News from the college
Art Across the Curriculum
The new Object Lab exhibition, on view through Dec. 17 at the Williams College Museum of Art, features
40 works that illuminate key ideas from eight fall-semester classes in American studies, art history, art studio, computer science, history and dance.
Elizabeth Gallerani, curator of Mellon academic programs, says that “experimenting and connecting interdisciplinary ideas in the liberal arts” is one of the Object Lab’s primary goals—and one of the reasons why students are excited to study at Williams.
Highlights From the June Board Meeting
At the June 2-3 meeting of the Williams Board of Trustees,
President Mandel presented a progress report on the
Strategic Plan, the trustees received an update on the Energy and Carbon Master Plan, and Director of Integrative Wellbeing Services
Wendy Adam delivered a presentation about how Williams could take an educational approach to supporting student wellbeing. In addition, the board endorsed a phased approach to replace the Towne Field House. More details are provided in
the complete board meeting summary.
Serving Veterans
Faculty and Staff in Focus
- “A mock wedding without the wedding rituals transcends religion or nationality,” says history professor Aparna Kapadia about a growing trend across U.S. college campuses in which South Asian students are holding elaborate mock weddings to showcase and connect with their culture.
- Olga Shevchenko, the Paul H. Hunn ’55 Professor in Social Studies, reviews a 2022 book that examines the phenomenon of removal of people declared “public enemies” from group photographs in Stalin’s Russia.
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