A wreath adorns the Governor’s Palace entry in Colonial Williamsburg. The historic area’s holiday activities officially begin Sunday, Dec. 7, with the Grand Illumination celebration.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ’65 will keep his post at the Pentagon.

President-elect Barack Obama appointed Christina D. Romer ’81 as Chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers on Nov. 24.

The College of William and Mary is in the process of developing a joint-degree program with St. Andrews University.

In three years, a walk to your computer could bring you closer to Colonial Williamsburg than a walk down Duke of Gloucester Street.

The Student Assembly and the College of William and Mary Police Department made steps toward improving student-police relationships through holding a tailgate before the football game against the University of Richmond Nov. 22.

VIMS Professor Deborah Bronk has been chosen to work in the group charged with deciding the nation’s strategy for carbon-cycle research in the coming decade.

Students at the College of William and Mary will have to wait until next year for any revisions to the controversial three-person rule, the Williamsburg planning commission decided yesterday.

Residence Life and Student Affairs will look at a proposal today for the formation of an “Eco-House.”

Washington police may be moving closer to solving the perplexing murder of Robert Wone ’96.

The Board of Visitors discussed strategic planning and the future of the College of William and Mary at its regularly scheduled meetings Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Dr. Sharon Harley, associate professor and chair of African American Studies at the University of Maryland, tackled the question of what makes a “race woman” Tuesday afternoon in her presentation entitled “Race Women: African American Women Claiming Dignity on the Public Stage.”