online for this year's Reunion Weekend, June 7-10. Follow the link below, which offers additional info about Reunions '07.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/alumni/news/reunion/

OCTET INSPIRES EPH’S AWARD-WINNING FILM
In Boston, LA, and New York theaters starting this Friday, April 27: "Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace." This film by Bruce Leddy ’83 features a group of guys who sang a cappella together in college (think "Octet") reuniting 15 years later to sing at a friend’s wedding. A long rehearsal weekend gives them a chance to reassess how their lives have progressed, and in some cases regressed, since their college heyday. Songs on the soundtrack, arranged by Kevin Weist '81 with some classic arrangements by Warren Hunke '42, feature the voices of Michael Winther '85 and Wayne Wilkins '79. For more info. and the trailer...
*SEE www.myspace.com/singnoworforeverhold

NEUROSCIENCE EVENT SHOWCASES WILLIAMS ALUMNI
The April 14 Essel Foundation Neuroscience Alumni Symposium celebrated 15 years of the foundation's support of Williams’ neuroscience program. Seven former neuroscience concentrators came to campus to share their post-graduate experiences in research and clinical fields such as pediatric neurology, neurobiology, and clinical neuropsychology.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=1450

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EPH SPORTS
SOCCER CO-CAPTAIN PATRICK HUFFER IS TOP NCAA ACADEMIC AWARD FINALIST
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/athletics/news.php?id=10613

WOMEN’S TENNIS DOWNS TOP DOGS EMORY AND WASHINGTON & LEE
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/athletics/news.php?id=10562 and...
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/athletics/news.php?id=10569&sport=25&year=2006&type=general

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