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  Ruth J. Weaver was chosen by the faculty to speak at graduation. The daughter of Katie Kent and Ben Weaver of Williamstown, she has completed seven Advanced Placement courses and spent a semester in a Williams College dual enrollment seminar studying 19th-century British literature. Exceptionally talented, she has a passion for  acting, music and classics. In roles as varied as Dolly Levi in "Hello Dolly!" to "The Tempest's" Prospero, Weaver has mesmerized all with her on-stage theatrical performances for the past six years both in school and at local repertory companies. She also parti...

  Assistant Professor of Chemistry Bob Rawle recently published a paper that corrects some misunderstandings about how the West Nile Virus operates and creates a pathway for further research that could lead to the development of an anti-viral drug in the future. Chemistry majors Olivia Graceffa ’22 and Abe Park ’22 contributed to his research and co-authored the paper, published in the November issue of the American Chemical Society’s Infectious Disease journal. Before joining the Williams faculty in 2018, Rawle, a biophysical chemist, was a postdoctoral fellow in a joint research col...