Author: jlaiacon

Barry Invited to Give Book Talk at Temple University

Jennifer Barry, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, was invited to give a book talk at Temple University on November 14, 2019. Barry presented to the audience material from her recent publication with the University of California Press, Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity. Barry’s monograph was published in April, 2019 and is […]

Local Children Curate Exhibition at James Monroe Museum

“Curating Ideas,” a new project through the James Monroe Museum, gives Fredericksburg youngsters the opportunity to curate museum exhibitions. During the six-week program, students from Old Town Academy shadowed curator Jarod Kearney to learn how museum exhibitions are curated. Students then chose an object in the museum to research and design their own exhibition around. […]

24 Hours Climate Reality – Truth in Action

Please join us tonight, 11/21, at 7 p.m. for an event titled “24 Hours Climate Reality – Truth in Action” where a Climate Reality speaker, Julie Kay, trained by Al Gore himself, will give a short presentation, followed by a panel with an elementary, high school and UMW students for an interactive Q&A with the […]

Research By Farnsworth and Jeremy Engel ’20 Presented at Academic Conference

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Jeremy Engel  ’20, a senior political science major and a research associate at  the center, are co-authors of a recently research paper, “The Politics of Late Night Humor: Framing Presidential Candidate Character in the Age of Trump,” which […]