GallopNYC, founded in Queens, N.Y., 12 years ago by Alicia Kershaw ’75, offers therapeutic horsemanship programs to children with disabilities and special needs. Kershaw started riding when she was 5 and fox hunting when she was 8, but as time went on she had less time to devote to formal… Continue reading »
Friday, Oct. 13, dawned crisp and clear—perfect weather for Mountain Day. President Adam Falk rang the chapel bells to cancel classes kick off a day packed with outdoor activities for students, faculty and staff. Check out photos from Mountain Day and our social media coverage. … Continue reading »
Emma (Lehman) Schott ’10 with a Zipline drone that delivers blood to doctors in Rwanda. Emma (Lehman) Schott ’10 is putting her aerospace and satellite operations background to use helping make drones that save lives every day. Thanks to Zipline International, when doctors in Rwanda are treating a postpartum hemorrhage… Continue reading »
Williams students headed for the hills for a day of outdoor community celebration. Continue reading »
After coming in second place in the Williams College Business Plan Competition last semester, Tafara Makaza ’20 (above, left) and Sean Ninsing ’19 (right) spent the summer at Lever, a North Adams-based nonprofit that seeks to increase economic development in the region by recruiting, developing and supporting local entrepreneurs and… Continue reading »
The summer before her senior year at Williams, Leah Katzelnick ’10 was in Nicaragua, studying the complex relationship between international aid workers and the communities they serve, when she contracted dengue fever. Today she is one of a handful of researchers working to find an effective vaccine for the mosquito-borne illness. Continue reading »
Clarence Otis ’77 didn’t become an art collector to try to correct the historical record, but he acknowledges that the art he and his wife Jacqui Bradley collect helps to tell a truer story about this country’s past and its politics. “When museums exhibit art that is not diverse, it… Continue reading »
On Aug. 21, a total solar eclipse passed from the West Coast to the East Coast, the first time this has happened in 99 years. Jay Pasachoff, Williams’ Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, led a team of students and alumni to Salem, Ore., to observe the eclipse—his 34th. Pasachoff recently… Continue reading »
What do you imagine when you hear the word “archives”? Could it include seeds? Or scents? Or colors? Or perhaps artists’ sketchbooks? If not, it should, and much more, according to the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), which is hosting its annual Summer School. This year’s theme, “The Library… Continue reading »
Grace Mabie ’19 and Elena Teaford ’17 paired up last spring to make a game that helps young children learn math. With several two-colored spinners and a game board with moveable parts, players ages 5-7 can use their natural intuition about proportions to deepen their understanding of fractions. The game… Continue reading »