Douglas W. Sanford, professor emeritus of historic preservation, presented “Interpreting the Evidence for African American History: Virginia’s Slave Quarters and Free Blacks on the Middle Peninsula in 1860,” at a virtual meeting of the Middle Peninsula African American Genealogical and Historical Society. Read the article.Other recent media mentions for Sanford include:Talk to explore lives of […]
UMW is pleased to announce that Lynn Lewis, professor and chair of biological sciences, has been appointed to the position of Director of the Sciences in the UMW College of Arts and Sciences. This appointment represents a major step forward in reorganization efforts.After earning her PhD in microbiology from VA Tech, Lewis began teaching at […]
In what has become an annual collaboration with Friends of the Rappahannock through their Trees for Schools grant program, the UMW Landscape and Grounds department received 27 trees to plant on campus, in addition to the 25 that they planted last year. These trees are timely gifts to replace and supplement our campus tree canopy […]
Elizabeth Larus, professor emerita of political science and international affairs, commented to WION, an Indian news network, that many women are not single-issue voters. Abortion may not be the most important issue for some women, many of whom are more concerned by high prices, crime, illegal immigration and the prospect of war. You can see […]
Gari Melchers Home & Studio was featured in an ‘Artful Escapes’ spread in the December issue of Virginia Living magazine.
