To the Williams community, I am pleased to report that I have offered the position of Dean of the Faculty to Lara Shore-Sheppard, Kimberly A. ’96 and Robert R. ’62 Henry Professor of Economics, and she has accepted. Lara will assume the deanship on July 1. Lara, who joined Williams… Continue reading »
Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Sam Crane, the Edward S. Greenbaum 1910 Professor in Political Science, has accepted our invitation to become the next director of the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford University (WEPO). His term of service will be two years, starting July 1, 2024. Sam… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, I let you know earlier this week that the Field House was temporarily closed for maintenance. Today I write to inform you that the building will unfortunately have to remain closed for the rest of this term and likely longer, so that we can fix newly-identified… Continue reading »
Dean of Faculty Safa Zaki is the next president of Bowdoin College Continue reading »
Williams students, staff and faculty, Welcome to the first day of Spring 2023. I’m excited for the Williams community to embark on a new cycle of learning. It was wonderful to see winter study back in action: Students dug into topics ranging from impact… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, It is my pleasure to invite you to participate in Claiming Williams next Thursday, February 2, 2023. For those new to the college, Claiming Williams was created in 2008 when students, joined by staff and faculty, responded to a series of racist and sexist… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, The Board of Trustees convened on campus last Friday and Saturday for their January 2023 meeting. I want to offer my usual summary of the business they conducted during the meeting. The Board’s plenary sessions fell into two broad categories: one group was devoted to imagining… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, I write to announce that Chief Investment Officer Collette Chilton will retire from Williams at the end of calendar year 2023. Everyone who has been at Williams over the last sixteen years has benefited from Collette’s work, but relatively few know to whom credit is due. Continue reading »
To the Williams Community, I am pleased to report that Amy Holzapfel, Professor of Theater, has agreed to serve as the college’s next Gaudino Scholar. Her three-year appointment to this post will begin July 1, 2023. Amy will be the 18th faculty member to hold this title. The position… Continue reading »
Today, Williams was one of seven colleges and universities to join in announcing the new Global Student Haven Initiative. Organized by Pomona College, the Initiative is an effort by this group of leading schools to reduce the obstacles faced by potentially college-eligible students… Continue reading »
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