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25 years after genocide, Rwandan survivors teach students about forgiveness
William & Mary students went on a soul-searching trip through Rwanda this past summer to explore the country’s efforts at peace education and forgiveness since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi that killed more than 1 million people.
ACE fellow joins W&M President’s Office
Rosalyn Hargraves, associate vice president for assessment and transformation in the Division for Inclusive Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University, will spend the 2019-20 academic year at William & Mary as an American Council on Education Fellow.
The Craspedacusta are swarming in Crim Dell, and that means the jellyfish are looking for mates
Yes, they have stinging tentacles. No, they won’t sting you — unless you’re a tasty-looking zooplankton.
W&M recognized for second year by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine
For the second consecutive year, William & Mary has been selected to receive a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
Consortium earns funding to enhance oyster breeding
A consortium of 14 shellfish geneticists from 12 East Coast universities and government agencies has won a five-year, $4.4 million grant funded by NOAA Fisheries through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to develop new tools to accelerate and localize selective breeding in support of oyster aquaculture.
William & Mary’s freshman phage lab goes viral for the 12th straight year
A new lab of select William & Mary freshmen takes on the study of bacteriophages each fall. It’s a program supported by the Science Education Alliance of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute called the Phage Hunters Advancing Genomic and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) project.
Foster selected to lead new Office of Student Veteran Engagement
Charlie Foster, a Marine Corps veteran who earned his Master of Education at W&M, was appointed director of the new Office of Student Veteran Engagement set to open Sept. 25.
W&M School of Education establishes first partnership with a Colombian university
This summer, William & Mary’s School of Education established its first official partnership with a university in Colombia.
Q&A: Robert Trent Vinson on the history, legacies of 1619
W&M News recently talked with Robert Trent Vinson, Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of History and Africana Studies, about 1619, its significance and its part in the upcoming ASWAD conference.
Salmon Tales: Sex, myth and molecular genetics of an iconic fish
A sockeye salmon’s life ends right back where it began, culminating in an anadromous drama of sex, decay and sacrifice.
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