Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Melanie Szulczewski
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Melanie Szulczewski wrote a comment piece for The Free Lance-Star entitled “Orange officials must heed science, safety before signing off on Wilderness Crossing.” The article was published in advance of an Orange County Planning Commission public hearing on the proposed Wilderness Crossing development on 2,600 acres of land where a number of unreclaimed mining sites remain, leftover from Virginia’s gold mining era, during the 1800s through the 1930s. Read the article.
Szulczewski also receive – along with UMW colleagues Associate Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds, Professor of Sociology Kristin Marsh, University Health Center Director Dr. Nancy Wang – participated in a panel discussion following a free showing of My So-Called Selfish Life, a documentary that examines reproductive rights and the choice to be childfree, hosted by the University of Mary Washington and the Center for Biological Diversity. Read more in a Free Lance-Star article.
