Williams College

08/22/2026

From crocheting during the pandemic to relieve stress, to paying off her student loans by selling crochet patterns digitally, to sharing her amigurumi creations in craft books, here's to Julia Chiang '22 and her sweet side hustle. Pictured at Seattle's Book Larder with her second book, "Mini Amigurumi Food," which was published in June as a follow up to 2025's "Mini Amigurumi Woodland."

08/21/2026

The tag sale really is that good!

Here's some more move-in advice to first-years from your fellow Ephs 📦

08/20/2026

Ready when you are 💜🐮💛

08/19/2026

As part of her summer internship at the Berkshire Eagle, Juno Pelczar '27 joined a press tour of the under-construction Williams College Museum of Art and wrote about her experience for the paper. Read her commentary here [subscription required]:

WILLIAMSTOWN — With my Williams College ID on one lanyard and my Berkshire Eagle press pass on the other, I felt quite the double agent — even more so having

08/19/2026

Zeynep Coskun '12, a trustee of the Cambridge Central Mosque in the UK, welcomed King Charles last month as he toured the site of Europe's first eco mosque, which features efficient heat pumps, solar panels, skylights and the collection of spare water from bathroom sinks and rainfall. Zeynep first became involved in the building of the mosque while studying social anthropology at Cambridge University as a Herchel Smith Fellow after Williams. Read the story:

King Charles says he is impressed with "all the care and attention" on the building in Cambridge.

08/18/2026

Research in Victor Cazares’ neuroscience lab led Eve Hammerman ’26 to present at an international conference—and altered her post-graduation plans. Read more from Williams Today:

Research in Victor Cazares’ neuroscience lab led Eve Hammerman ’26 to present at an international conference and altered her post-graduation plans.

08/18/2026

John Sayles ’72, writer and director of the 1987 film "Matewan," spoke with The Guardian US ahead of a reunion screening last month in Williamstown. https://bit.ly/46coJIM

John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice

08/17/2026

A 2025 film about a Greenland sub-ice core research project involving Williams’ Environmental Analysis Lab, Paul Bierman ’85 and other collaborators won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary. (The lab has contributed to the critical work of the global group of researcher collaborators at Camp Century since 2019). Watch the acceptance speech here: https://bit.ly/4gBzvyn

Presenters for the Documentary categories of the News & Documentary...

08/13/2026

Europe is witnessing its first total solar eclipse in decades. But did you know that our very own Hopkins Observatory has a huge collection of eclipse glasses and viewers, among other eclipse ephemera? Some of it even dating back to 1793. Check it out in this post from the blog Kottke.org: https://bit.ly/4zikby2

Oh wow, Williams College’s Hopkins Observatory has a huge collection of eclipse glasses & viewers (and other eclipse ephemera), some of them dating back to 1793

08/12/2026

Classics professor Amanda Wilcox talks to New England Public Media about Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s epic Greek poem “The Odyssey.” Spoiler: she didn't hate it as much as she had anticipated. Read/listen to the story here
https://bit.ly/3TQEhPL

Even professors of classic literature enjoy a night out at the movies, and when it comes to the retelling of one of the most famous Greek poems, no matter their opinion of Christopher Nolan's latest film, they agree — the conversation about ancient texts has never been hotter.