Making sense of Bin Laden’s end
Whenever something big happens in the Muslim world, I still turn to Marc Lynch, a professor at George Washington who many of us knew when he was in the Political Science Department at Williams. His...
View ArticleWilliams names interim art museum director
Last week, Williams President Adam Falk named Katy Kline as interim director of the Williams College Museum of Art. Kline has extensive experience in college museums, most recently spending ten years...
View ArticleNew WCMA director seems rigorously broad-minded
Williams College announced yesterday that it had picked the next director for its art museum. Christina Olsen, who is currently the director of education and public programs at the Portland Art Museum,...
View ArticleWilliams athletic field overhaul to go ahead
Williams College has announced that it is moving ahead with a $22 million renovation of its athletic facilities at Weston Field, in time for the 2014 season. This major building project, like the...
View ArticleA few questions for Carmen Ortiz on ‘Claiming Williams’ Day
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz was a sensible choice to be invited to speak at Williams for its annual “Claiming Williams” day, when the college takes a day to discuss how it can create an ethnically...
View ArticleWhen Williams led the way
There is a reason Williams College is consistently ranked one of the best liberal arts college in the nation — and by extension, the world — and isn’t just one of those expensive country clubs where...
View ArticleThinning out on Spring Street
Barely a week after the William Newsroom on Spring Street closed its doors after decades, word comes that Ephporium, a small grocery next door, is also done. That’s two sudden closings in a short...
View ArticleWilliams womens’ hockey team makes history
Williams College is a place that is used to winning. It’s parked atop the US News college rankings, has won an absurd number of Directors’ Cups, its basketball teams are regularly off to the NCAAs. But...
View ArticleConcerns about how Williams handles sexual misconduct allegations
Williams College is coming under scrutiny for the way it handles sexual assault allegations, after a former student came forward with her story about how her alleged rapist was let off with a three...
View ArticleSawyer Library, 1975-2014
After a lifespan that ended just shy of earning a proper midlife crisis, Sawyer Library at Williams College closed today for good. Starting Monday, everything in the aggressively unloved old building...
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