Catalyst for Change
The Jeffrey G. Lawson ’68 Endowment funds leadership roles in the DeLaney Center.
Featured News, Views and More from Around W&L
Office Hours with Robert Humston and Megan Fulcher
Professors Robert Humston and Megan Fulcher are part of a team of faculty volunteers who serve as liaisons between athletics and academics.
Inspiring Minds
George Bent, Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts, has spent his career at W&L inspiring and being inspired by his students.
Student Org Spotlight: wluLEX
W&L’s student-run social media team arrived this fall ready to explore multiple social media platforms and showcase the vibrance of the Fall Term.
Agents for Success
The enduring legacy of W&L's Class Agent volunteers.
Seen and Heard
View all SOC »“Professor Bent’s energy is infectious. There is a reason people change their majors to art history after taking one of his classes.”~ Ellie Penner ’23
In Case You Missed It
1. Faculty Profile: Shannon Fyfe
Shannon Fyfe is an assistant professor with a focus of international law and philosophy.2. Faculty Focus: Russell Miller on Supreme Court Reform
Rather than solve a crisis of integrity, Professor Miller argues that expansion of the number of justice or more frequent appointments resulting from term limits will destabilize the Court’s jurisprudence.3. Summer Experience: Lilli Marshall ’26L
Lilli Marshall spent the summer working with the litigation and labor and employment practice groups at Williams Mullen in Richmond, Virginia.4. Kish Parella publishes “Enforcing International Law Against Corporations: A Stakeholder Management Approach” in the Harvard International Law Journal
The article explores the ways in which corporate stakeholders encourage corporations to integrate international law norms into their policies and practices.5. Alumni Spotlight: Cole Bollman ’16, ’19L
Cole Bollman is an associate associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group at King & Spalding LLP in Atlanta.People & News
Campus Kitchen Announces 2024-25 Just Food Series
The annual event series examines the ways in which food systems interact with issues of social justice.
Chris Gavaler and Nathaniel Goldberg Publish Paper in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy
The professors co-authored an article that investigates the different ways comics are ordered.
Catarina Passidomo ’04 Authors Paper in the Peer-Reviewed Journal Food, Culture & Society
Passidomo explores how food and food narratives can build and reinforce regional and social identities.
In Memoriam: Julius Stephen ‘Steve’ Marks III ’59, Trustee Emeritus
Marks served on the Board of Trustees from 1990 to 1999.
W&L Marketplace Celebrates National Food Service Workers Day
Approximately 300 Dining Services employees plan, make and serve meals at one of the seven dining facilities on campus.
Chong Wang Awarded the Simons Research Enhancement Grant from the American Mathematical Society
Wang will utilize the grant to explore energy-driven pattern formation in complex physical and biological systems.
W&L Welcomes Young Alumni Back to Campus With Record-Breaking Attendance From Newest Graduates
Alumni enjoyed one another's company and a variety of reunion festivities honoring the classes of 2014 and 2019 and celebrating the QuestBridge 10th anniversary and reunion.
W&L Sets Location for Institutional History Museum
Plans for Washington and Lee University’s Institutional History Museum are beginning to take shape.
Owen Collins Publishes Article in the Theatre Design & Technology Journal
The article “Organic Dance Designs” tells the story of the theatrical work of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship.
W&L Alumni Receive Omicron Delta Kappa Scholarships
Three Washington and Lee University graduates received scholarships from the National Leadership Honor Society to support graduate and professional study.
Pooja Thakur-Wernz Authors Paper in the Journal of International Business Policy
The article assesses how international business is affected when violence is directed at civilians and violence levels are constantly changing.
Margaret Anne Hinkle Awarded a Collaborative Grant from the National Science Foundation
Hinkle and fellow scientists from the University of Pittsburgh will share the $550,000 award to examine the potential of adapting acid mine drainage remediation systems to produce critical minerals in economically viable concentrations.
Faces of W&L
Meet a Colleague: Nydia Ayala
Nydia Ayala is an assistant professor of cognitive and behavioral science.
Meet Madison Lilly ’25
Neuroscience major Lilly’s most impactful experience at W&L has been a summer research project in the Netherlands to analyze Dutch art.
Meet a Colleague: Mickie Brown ’21
Mickie Brown ’21 serves as an academic technologist in the IQ Center.
Meet Kam Saalfrank ’25
Mentorship from his major and faculty adviser has helped Saalfrank challenge himself academically and professionally.
Meet a Colleague: Cat Hudson
Cat Hudson is an AmeriCorps VISTA working with the Office of Community-Based Learning.
Meet Winnie Leahy ’25
A philosophy class Leahy’s first semester led to a passion for thinking about different perspectives and relating to others’ experiences.
Meet a Colleague: Taylor Maxey
Taylor Maxey serves as the information desk supervisor.
W&L Outcomes: William Dantini ’24
Dantini was selected to join the seventh cohort of the Virginia Management Fellows program, which aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders in state government.
