This is the sixth installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute, as part of Undergraduate Research Month. By Caroline Mahoney, Student Communications Assistant This spring, two GRI student researchers, Caroline Morin ‘22 and Ann Duke ‘22, found themselves in a new role in the classroom: subject matter experts. Under […]

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This is the fifth installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute, in celebration of Undergraduate Research Month. By: Rosemary Ketron ’23 Bosnia-Herzegovina is a breathtaking country with a rich culture. Its beauty includes epic mountains and gorges, bright turquoise rivers, and grand flowing waterfalls. Sarajevo, the country’s capital, is […]

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Hello, I’m Kristin! I am currently a senior Economics major at the university and transferred Fall of my sophomore year from a four-year STEM institution. I am a Transfer Admissions Intern, and I am excited to share more about my experience! I transferred to William & Mary because of the community that is found both […]

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This is the fourth installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute. Stay tuned for other features throughout April: Undergraduate Research Month.  By Ava Barnes ’23, GRI Communications Assistant Do you ever wonder what it’s like to hear from leading International Relations professors about the future of the discipline? Morgan Doll […]

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The Field Methods class finished our late Winter/early Spring fieldwork at William & Mary’s Highland in March. Over the course of four field excursions, we put in ~530 people hours at Highland – learning to do science in the field and ultimately collecting data on vegetation, soils, water, and rocks (of course). Since Spring Break, […]

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On Wednesday, March 30th, students and speakers gathered into three rooms in the ISC to discuss issues of climate and justice as part of a Global Climate Teach-in that reached nearly a million people across 1,000 institutions including universities, schools, and nonprofits. The teach-in was started at Bard College and has since grown into a […]

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Two years ago, I wrote about the member mentality and the Active Citizens Continuum which describes how our perspective on community engagement can change. When I was first introduced to active citizenship, I thought of it as “The Active Citizen” who collected all the badges for responsibility, justice, service, and social change. Becoming “The Active […]

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This is the third installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute. Stay tuned for other features throughout April: Undergraduate Research Month.  By Ava Barnes ’23, GRI Programs Team Assistant  After Tom Plant ’22 and Meg Hogan ’21 developed an idea for a new research lab focused on disinformation, the pair […]

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This is the first installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute. Stay tuned for other features throughout April: Undergraduate Research Month. NukeLab is an undergraduate research lab at GRI that applies cutting-edge social science theory and methods to pressing policy questions in nuclear security, proliferation, and deterrence.  By Lucas […]

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An important tradition in my academic life is the Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip. This weekend trip takes William & Mary students across the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains to examine the geology underfoot in the Appalachians and, along the way, practice doing geology in the field. I’ve been running this trip for […]

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We Admit It! After waiting what seems like forever – Freshman admission decisions have officially been released. After countless hours reading through your applications – from transcripts to essays and everything in between, we are finally ready to usher in the newest members of the Tribe. As we are posting this, applicants should be receiving an […]

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We Admit It! We wish we could send good news to all of our wonderfully talented applicants. Unfortunately, the small class sizes that make William & Mary so appealing also force us to make tough decisions when considering qualified applicants. This year especially, with a substantial increase in applications, our committee was overwhelmed by the […]

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We Admit It! This is the hardest part of our jobs, sending bad news to bright, talented applicants like you. We know that you must be surprised, upset, disappointed, confused, angry – maybe all of the above. All of these emotions are both natural and justified. This is not the outcome you were hoping for, and […]

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By Justin Maynard ’23 Last semester I was a Sustainability Ambassador with the Office of Sustainability. After completing a project as a Sustainability Ambassador in the Spring 2021 semester on the ISO 20400:2017, a standard for sustainable procurement, I wanted to complete another project on sustainability integration and standards at William & Mary. This opportunity […]

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By Chuck Bailey Saturday, Feb. 26th was a day like no other. I participated in both a William & Mary departmental field trip while simultaneously ‘hosting’ an episode of the Bachelor as we rolled across the Blue Ridge foothills in central Virginia. The Geology department runs a field trip every semester that is open to […]

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Margaret O’Connor ’23 The typical American tosses 110 pounds of single-use plastic every year. With approximately 10,000 students, faculty, and staff, the William & Mary community uses over a million pounds of plastic every year. This means that W&M facilitates the usage of a lot of single-use plastics. Consequently, this means that W&M has a […]

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Meara Carlin ’23 There is an interesting grey area when dealing with planetary geology. The first thing someone usually thinks of when geology is mentioned is rocks. However, in the case of planetary geology a lot of times (not all), rock samples are not part of the science. So, what is geology without rocks? It’s […]

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We Admit It! As we move forward in to 2022, our undergraduate admission team is very hard at work building the Class of 2026. This is one of the busiest and most exciting times of the year for us as we get to witness our freshman class being built — one tremendous individual at a time. […]

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