Tag: <span>Education & Schools</span>

Window on Williams – Shaun King

Shaun King, a writer for the NY Daily News and a prolific activist and speaker, spoke to an auditorium full of students, faculty, staff and community members at the ’62 Center to close out Claiming Williams.

Window on Williams – Dwelling of the Gallant 2016 Women of Williams

June 2015 marked the 40th anniversary of the graduation of the first fully coed class of Williams College. We take this time to acknowledge the women in the class of 1976, the women who came before them as transfer students and partners, as well as the faculty and staff who supported them. This is also […]

Window on Williams – Summer Construction Preview

Williams College has begun construction on 2 downtown projects: a book store on Spring St. and the first phase of the new science center. Jim Kolesar, Rita Coppola-Wallace, & Jamie Art share details, drawings, and discuss what to expect this summer in terms of traffic, parking, completion goals.

Window on Williams: Barney Frank: Washington Gridlock, Gay Rights, and Jewish Roots

Recorded Sunday, April 10th, 2016. Frank’s talk draws from his memoir, Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage, in which he discusses the satisfactions, fears, and grudges that come with elected office. Frank tells of battles from AIDS funding in the 1980s to the financial crisis in 2008, in which […]

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