Summer College Programs

• Contact: Individual Faculty Supervisor
• Housing Dates: Monday, June 12 @ 2pm to Saturday, August 12 @ 12noon
• Housing Assignments made by Housing
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The Class of 1957 Summer Research Program focuses on projects in the humanities & social sciences. Summer is a time when faculty members work to advance their scholarship, conducting research in libraries and archives, doing fieldwork, organizing and analyzing data, and preparing conference presentations or manuscripts for publication. Many of them need research assistants. These are full time jobs for up to ten weeks. Students seeking this kind of experience should talk directly with their professors and department or program advisors. When interests align, faculty members submit a proposal for project support.

• Contact: Amy Gehring
  
• Housing Dates: Monday, June 12 @ 2pm - Saturday, August 12 @ 12noon
• Housing Assignments made by Housing
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The summer is a relaxed, yet focused time when both faculty and students can work closely together on original research projects. We expect to have approximately 180 students working in the summer of 2022 with faculty mentors in the sciences, mathematics, and psychology. At the end of the summer, we will hold our own scientific conference in the form of a poster session, in which students present results to the other participants of the Summer Science Research Program and the greater Williams community. In addition to the actual research experience, the Science Center sponsors a weekly Tuesday luncheon featuring a member of the faculty lecturing on current research.

Mellon Mays & Allison Davis Summer Research Colloquium

• Contact: Clinton Williams
• Housing Location: Agard House
• Housing Dates: Monday, June 12 @ 2pm - August 5 @ 12noon
• Housing Assignments made by the program
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The Mellon Mays & Allison Davis Summer Research Colloquium is the launching point for the Mellon Mays and Allison Davis Research Fellowships. The Colloquium lasts for eight weeks and includes classes on the research process, library workshops, writing workshops, oral presentations, time for research, and cultural and recreational activities.

SMALL (Math)

• Contact: SMALL Director
• Housing Location: Horn Hall
• Housing Dates: Monday, June 12 @ 2pm - Sunday, August 12 @ 12noon
• Housing Assignments made by the program
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The SMALL Undergraduate Research Project is a nine-week summer program in which undergraduates investigate open research problems in mathematics. (SMALL is an acronym from the names of the founding faculty, Silva, Morgan, Adams, Lenhart, Levine.) One of the largest programs of its kind in the country, SMALL is supported in part by a National Science Foundation grant for Research Experiences for Undergraduates and by the Science Center of Williams College. Over 500 students have participated in the project since its inception in 1988.

Students work in small groups directed by individual faculty members. Many participants have published papers and presented talks at research conferences based on work done in SMALL. Many have gone on to complete PhDs in Mathematics or related fields. During off hours, students enjoy the many attractions of summer in the Berkshires: hiking, biking, plays, concerts, etc. Weekly lunches, teas, and casual sporting events bring SMALL students together with faculty and other students spending the summer doing research at Williams College.

Summer Humanities & Social Sciences

Summer Science

• Contact: Christopher Goh
• Housing Location: Wood House
• Housing Dates for Participants: June 24 - July 29
• Housing Dates for TA's: June 19 - July 31
• Housing Assignment Process through the program itself
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The Summer Science Program provides an enriching and intensive five-week immersion in chemistry, biology, mathematics, and English for science-oriented incoming first-year students who are from underrepresented minority groups and/or who are first-generation college students. The goal of the program is to promote and encourage continuing participation in science and science-related studies at Williams and ultimately careers in research science and science education.