William & Mary Impact

Backstage Pass
Not many professors can claim to have uncovered the real man behind a great American myth, let alone count Bruce Springsteen as their friend.

From Williamsburg to the World
There are moments in life when words fail you. For Lydia Dambekalns '81, one of those moments was in rural Kenya, a few months into her service as a Peace Corps volunteer, talking to the leader of a local women's group in broken Swahili about her sick chickens.

VIMS Researchers Take Tidal Predictions to the Streets
Weather along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay can change overnight. One day you're enjoying warm sand between your toes and the fragrant hint of coconut in your SPF 45. The next day you're digging out your rain gear and hoping that the power will stay on.

Service: W&M's Hottest Ticket
At William and Mary, students aren't lining up in sleeping bags to wait for concert tickets. They're camping out and sleeping on floors in hopes of getting the trip of a lifetime. Service trips are the hot ticket at William and Mary.

Alma Mater of the National Bird
Seeing a bald eagle is a thrill that never wears thin and some of the best places on the East Coast to see our national bird are within a few minutes drive of William and Mary's campus.

Four Times as Fabulous
After decades of scrounging for space on and off campus, Education is relocating to a new, state-of-the-art facility.