Dear Williams community, Earlier this month I reported that the Soldiers’ Monument outside of Griffin Hall had been defaced with graffiti. Today I write to share news about the outcome of our investigation. Thanks to information shared once the incident was reported, CSS was able to identify a suspect,… Continue reading »
Williams students, staff and faculty, With midterm elections fast approaching, I write to encourage each of you to exercise your right to vote and take part in the political process. The best aspects of our democracy depend on an engaged electorate, in which each of us educates ourselves about issues,… Continue reading »
Dear Williams students, faculty, and staff, Our ongoing efforts to more fully realize the college’s environmental commitments moved forward this past year on myriad fronts. Many of us have learned more about climate action, expanded knowledge about environmental issues, and advanced sustainability practices at the college and beyond. This work… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, The Board of Trustees gathered on campus last Friday and Saturday for their first full meeting of the 2022-23 academic year. It was a productive time for the group, which is charged with fiduciary oversight of the college’s affairs… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, On Sunday morning, a Campus Safety officer, responding to a call from a local resident, found that the pedestal of the Soldiers Monument in front of Griffin Hall had been defaced with graffiti of a Confederate flag and the word “Rebel,” each about… Continue reading »
Dear Williams faculty and staff, Over the past couple of years, many faculty, staff, and students have expressed deep interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from college-sponsored air travel. Such travel accounted for roughly a fifth of the college’s total greenhouse gas emissions in the years immediately preceding the pandemic, making it our second largest source of emissions,… Continue reading »
Family, friends and colleagues of the late Professor, Dean and Interim President Bill Wagner gathered to celebrate his life and share memories and stories on September 17, 2022 at the Faculty Club. Professor Bill Wagner died on September 12, 2021. Continue reading »
Williams faculty, staff and students, I am pleased to inform you that Safa Zaki, the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology, has agreed, upon completion in June 2023 of her current term as dean of the faculty, to serve a second term in the role and as… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, I’m pleased to welcome you all to Williams for the new semester. It’s exciting to feel the energy of this particular moment in the year, as our community returns and is renewed. In that spirit I offer a special greeting to… Continue reading »
President Mandel has contributed Williams’ support to an amici curiae brief, submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by thirty-three private, highly selective residential colleges. The brief argues that narrowly tailored race-conscious admissions practices remain essential to the educational benefits that result from diversity in higher education. The signers submitted… Continue reading »
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