College of William and Mary News

Here in southeastern Virginia, our biggest city, Norfolk, is saddled with an unwanted claim to fame.

Archaeologists from Colonial Williamsburg are exploring the remains of an unexpectedly substantial colonial-era building first uncovered under the ground on the south of the Wren Building.

American college students and tour guides who have been visiting Israel for their 10-day birthright trip are witnessing the most recent wave of violence that has taken about 550 Palestinian lives and about 25 Israeli soldiers' lives.

The University of California-Los Angeles was among the law schools that get the most applications, with 5,562 for fall 2013.

The largest grant of more than $324,000 will fund a project at Old Dominion University to help researchers with archiving websites and navigating archived collections.

Irene Ikomu of Uganda, left, Rumbidzai Dube of Zimbabwe, center, and Alora Jiang of China share a laugh and some local fare during a cookout Wednesday, July 16, 2014, for a group of young African leaders visiting the College of William & Mary for two weeks as part of a White House initiative.

VIRGINIA, WHERE the Confederacy established its capital, has a fraught relationship with its history and with the racial wounds left by slavery, the Civil War, the Jim Crow era and the state's policy of "massive resistance" to integration .

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Ongoing efforts to see peregrine falcons soaring above Shenandoah National Park in Virginia have been showing some success, with nine falcons recently having been reared in the park by human foster parents.

The city of San Jose is accepting applications for its annual Community Action and Pride Grants Program, with funding amounts ranging from $300 to $1,500 per neighborhood group.

But every Wednesday at 3 p.m. throughout the summer, a chemistry experiment using super-cold liquid nitrogen to cook up batches of lab-made ice cream becomes a bonding experience as well as a flash-frozen treat at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.

Crestline Hotels & Resorts LLC announced today that they are the new management company for the Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA.

Comedian Kevin Nealon performs at The Funny Bone in Virginia Beach on Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12, 2041.

The definition of "consent" in Norfolk State University's sexual misconduct policy consists of 166 words.

Raleigh Cooley, who has practiced law in Hillsville for 63 years, was selected the town's Citizen of the Month for June by Mayor Greg Crowder during the June 23 town council meeting.

Award-winning mystery and science fiction author Donna Andrews, whose titles "Murder with Peacocks" and "Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos" are set in her native Yorktown, has been named toastmaster of the 2014 Deadly Ink Mystery Conference.

A rushed, week-long primary campaign in Arlington and McLean ended Sunday with the selection of McLean lawyer Richard "Rip" Sullivan as the Democratic nominee and David Foster, former president of the Virginia Board of Education and Arlington School Board chairman, as the Republican nominee for Virginia's 48th House District.

FRATERNITIES are century-old traditions that began in the United States. Phi Beta Kappa, the first Greek-letter student organization, was founded over two centuries ago at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Don't try to pin this little gal down in any way. The way she flits through the hospital reflects her life.

New book by Virginia's J.E. Bandy examines life as a female plebe at the United States Military Academy In 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point admitted its first female cadets.