Students are seen from above, sitting in two rows facing each other and in conversation. The Claiming Williams logo and title appear over the image; the title is "Access to and through Higher Education."

Claiming Williams 2024

How did you get here? How do you stay here? Claiming Williams 2024 questioned how we can create a college community that represents the greater world around us.

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Students in the 2024 Winter Study travel course in Taiwan pose at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial.

Winter Exploration

Through nearly 150 courses and other opportunities, Winter Study is a time for students to focus on interests cultivated during the regular academic year or to pursue something entirely new.

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Members of the early 1970s Williams crew team row in a four-boat on Lake Onata. Nancy Storrs, Class of 1973, is second from the left.

A Rower’s Legacy

The late Nancy Storrs ’73 (second from left) broke barriers at Williams and in rowing, for which a new women’s crew boat will be named in her honor this spring.

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Two people sit in chairs on a stage while one speaks, holding a microphone.

Supporting Women’s Health

Learning how to help others through “big reproductive moments” inspired midwife-in-training Elizabeth Curtis ’17 to found Williams’ Berkshire Doula Project, now six years strong.

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Environmental Accolades

The college has been recognized for its work integrating sustainability into campus operations and embedding it into decision-making, learning and organizational culture.

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Group photo of the 2023-24 Global Scholars

Global Support

Williams’ inaugural cohort of 12 Global Scholars hit the ground running in the fall.

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A group of students stand in a line in the grass on a sunny fall day with mountains and blue sky with clouds in the background. One is holding a microphone.

A Glorious Mountain Day

A video and collection of photographs highlight the fun of Mountain Day, which took place on Oct. 13.

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A group of students walking in the woods. Fall foliage lines the path, which is bordered by a stone wall and has an open green field on the other side.

It’s Mountain Day!

President Maud S. Mandel canceled classes on Friday, and the bells rang out “The Mountains” to signify the start of Williams’ beloved tradition, Mountain Day.

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A frontal view of Pallavi Sen's garden and installation at the Clark.

Sen Garden

Students expanded their knowledge of horticulture by working in a garden/art installation created by art professor Pallavi Sen at the Clark.

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Portrait of Sneha Revanur ’26

Shaping the Future of AI

At a time when artificial intelligence seems to be developing with increasing speed, Sneha Revanur ’26 and the group she founded, Encode Justice, urge policymakers to set some humanistic ground rules.

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