FUTURE OF
KNOWLEDGE
The future of knowledge is bright at William & Mary, propelled by world-class faculty committed to interdisciplinary thought in teaching and research. This close-knit community gives rise to a high level of engagement and academic integration, even as faculty members consider how to use new tool kits and entrepreneurialism to increase classroom diversity and ensure wider access.
MOVING KNOWLEDGE FORWARD
A LOOK AT THE
W&M COMMUNITY
William & Mary is a place of unusual connections, as our & implies. Our long history grounds us in rich traditions. Yet the story of the second-oldest institution in the country is also one of innovation. William & Mary was the start-up lab for U.S. higher education in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, we have the opportunity to take a lead in defining liberal arts and sciences, and professional education, for the 21st century.
“Art evangelist” Steve Prince is on a mission to deliver art to the people, people to the art and all of it to William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art.
It may be true that the law always follows tech, but it’s nipping at the heels at the Center for Legal and Court Technology at William & Mary Law School.
Professor Laurie Sanderson has been teaching Vertebrate Biology since 1992 and still relies on the traditional preserved bones and specimens, but nowadays more of her students are designing and manufacturing their own specimens.
Rowley is the only known William & Mary basketball player to take on the challenge of balancing hours of law school classes and studying as well as being a key player on the basketball team.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
The connections forged at William & Mary — between students, faculty, staff members, alumni and friends — are a hallmark of the university.
Developing the ability to bridge differences between people, cultivated in an inclusive community, allows us to form the highest and most innovative ideas.
We work and learn across the sciences and humanities, in tech and art, in commerce and service, just as the “&” in our name suggests.
