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For Five Coffee Roasters Grand Opening, Sept. 9

University Dining invites you to join in the Grand Opening celebration for the new For Five Coffee Roasters shop, located at the HCC, on Monday, Sept. 9.  The ribbon-cutting will take place at 11am, but specials will be offered all day long, and everyone who makes a purchase will be entered into a drawing to […]

Virginia Student Voting Summit, Sept. 13

Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project, in partnership with the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Community Engagement, is thrilled to announce the 7th annual Virginia Student Voting Summit! Students, administrators, and partners from across the Commonwealth will be coming together at the University of Mary Washington to discuss voting rights and the power of the youth vote on […]

Early Bird Registration Open for 30th Annual Women’s Leadership Colloquium Through Sept. 15

Save the date for the 30th annual Women’s Leadership Colloquium @ UMW. The daylong event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Chandler Ballroom in the Cedric Rucker University Center.The annual Women’s Leadership Colloquium @ UMW brings together professional women from all walks of life to learn and grow together.Early bird registration now […]

Rao Shares AI Expertise With ‘The Atlantic’

Professor of Communication Anand Rao spoke to The Atlantic – Online Feature for an article titled “The Metacognition Revolution,” which was published in August. In the interview, Rao discussed the special topics course he taught in Fall 2023, DGST 301N: ChatGPT and Generative AI, and the importance of introducing and using AI in the classroom […]

Farnsworth Lectures on Disinformation and Political Humor

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “Battling Disinformation with Political Humor,” at the Rappahannock-Fredericksburg Rotary Club. The talk was derived from portions of Dr. Farnsworth’s recently published co-authored books,  Producing News in a Time of Disinformation: Information Evaluation Strategies for Journalists […]