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Baccalaureate speaker Dan Harris offered the Class of 2026 advice he "learned the hard way from making phenomenally stupid mistakes in [his] own life." Watch his remarks and others from commencement weekend here: bit.ly/4eE5tbl
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Highlights from our 237th Commencement included singing from commencement speaker Cécile McLorin Salvant, performances by class musician Michael Ma '26, and remarks by class speakers Mariel Baez '26 and Janine Wang ’26. Check it all out in this recap! youtube.com/watch?v=QyV9L7u3…
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"That kindness toward yourself, toward what is a little strange within you, is that same kindness with which you can meet the people in the world around you." —Commencement speaker Cécile McLorin Salvant. Read about yesterday's events via @BerkshireEagle: bit.ly/4e5C89e
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Today, Williams celebrates the Class of 2026 at our 237th Commencement. Visit commencement.williams.edu for the full program and to watch the live stream beginning at 9:45 a.m. ET.
Congratulations, graduates! #williams2026
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Two decades after U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Nathan Krissoff ’03 died in the line of duty, his story continues to inspire Ephs to serve—most recently, Alec Bachman ’25. “It’s an honor to be another Eph in uniform and follow that legacy.”
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Michael J. Lewis, the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art and architecture critic for @WSJ, joined @CBSSunday in Philadelphia to discuss why architect Frank Furness's elaborate designs deserve a second look. cbsnews.com/video/the-enduri…
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Professor Lewis was also recently named a 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Criticism. pulitzer.org/finalists/micha…
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Four students at Arlington High School in LaGrangeville, N.Y., received funding for a historical marker outside the Poughkeepsie home of Williams’ first Black graduate, Gaius Charles Bolin, Class of 1889. Read more about their project from Williams Today: today.williams.edu/stories/a…
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Congratulations to W. Anthony Sheppard, the Marylin and Arthur Levitt Professor of Music, who has been named to the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows! Professor Sheppard is the only fellow this year in the field of Music Research. bit.ly/48snCqj
#guggfellows2026
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Want to know what's up with the @WNBA? Sarah Hack '06, co-founder of MOSH Audio, is producing “On the Clock," a limited-run daily podcast series covering the league's draft, free agency and the historic collective bargaining agreement. Watch/listen here: bit.ly/4tmtlGq
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And fun fact: Film and TV director (and former Williams faculty member) Liza Johnson '92 is one of MOSH Audio's advisors!
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A new essay from english professor Emily Vasiliasuskas, "On the Way to Lyric," appears in the publication "Lyric Temporalities" out now (Toronto University Press @utpress): utppublishing.com/doi/book/1…
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A new essay by environmental studies professor Laura Martin for @NoemaMag looks at how the internet has moved from being a place we visit to one we inhabit.
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In an article for @scroll_in, history professor Aparna Kapadia explores how visiting 19th-century England made Indian women feel about social equality back home.
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⭐ Congrats to Reyna Li ’27 and Christina Zhang ’27 on being awarded 2026 Goldwater Scholarships, the most prestigious undergraduate award in the sciences. ⭐ bit.ly/47TlhUI
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Dick Farley, Williams’ legendary football and track coach, died this week at age 79. Coach Farley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006, and retired in 2014 after 42 years at Williams. Read a remembrance from @BostonGlobe: bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/s…
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The @BerkshireEagle also paid tribute to Coach Dick Farley: berkshireeagle.com/sports/lo…
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A 2007 mural painted by Josh Frankel '02 and Eve Biddle '04 on the wall of a handball court in Jackson Heights, Queens has inspired the borough's new welcome signs. The artists, who are married, restored the mural in 2022. Via @QueensEagle: bit.ly/4lJA6yU
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Williams’ Writing Center director Julia Morgan McKenzie writes in an essay for Inside Higher Ed about the importance of teaching students “long writing.” bit.ly/3NqvMYZ
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Rebecca Fallon '14 writes for Town & Country (@TandCmag) that daytime TV drama and Shakespeare have more in common than we might realize. The London-based writer is the author of "Family Drama," a new novel about a doomed soap star. bit.ly/3PslCaP
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