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Library to offer stress relief activities during finals week

Posted on April 25, 2024

Final exams week can be stressful for many students. W&M Libraries reminds you to take a minute each day during finals to recharge with free activities at Swem!

Thank you to our partners: W&M Campus Recreation, McLeod Tyler Wellness Center, K-9 Connection, Marisol Lambert, Anne-Lise Gere, Kevin Downing, and Physics Department.

Previous Posts

Apr 2024

  • A librarian holds a microphone while answering questions

    People Behind The Events You Love: Library & Archives Careers Night

    Posted on April 23, 2024
    "People Behind the Events You Love" is an occasional series highlighting the work we do to make events happen. In this story, Liz Bellamy, Alexandra Flores Glosson, and Paul Showalter from the Research and Instruction department, discuss the recent library career showcase.
  • Laptop with the Constellate logo on the screen and data charts and lines in the background

    Dive Into Text & Data Mining with Constellate

    Posted on April 18, 2024
    Check out W&M Libraries trial of Constellate, a text analysis platform that integrates access to scholarly content and open educational resources into a cloud-based lab.
  • Swem Library in the background with blooming daffodils in front

    Thinking About W&M Community Ahead of Earth Day

    Posted on April 16, 2024
    In recent months, a few projects to promote awareness of the “stealth catastrophe” of invasive plant species, on which I’ve been working, and an upcoming Earth Day author event at Swem Library, have gotten me thinking about how the W&M community has shaped my journey toward greater environmental awareness and involvement.
  • Candice and Jessica pose with a small green frog plushie

    People Behind The Events You Love: Leap Day Frog Hunt

    Posted on April 9, 2024
    People Behind The Events You Love is an occasional series highlighting the work we do to make events happen. In this story, Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Research, and Jessica Ramey, Instruction and Research Librarian, discuss the Leap Day Frog Hunt on February 29, 2024.
  • Anna, Mary and Rachel wearing I heart data t-shirts

    People Behind The Events You Love: International Love Data Week

    Posted on April 2, 2024
    "People Behind The Events You Love" is an occasional series highlighting the work we do to make events happen. In this story, Mary Oberlies, data and instruction librarian; Rachel Hogan, instruction and research librarian; and Anna Milholland, head of McLeod Business Library, discuss International Love Data Week, held February 12-16, 2024.

Mar 2024

  • Rachel Seitz

    Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Rochelle Seitz

    Posted on March 6, 2024
    Our faculty at William & Mary are making great contributions to academia with their research. In our blog series, we interview faculty with recent publications for insight into their scholarship. Candice Benjes-Small, head of research at W&M Libraries, spoke to Rochelle Seitz, research professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), about her recently published book chapter entitled Ecology of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria

Feb 2024

  • William Judd, dressed in suit and tie, standing in the lobby of the Mason School of Business

    Introducing William Judd, Instruction & Research Librarian for Business

    Posted on February 27, 2024
    In this post, we introduce the newest member of the McLeod Business Library, William Judd!
  • Jennifer Mellor

    Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Data & Digital Humanities Edition: Dr. Jennifer Mellor

    Posted on February 15, 2024
    Dr. Jennifer Mellor, (Professor, Economics and Public Policy) shares about her project using the The Health and Retirement Study data in a study co-authored with William & Mary alum Renee Garrow (’20) and published about in Health Services Research, “The impact of Medicaid expansion on spending and utilization by older low-income Medicare beneficiaries.”
  • Dan Runfola seated in front of multiple computer displays

    Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Data & Digital Humanities Edition: Dr. Dan Runfola

    Posted on February 12, 2024
    In this new addition to our Diving into Faculty Scholarship blog series, we interview Dr. Dan Runfola, (Associate Professor, Data Science & Applied Science) about his geospatial data project, geoBoundaries, which he published about in PLOS One, “geoBoundaries: A global database of political administration boundaries”.
  • The William and Mary cypher surrounded by books

    New Alumni Books

    Posted on February 8, 2024
    There’s no better escape from chilly temperatures than curling up with a good book and a cozy blanket. Looking for an engaging read? Check out these new titles from William & Mary alumni. This article was originally published by W&M University News & Media.

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