Dan Hirshberg, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Director of the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, published an article titled “Maintaining the Path to Nirvana” in the peer-reviewed Journal of the North American Japanese Garden Association. The manual but meditative labor of garden maintenance has been a daily practice in Japanese Buddhist monasteries for a […]
BookstoreOctober Events and SalesHomecoming WeekendDuring Homecoming Weekend, October 19-20, customers receive 15% off a single alumni item. On Saturday, October 20, visit the UMW Bookstore table at the Homecoming women’s soccer game (1 p.m. at the Grass Stadium, Battleground Athletic Complex).Author Signing: Jim GainesOn Wednesday, October 24, from 3 – 5 p.m., retired professor Jim Gaines […]
Beginning this semester, prospective students visiting campus with Admissions will be issued a red Mary Wash lanyard to wear while they are on tour. Additionally, Washington Guides will be wearing red polos or fleeces (depending on the weather) as they lead campus tours. It is our hope that visually identifying student visitors will help our […]
Yuan-Jen Chiang, Professor of Mathematics, had a research article “Equivariant Biharmonic Maps between Manifolds with Metrics of Signature” published in the Journal of Geometry.She presented “Exponentially Harmonic Maps between Finsler Manifolds” at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018 in Rio, de Janeino, Brazil. She also delivered “Harmonic and Biharmonic Maps” at a Colloquium of School of […]
This week’s “Office Sustainability Tip of the Week” focuses on how you can “go green” with meetings. Over the past few years at UMW I’ve seen a lot of departments make great strides in going green when it comes to their meetings, but there’s always room for improvement. Here are some suggestions you may want to […]
