By Julia Munemo In the fall of her first year at Williams, Ranana L. Dine ’16 took a 300-level course called American Medical History with professor Gretchen Long. For her final project, she wrote a paper about abortion rights in colonial New England. An edited version of that paper recently… Continue reading »
By Julia Munemo “Each of us had help getting where are today,” says Renee Robinson ’02, who recently became Film Commissioner of Jamaica, her homeland. “Anyone who’s gotten anywhere had support from someone.” The person Robinson credits with her launch into the film industry is an executive producer for whom… Continue reading »
by Julia Munemo Students, faculty, and staff from 30 colleges and universities came to Williams April 9 to share their experiences of and delve into issues related to being a first-generation college student. The theme of the fourth annual First Generation College Student Summit was cultivating institutional change. Events scheduled throughout the day… Continue reading »
By Julia Munemo Sixty local high school students toured the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) last fall as part of their U.S. History course. They divided into small groups and rotated through four different galleries. In each, they found a Williams student gallery guide who walked them through a… Continue reading »
By Natalie DiNenno ’18 On a recent Saturday, Chapin Hall bustled with excitement, filled with concertgoers looking forward to a Berkshire Symphony performance. But these attendees were not typical symphony fans—children of all ages and their families gathered together for the very first Berkshire Symphony Family Concert. The concert was… Continue reading »
By Julia Munemo The sold-out, March 12 “pre-premiere” of the opera A Marvelous Order at Williams’ ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance brings together the creative talents of three Williams alumni. Will Rawls ’00 is the choreographer, Judd Greenstein ’01 is the composer, and Joshua Frankel ’02 is the director… Continue reading »
By Julia Munemo In 2008, while working at Goldman Sachs, Alan Fitts ’00 began volunteering on the nascent presidential campaign to elect Barack Obama. As the campaign gained steam, Fitts left Wall Street to become a full-time member of the senator’s advance team. He traveled through more than 25 states… Continue reading »
By Julia Munemo For the last seven years, teenagers from Pittsfield have been spending afternoons in January at Williams working on independent projects and connecting with a college student mentor. The program is a Winter Study course called Learning Intervention for Teens (LIFT), and it’s aimed at teenagers in the… Continue reading »
By Julia Munemo “It would freak me out if a big pile of dog treats materialized in the middle of my kitchen out of nowhere,” says Chad Orzel ’93, who teaches physics at Union College. “But my dog has been waiting for that to happen for 10 years.” That premise… Continue reading »
By Natalie DiNenno ’18 Mari Omland ’89 stands among a cluster of sparkling, snow-covered trees, shaking a bucket of grain for the 12 goats trotting behind her. Out for some exercise, they’re distracted by the evergreens and adoring Williams students surrounding them. Continue reading »