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Separate but Connected: Summer with the Global Research Institute
On July 29, 2020
By Maggie Manson ’22 When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and universities throughout the world had to transition to virtual learning, many students were faced
How a Virtual Summer Research Internship at GRI Fostered Community and Career Development
On July 28, 2020
By Sasan Faraj ’23 Going into this past summer, I didn’t know what to expect of it. Buildings were closed, internships were cancelled, and
A W&M Sophomore’s Experience Conducting Research in Tanzania Through GRI
On July 24, 2020
By Ethan Harrison ’20 “Alright, Ethan you’re up!” — with those words, I (nervously) began to present the research I had worked on for
The Long Arm of Authoritarianism: Possibilities for Repression and Opportunities for Change
On July 23, 2020
By Katherine Armstrong ’20 For most of my life, I thought of migration as possibility. The possibility to live, work, put down roots, and
Disinformation Ink Spots: A Framework to Combat Authoritarian Disinformation Campaigns
On July 20, 2020
Editors Note: The Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS) is one of the premier undergraduate think tanks in the country. Based at W&M’s
Clashing Codes of Conduct: Asymmetric Ethics and the Biotech Revolution
On July 20, 2020
Editors Note: The Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS) is one of the premier undergraduate think tanks in the country. Based at W&M’s
The Climate Corner of the VIMS Discovery Lab
On June 23, 2020
By Mary Kasputis ’21 and Jen Dunn ’20 This year, we had the opportunity to work with the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR)
From Policy to the Real World: An Undergraduates Experience with PIPS
On June 11, 2020
By Jahnavi Prabhala ’22 Right before I joined The Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS), an undergraduate think tank based at W&M’s Global
Teaching Online at William & Mary: An Experiment
On May 29, 2020
Like most college professors, I had to transition abruptly to online teaching in March 2020 because of COVID-19. Until then, I had never Zoomed