LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT ALL-GRANT AID MEANS FOR STUDENTS |
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ENGAGE with Purple Prose Book Club this month: Tune in to Take My Hand author talk with Dolen Perkins-Valdez on Thurs. Feb 29 at 6 p.m. ET; gear up for March-May selection Still Life by Sarah Winman; and if you are a book club member, vote for the May-July summer read.
LEARN about South Asian food and history on Zoom at a culinary talk with WAAAAN on Wed., March 6, at 7 p.m. ET when Williams Professor Aparna Kapadia presents “Whose Samosa Is It Anyway? Reflections on South Asian Food and History.”
CONNECT with other alumni in real estate at a virtual networking event on Tues., March 19, at 3 p.m. ET. Whether you’re working in brokerage, capital markets, construction, development, proptech, research or any other part of the industry, you’ll find your people at this online meetup.
VOTE for the next Alumni Trustee before April 1.
CELEBRATE & MENTOR at a weekend of community and support April 12-14. You’ll find programming that combines our long-running Bolin Mentorship weekend with the opening of the newly renovated Davis Center! Celebrate the reopening and honor the legacies of Gaius C. Bolin Sr., Class of 1889, as well as brothers W. Allison Davis ’24 and John A. Davis ’33.
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Could you or your employer benefit from working with multitalented Ephs who are eager to join your team for summer internships or entry-level jobs? Look no further than the ’68 Center Spring 2024 Virtual Job & Internship Fair! This showcase event is the perfect opportunity to source top candidates interested in a wide variety of roles and fields. See details and register here or contact Scott LaChapelle.
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| At the end of January, Williams alumni showed how passionate they are about their communities. Not surprisingly, alumni across the country volunteered by the dozens for causes they believe in and shared their stories.
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Those hours were used as multipliers on their Alumni Fund gifts with a generous match provided by Richard Georgi ’87 and Sanae Ishikawa. The totals were:
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- 233 participants
- 2,664 service hours
- 372 service organizations
- $421,750 TOTAL IMPACT
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Thanks to our challenge donors and to all who volunteered and logged their hours!
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With the trophy deadline coming up on March 15, you still have time to join hundreds of your classmates and thousands of other alumni by participating in a tradition of giving that spans generations. Alumni Fund gifts makes things like All Grant aid possible. If you haven’t already, please consider making a gift before March 15.
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Claiming Williams 2024 keynote speaker Ruth Simmons in conversation with Leticia S.E. Haynes ’99, vice president for institutional diversity, equity and inclusion. Photograph by Bradley Wakoff
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Claiming Williams 2024 questioned how we create an academic community that represents the greater world around us. View a recap of the day’s events, including videos and photos of the keynote speakers and other sessions.
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Reflecting on her experience co-teaching a Winter Study course, President Maud Mandel shares her hope that “our intellectual diversity and common humanity can be our greatest strengths” in her welcome message at the start of the spring semester.
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Psychology professor Steven Fein and his students study how seeing images of Taylor Swift and anti-racist messages at NFL games affects people’s feelings toward the league. His study is also covered in The Berkshire Eagle.
- Physics professor Kate Jensen won The Adhesion Society’s 2023 Early Career Scientist Award in recognition of her pioneering contributions to our understanding of ultra-soft surface mechanics and leadership in adhesion science.
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Political science professor Darel Paul’s latest column in Compact Magazine looks at the correlation between gender equality and declining birth rates in Europe.
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Neil Roberts, associate dean of the faculty and Africana studies professor, speaks with TIME Magazine about the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love.
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Former coach Carl Samuelson has been named to the inaugural class of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association Division III Hall of Fame.
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See this year’s Winter Carnival highlights on Instagram
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| And highlights from the past on Ephalum
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