William & Mary

The ampersand has long been at the heart of William & Mary’s identity, symbolizing strength and versatility gained through interwoven disciplines, perspectives and ideas. A new membership in a collaborative organization will facilitate…

Once locally extinct, bay scallops along Virginia’s Eastern Shore appear to be making a comeback. After several years of exponential growth, the results of the annual population survey show the density of bay scallops in southern coastal…

Shortly after 6 a.m., William & Mary Research Professor Bryan Watts guides a boat quietly past an osprey nesting platform. Layla Slone ’25 steadies a mirror on a 20 foot pole while Lizzie Arthur ’25 uses the reflection to peer into a…

Douglas “Doug” Schmidt ’84, M.A. ’86, an internationally recognized scholar with more than three decades of experience in academic and government leadership roles, has been named the inaugural dean of William & Mary’s School of…

Since its founding 21 years ago, William & Mary’s Global Research Institute has received widespread recognition for applying groundbreaking multidisciplinary research to critical issues facing our world. Now, GRI is ready to take the…

How small is “small?” Spider silk nanofibrils are just a few molecular layers thick, equivalent to approximately one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. They’re invisible to the naked eye and cannot be seen under an ordinary…

The nondescript colonial building that housed the Williamsburg Bray School from 1760 to 1774 has undergone a major renovation and will be the centerpiece of a dedication ceremony on Nov. 1. But behind the scenes, the William & Mary…

Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay expanded 7% to an estimated 82,937 acres in 2023 to reach their seventh-highest level in 40 years of monitoring, according to an annual survey led by researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia…

Michael J. Todd, an imaginative and inspiring leader in higher education, has been named William & Mary’s executive vice president for finance & administration, President Katherine A. Rowe announced today. Todd, who currently…

Jeremy P. Martin Ph.D. ’12, M.B.A. ’17, William & Mary’s vice president for strategy and innovation, has been selected as the next president of Florida Southern College. As president of Florida Southern, Martin will lead Florida’s…