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Williams-Mystic “back on track” with new initiatives
Your friendly neighborhood coastal and ocean studies program was featured in The Day earlier this month, with an update and look to the future–the 96th semester of students arrived this week! https://theday.com/…/mystic-seaport-program-back-on-track/ To read the article, click here.
America’s Vanishing Coastline: Climate Adaptation and Decision-Making in Southern Louisiana
When Spring ’17 student Natalie DiNenno stumbled across an article about climate refugees in Alaska, she wondered if she had found her marine policy research topic. Studying sociology at Williams had taught Natalie to “think about research in terms of people and places,” and she hoped to carry this approach over to her policy research … Continue reading “America’s Vanishing Coastline: Climate Adaptation and Decision-Making in Southern Louisiana”
On January 11 and 18, Join Us for Cajun Dancing
This January, Williams-Mystic is delighted to host a Williams College Winter Study course entitled “The Changing Landscape and Musical Geography of the Mississippi River Delta” — and inspired by our very own Louisiana Field Seminar. As part of the course, there are two free, live Cajun music and dance events we very much hope you’ll … Continue reading “On January 11 and 18, Join Us for Cajun Dancing”
How One Alumna’s South Pole Journey Earned Williams-Mystic $25,000
During Alumni Reunion Weekend 2017, Alexander “Sasha” Bulazel (S’85) posed a challenge to his fellow Williams-Mystic alumni: Take a picture with the Williams-Mystic burgee at one of our planet’s extremes,* and Bulazel would donate $25,000 to Williams-Mystic. Not two months later, Jaime Hensel (S’03), arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station with the Williams-Mystic burgee … Continue reading “How One Alumna’s South Pole Journey Earned Williams-Mystic $25,000”
From C to Shining Sea: Complex Dynamics from Combinatorics to Coastlines
If there’s one thing Williams-Mystic students learn first, it’s that you can’t study a topic as vast as our world’s oceans and coasts from the vantage point of a single discipline. From day one, Williams-Mystic prompts students to draw connections among topics as (seemingly) far afield as literature, policy, science, and history. In his presentation … Continue reading “From C to Shining Sea: Complex Dynamics from Combinatorics to Coastlines”
Fall 2017 Student Finds Community, Competes in Miss Connecticut USA Pageant
By Taylor Harris, Williams Mystic F’17 At Williams-Mystic, our students develop close-knit communities in the classroom, on the road, and in our student houses. They also become members of the local community. For Fall ’17 student Taylor Harris, this means continuing her passion for competing in pageants. Taylor came to Williams-Mystic as a junior English major from … Continue reading “Fall 2017 Student Finds Community, Competes in Miss Connecticut USA Pageant”
Down East with Williams-Mystic
Williams-Mystic launched a new field seminar on the Maine coast this spring, examining climate change, governance, cultural heritage and sustainability through community engagement. The week began in Augusta, where students visited the State House and met with Governor Janet Mills and other state leaders-including several Williams-Mystic alumni-who are shaping Maine’s climate policy and protecting its … Continue reading “Down East with Williams-Mystic”
Summer Reading with WM FacStaff
Summer, at least on the academic calendar, is officially here, so we surveyed Williams-Mystic faculty and staff to see what they suggest to power, rest, entertain and engage your brain over the next 100 days! Let us know what’s on your summer reading list! The Books of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious … Continue reading “Summer Reading with WM FacStaff”
What lies beneath? A visit with Rear Admiral Ben Evans S95
What lies beneath the surface? For NOAA Corps Rear Admiral Ben Evans S95 (Williams ’96), that question has defined a career—and it’s one with sweeping implications for everything from global shipping routes to coastal planning and climate resilience. This spring, Ben—Director of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coast Survey and yes, the … Continue reading “What lies beneath? A visit with Rear Admiral Ben Evans S95”
Fair Winds to Derek Langhauser F82, Visiting Professor of Marine Policy
A familiar face returned to the WM classroom this past year: Derek Langhauser F82, longtime Moot Court judge, served as Visiting Professor of Marine Policy for the fall and spring classes. A Maine attorney with more than 35 years of experience-including stints as chief legal counsel to two governors, special counsel to a U.S. senator, … Continue reading “Fair Winds to Derek Langhauser F82, Visiting Professor of Marine Policy”
Wendy Morton Hudson S88 invites you to Nantucket for a book and a beer!
Washashore is a term largely reserved for individuals who find their way to the Cape, and proudly claim it as their home, despite not being a native Cape Codder. For Nantucketers who, through currents and a succession of incoming and receding tides, find their way to the Faraway Island as it has become known, the … Continue reading “Wendy Morton Hudson S88 invites you to Nantucket for a book and a beer!”
Arguing Bell vs. Town of Wells, ME
A federal judge, an attorney, and a class of WM students walk into a classroom… All joking aside, S25 students argued a Moot Court case in early April before the Honorable Susan L. Carney, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Visiting Professor of Marine Policy Derek Langhauser F82. After … Continue reading “Arguing Bell vs. Town of Wells, ME”