The college admissions process has come under increased scrutiny in recent years, particularly at elite universities where parents are ready to pay millions to get their kids in the door. As the ...

Community.As an anthropology doctoral student who studies African diaspora history and culture, I am amazed by how humans find ways to build community — even in the most difficult circumstances. My ...

During his sophomore year at the College of William and Mary, FBI Director James Comey ’82 encountered a flyer that changed his entire academic trajectory. “I was walking to a chemistry lab and there ...

Content warning: this article contains references to suicide and self-harm. Friday, July 9, 2021, the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, DBHDS, announced bed ...

James Monroe’s Highland, the former plantation where the country’s fifth president lived and enslaved as many as 250 individuals, has become the center of debate regarding the College of William and ...

Monday, Sept. 26, 214 faculty members of the College of William and Mary signed and presented an Open Letter to College President Katherine Rowe regarding concerns over a growing alienation of faculty ...

Monday, Aug. 21, the College of William and Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art launched an exhibit at the Williamsburg Regional Library’s Stryker Center to celebrate 40 years since the museum’s founding ...

While students are preparing to return to campus in August subject to new restrictions on movement and limitations on physical space because of COVID-19, minority groups at the College of William and ...

Arts and Sciences Graduate Sen. Morgan Brittain handles the “unsexy” work in the College of William and Mary’s Student Assembly Senate. Brittain is a graduate representative to the Senate and a ...

Washington Hall is the home of the Modern Languages and Literatures department at the College. NICHOLAS MEYER / THE FLAT HAT Wednesday Dec. 9 and Friday Dec. 11, 12 non-tenure eligible faculty members ...

Nelson Wuchner ’26 is business major and a member of the Mason Investment Club. He spends his time listening to music, working out at the gym, and playing in intramurals. Contact at [email protected].

The Flat Hat has been the College of William and Mary's student newspaper since 1911. It covers the College and the surrounding area of Williamsburg, VA, printing on Tuesdays of the academic year.