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From Emerging Tech to Emerging Coursework: How GRI Students Collaborate to Share Expertise

This is the sixth installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute, as part of Undergraduate Research Month. By

Learning Before Teaching: How Students at the ABC Project Cultivate Intercultural Competence

This is the fifth installment of a series highlighting exceptional student contributions to the Global Research Institute, in celebration of Undergraduate Research Month. By:

Meet the Transfer Interns: Kristin Franco

Hello, I’m Kristin! I am currently a senior Economics major at the university and transferred Fall of my sophomore year from a four-year STEM

A Highland Fling (Part 2): Learning from LiDAR

The Field Methods class finished our late Winter/early Spring fieldwork at William & Mary’s Highland in March. Over the course of four field excursions,

The Return of a Tradition – The Earth Structure & Dynamics Class Field Trip

An important tradition in my academic life is the Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip. This weekend trip takes William & Mary students

Executive Order 77: Eliminating Single-Use Plastics

By Justin Maynard ’23 Last semester I was a Sustainability Ambassador with the Office of Sustainability. After completing a project as a Sustainability Ambassador

WMGIC’s Lasting Impact: More Than Another Case Competition

By August Wagner ’21 This post is written by August Wagner, two-time WMGIC contestant and Events Director for WMGIC V. As the Global Research

Bin Liners: An Opportunity to Drastically Reduce Single-Use Plastic

Margaret O’Connor ’23 The typical American tosses 110 pounds of single-use plastic every year. With approximately 10,000 students, faculty, and staff, the William &

What (and Who) College Has Helped Me Become

Sometimes I miss high school Morgan. She didn’t have to “become” something—she could just be. And what she did was “be” curious. She asked