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Faces of W&LNovember 5, 2024Meet Will Joseph ’26

Joseph, a captain of the men’s soccer team, chose W&L for its well-rounded liberal arts curriculum and reputable school of commerce.

Faces of W&LOctober 29, 2024Meet Jana Hulsey ’25

Valuable connections with professors have opened Hulsey’s world to new subjects and opportunities to make an impact.

Colleague ConnectionAugust 16, 2023Meet a Colleague: Matthew Loar

Matthew Loar serves as director of fellowships and student research.

Campus EventOctober 28, 2022Rebecca Benefiel to Deliver Endowed Professorship Lecture

Benefiel’s talk “Uncovering the mysteries of Pompeii” will be held on Nov. 10.

Summer OpportunityJuly 27, 2022Classically Liberal Arts

Kayla Monaghan ’24 is collaborating on a Summer Research Scholars (SRS) project to enhance resources available through Leyburn Library.

In Case You Missed It

Campus EventFebruary 10, 2022W&L’s Classics Department Presents Guest Speaker Lauren Curtis

Lauren Curtis, associate professor of classical studies at Bard College, will give a lecture at W&L on Feb. 11 at 4 p.m.

Faculty CommentaryDecember 16, 2021W&L’s Benefiel’s Work Highlighted in Haaretz

Professor Rebecca Benefiel discusses the role of graffiti in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii.

Student AccoladeOctober 12, 2021W&L Students Recognized for Annual Translation Exam Results

This year, 14 W&L students won honors in the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Latin translation exam.

Campus EventApril 27, 2021University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor to Deliver Hoyt Lecture in Classics

Nandini Pandey’s lecture is titled "Diversity, Desire, and the Exotic in Ancient Rome (with some thoughts on Atlanta)."

Public Lecture February 19, 2019W&L Hosts Public Lecture with U.Va. Professor Anthony Corbeill

The title of his talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Grammatical Gender and Roman Conceptions of Poetry, Gods, and the More-Than-Human.”

Out of the VaultSeptember 4, 2018A Literal Treasure Chest

Charles Philip Blackledge ’38 gifted an important and fascinating collection of Roman coins to Washington and Lee Special Collections.

Commentary August 31, 2018W&L’s Benefiel Discusses Ancient Graffiti Project on Virginia’s Public Radio

Benefiel explains how she has spent more than a decade studying what the people of Pompei and Herculaneum wrote on their walls.

Summer ExperienceAugust 15, 2018A Classical Career

While digging at the Athenian Agora Excavation in Greece this summer, Allison Schuster '19 indulged her passion for archaeology and classics.

Public Lecture April 25, 2018W&L Presents Andrei Codrescu on “The Future is a Vampire”

His talk is sponsored by the Glasgow Endowment Committee and the Provost Lecture Fund.

Public Lecture April 24, 2018Digital Humanities Lecture to Address Ancient Graffiti

More than 500 ancient graffiti are now available online through the project website.

HappeningsFebruary 8, 2018Princeton University Professor Harriet Flower to Deliver Hoyt Lecture in Classics

Flower’s talk is titled “The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden: Roman Local and Household Religion.”

Faculty FocusJanuary 2, 2018Office Hours: Classics Professor Rebecca Benefiel

The associate professor of classics won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the digitization of Pompeian epigraphy, along with Sara Sprenkle, associate professor of computer science.

My W&LMay 23, 2017Ethics in Leadership: Zachary Taylor ’17 and Austin Piatt ’17

Zachary Taylor '17 and Austin Piatt '17 believe leadership, collaboration and responsibility are the keys to a successful conference.

December 7, 2016Dedicated to Dickey

Ward Briggs ’67 has memorialized his longtime friend, writer James Dickey, with a large donation of Dickey materials to Washington and Lee Special Collections.