Coach Dick Farley achieved the College’s first perfect football season in its hundred-plus-year existence in 1989. (Photo courtesy of College Archives.) Dick Farley, former head coach of football and ...

The entire Class of 2026 blows bubbles together in front of Chapin Hall as an orientation activity during First Days. (Kitt Urdang/The Williams Record) The target size for an incoming class is 550 ...

“That’s so The Secret History.” You could use the phrase to describe the grand fireplace in Stetson Hall’s 24-hour room or the wood-paneled reading room on the ground floor of Sawyer Library. Maybe as ...

If you’re a Williams College student reading this article, Lucy Calkins ’73 probably taught you how to do so. Maybe you memorized sight words. Maybe you learned to read through “just right” books for ...

The College offered admission to 1,038 applicants on March 21 through the regular decision process, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01. Applicants who ...

North Adams’ Houghton Mansion holds a variety of creepy sights, including an abandoned Freemason meeting room, an old barber chair and dusty Victorian bedrooms. (Irene Loewenson / The Williams Record) ...

A map of College-owned lots on Spring Street, per the Massachussetts Bureau of Geographic Information. (Kai Stevens/The Williams Record) When was the last time you grabbed a sandwich from Spring ...

Reza Pahlavi attended the College for the 1979-80 academic year. (Photo courtesy of The Williams Record.) Usually, whenever former Dean of Admission Philip Smith ’55 got word of a high-profile student ...

This is a clear-cut matter of historical fact. Documents from his life, including his will, demonstrate that he enslaved at least five Black people, named Prince, J. Romanoo, Moni, London, and Cloe.

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President Maud S. Mandel announced the establishment of a series of working groups led by senior administrators and discussed the College’s lobbying and advocacy efforts in her opening remarks at the ...

Follies showgirls in their 1940s costumes at London National Theatre. (Photo courtesy of the Clark Art Institute.) Despite being a self-proclaimed Stephen Sondheim ’50 aficionado, I must admit that ...