Eliora Teshome held her breath while her balsawood bridge was put to the test. The Lake Braddock Secondary School student from Burke, Virginia, had worked for months – in her school’s testing lab, during library hours and late at night – with fellow eighth-grader Rebecca Huang to build the miniature model into a winning weight-bearing […]
Plenty of promising business ideas have been floated and funded at the University of Mary Washington’s annual Eagle Innovation Startup Pitch Competition – a kid-friendly dental flosser, a mobile coffee café, an all-in-one wellness app.The new Eagle Egg Innovation Fund promises to take this spring’s event to the next level, with a top prize of […]
For University of Mary Washington junior Jamie Sherman, a sign on the Seacobeck Hall Makerspace door says it all.“It reminds students to make mistakes and think about things before trying again,” said the historic preservation major who is also minoring in education studies.That philosophy underpins the University of Mary Washington’s Maker Mindset Conference, which highlights […]
A $3 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will accelerate the completion of The Papers of James Monroe.The funding will allow the 10-volume series, an expansive resource on America’s fifth president, to be completed early – in 2031, rather than 2035 as previously slated – in time to commemorate the 200th anniversary […]
The University of Mary Washington’s spring 2026 all faculty and staff assembly started off the semester with an end goal in mind, and the goal of UMW’s 115th Commencement in May. Yet, there are plenty of projects and plans in place before then and beyond, as UMW President Troy Paino shared updates with campus on […]
