If you’re a Williams College student reading this article, Lucy Calkins ’73 probably taught you how to do so. Maybe you memorized sight words. Maybe you learned to read through “just right” books for ...

The entire Class of 2026 blows bubbles together in front of Chapin Hall as an orientation activity during First Days. (Kitt Urdang/The Williams Record) The target size for an incoming class is 550 ...

Reza Pahlavi attended the College for the 1979-80 academic year. (Photo courtesy of The Williams Record.) Usually, whenever former Dean of Admission Philip Smith ’55 got word of a high-profile student ...

The College offered admission to 899 students on March 22 during the regular decision round, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01. Applicants who accept ...

Total waste for each fiscal year, with trash in dark purple and recycled waste in light purple. The yellow line shows the diversion rate, or the percentage of waste that is recycled. (Haley ...

A map of College-owned lots on Spring Street, per the Massachussetts Bureau of Geographic Information. (Kai Stevens/The Williams Record) When was the last time you grabbed a sandwich from Spring ...

The College’s rule on fraternities is clear: Students cannot join them, and those who do may face suspension or expulsion. But it seems that rule has not stopped St. Anthony Hall. A compelling piece ...

The Elm Tree House on Mount Hope Estate in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) At a small college like this one, it doesn’t take much to think you know campus like the back of your ...

The College offered admission to 1,038 applicants on March 21 through the regular decision process, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01. Applicants who ...

Follies showgirls in their 1940s costumes at London National Theatre. (Photo courtesy of the Clark Art Institute.) Despite being a self-proclaimed Stephen Sondheim ’50 aficionado, I must admit that ...

Lina Khan ’10 was beginning her junior year at the College when Lehman Brothers, a global titan of investment banking, filed for the largest bankruptcy in American history, triggering a stock market ...

David Han ’19 was on an English teaching assistantship in Russia before being forced to return home due to the coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of David Han.) As colleges and universities around the ...