WNY: The Video
From the Purple Valley to Gotham. See what students have to say about their Williams in New York Experience via YouTube.
Educational Partners
A new Williams center established at the Mount Greylock Regional School in Williamstown is expected to boost opportunities for educational collaboration. "Williams students, faculty, and staff are already involved in a number of ways at the school," President Morty Schapiro said, "but there's potential for so much more. Through this center we aim to work more closely with Mt. Greylock faculty to realize this fuller potential, to the benefit of both institutions." Read on...
The Barber of Sevilliamstown
"I have no official haircutting training, nor, for that matter, any experience that could be remotely applicable. This does not stop me from pretending that I know what I'm doing and proceeding to trim the hair of everybody and anybody who is willing." Read more from our prolific (and eloquent) student commentator, Elissa Brown '08.
Gift of Gab
Senior Jeremy Doernberger of Woodbridge, Conn. and Jacob Cerny, a junior from North Miami Beach, Fla., were recognized for their outstanding sociolinguistic research. Read on...
 "Like You'd Understand, Anyway"
Listen to this Podcast chat with Jim Shepard - National Book Award nominee and Williams' J. Leland Miller Professor of American History, Literature and Eloquence - about his new short story collection. For more about Williams Podcasts and how to sign up for regular updates, go here.
NSF Funds High-Speed Imaging
The National Science Foundation has awarded Joan Edwards, the Washington Gladden 1859 Professor of Biology, and Dwight Whitaker, assistant professor of physics at Pomona College, a $105,110 grant. Read more...
Taken by Tolkien
A fascination with Middle-earth unites two J.R.R. Tolkien scholars across an ocean and leads to a ring of its own. Read more...
 Alumni Fund Gifts on or Before December 31 Earn 2007 Tax Deductions
Tax-wise Alumni Fund contributors who plan to make deductible gifts in 2007 can do so online with a credit card at http://give2.williams.edu. (Your gift must be entered and authorized online by 11:45pm EST on 12/31/07.) We are also pleased to accept personal checks made out to "Williams College Alumni Fund" or "Williams College Parents Fund" and mailed to the Office of Annual Giving, 75 Park St., Williamstown, MA 01267, dated and postmarked no later than Dec. 31, 2007. Instructions about transferring securities online can be found here. Many thanks!
Online Parental Resources
From First-Year Family Days to Commencement Exercises, from FAQ's to making the most of Williams, Parents Pages offer much information and access to many helpful Williams folk.
...and The Parents Fund
See Alumni Fund info. above for tax-wise tips that applies to equally to Parents Fund contributors. Thanks!
 Athletic Shorts
Men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming and diving, football's Lucey hailed...read on.
New EphSports Site!
Lots of great content for sports fans here.
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