Blues artist Gaye Adegbalola – singer, songwriter, storyteller and international performer – will present “Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Gay Rights and the Blues” inside the Hurley Convergence Center Digital Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21. The performance is free and open to the public. The show, a concert-and-talk combination, will feature Adegbalola’s music […]

Gari Melchers Home and Studio will host a screening of an award-winning Sundance documentary from executive producers Robert Redford and Terrence Malick. Look & See, a powerful cinematic portrait of Wendell Berry—farmer, conservation activist and undoubtedly one of America’s most significant living writers–will be screened on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Pavilion […]

With the arrival of nearly 1,000 friends and relatives on the Fredericksburg campus Friday, Sept. 15, UMW will celebrate the 44th year of the event known as Family Weekend. From the classroom to the historic sites of downtown Fredericksburg, this annual event showcases the daily life of the UMW student, while also providing a brief […]

The Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies (DTLT) will host its second annual Digital Liberal Arts series. The three-part event showcases UMW’s goal of maintaining its stance as a leader in weaving digital practices into the entire curriculum, as well as into students’ college and post-college experiences. Monthly sessions will be held in the Digital […]

The University of Mary Washington will host an 88th District Debate on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and a 28th District Debate on Thursday, Sept. 21. Both debates will take place at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411. They are open to the public. On Sept. 13, incumbent Del. Mark Cole, a Republican, will debate Democrat […]

Natalie Kerr, professor of psychology at James Madison University, has been named the 2017 Graduate-in-Residence by the University of Mary Washington’s Department of Psychological Science. As part of her role, Kerr will give a lecture titled “From the Bedroom to the Highway: The Science of Smartphone Addiction and Distraction” on Thursday, Sept. 28. The free, […]

UMW Professor Laura Mentore will be featured on the With Good Reason public radio program in an encore presentation that airs Aug. 19-25. In the show, “It’s a Jungle Out There,” Mentore discusses her research with the Waiwai, an indigenous people of Guyana, and how she discovered the path of a special songbird from the rainforest to […]

The University of Mary Washington has been rated among the top in the nation by The Princeton Review, which featured UMW in its 2018 issue of “The Best 382 Colleges.” The book, now in its 26th edition, profiles only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, as well as two colleges outside the U.S. […]

The University of Mary Washington has been recognized among the nation’s best colleges by two major publications, the Fiske Guide to Colleges and USA Today. For the eighth consecutive year, the prestigious Fiske Guide to Colleges recognized UMW as a “best buy.” Mary Washington is among 21 public and 26 private institutions recognized for delivering […]