Williams College News

The story of the Clark Art Institute's transformation from a quiet, rural venue for the display of a private art collection to an internationally famous museum will be told Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m. Richard Rand, senior curator at the Clark, will deliver a free public lecture in the Heritage Room of the Williams Inn.

William Shakespeare would be astonished to see the Schoolhouse Gallery art exhibit that accompanies the current production of his play, "Twelfth Night," at the Schoolhouse Theater.

An initiative to enhance the science curriculum at two local elementary schools by integrating mobile technology into lesson plans has received a financial boost.

C'MON, LET 'EM EAT CAKE Billie , Winkie , Peggy , and Brewster can't wait to party in a scene from A.R. A.R. Gurney's play The Dining Room is a story of the culture of that pedigreed demographic, the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

On a splendid spring day, there's nothing finer than spending time near a babbling stream.

A. Clayton Spencer, Harvard's vice president for policy, has served as the right-hand woman for four Harvard presidents.

Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, executive director of the Virginia Center for Architecture, was elected 2013 first vice president/president elect and 2014 president of the American Institute of Architects at the AIA's 2012 National Convention in Washington, D.C. Drieling, of AIA Blue Ridge, has held a number of leadership positions with AIA, including ... (more)

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Editor's note: This is the first of three opinion pieces on the state of higher education as online learning transforms college life.

Elizabeth Costley has been active in community service organizations for nearly two decades but most recently helped organize the Fund for Williamstown's distribution of donations for residents of the Spruces.

A solar eclipse turns the disk of the sun into a wide orange grin over Gumaca in the Philippines on Monday morning, local time.

She recounted the deaths of her husband and sister, both of whom died of cancer, and said, "Life can deal you some crushing blows, and we all need a deep reserve of resilience to survive." Couric, now with ABC News and developing a daytime talk show "Katie" that debuts Sept.

Excessive specialization has created a culture of expertise that has distorted higher education and had a negative impact on faculty members, students and the broader society.

Across Britain the exam season is in full flow. Schools are in the middle of GCSE, AS and A-levels, while universities host finals.

Across Britain the exam season is in full flow. Schools are in the middle of GCSE, AS and A-levels, while universities host finals.

This weekend, a "time traveling" solar eclipse will turn the familiar disk of the sun into a ring of fire for sky-watchers in parts of Asia and the U.S. West.

Three assistant professors at Williams College have been promoted to associate professor, effective July 1. Receiving tenure through their promotions to assistant professor were John MacFadyen in geology and Dwight Simpson and MacAlister Brown in political science.

Riverfest, the annual celebration of the Hoosic held by the Hoosic River Watershed Association , will be held at Cole Field on the Williams College campus from 11am to 4 pm on Saturday, May 26.

Raghu Tadepalli has been named dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University following a national search.

A Navigating science, technology, and history lessons will be far-reaching and creatively topical for future Hamden Hall Country Day School fourth- and fifth-graders as the school enters into a new collaboration with Mystic Seaport.