Lessons in the Sciences: Mary Washington Alumnae Advance STEM Careers
February 9, 2024 by Jill Laiacona
A young woman leaves New York to earn a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at a small Virginia women’s college in the 1950s. After graduate school, she becomes a revered electron microscopist – but not without the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field. Consequently, she spends her life helping female students at her […]
Filed Under: Alvey Scholarship, Anne Hope Scott, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Department of Computer Science, Docia Atanda, Endowment, Harrison Miles, Irene Piscopo Rodgers, Jerri Barden Perkins, Marilyn Shull Black, Office of University Advancement and Alumni Engagement, Science, Sofia Taylor, Top Stories Tagged With: Department of Biology, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Mathematics, STEM
Class of 2022: Stellar Student Stories, Part 3 of 3
May 6, 2022 by Jill Laiacona
The Class of 2022 began freshman year like any other, swept up in longstanding University of Mary Washington traditions like Move-In Day, Eagle Gathering and Honor Convocation. That all changed when they were sophomores. Classes went online, study abroad trips were postponed and everything – activities, internships and volunteer experiences – became virtual. But these […]
UMW Dedicates Mural Honoring First African-American Alumna
April 13, 2022 by Jill Laiacona
Dr. Venus Romance Jones. It’s no wonder University of Mary Washington senior Timbila Kabre said she had “fallen in love” while researching the late physician bearing that name, who in 1968, became the first African-American woman to graduate from Mary Washington. “Dr. Jones’ hard work, passion and love for others … is absolutely inspiring,” she […]
Filed Under: Campus Environment Committee, Carole Garmon, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Jeffrey McClurken, Jepson Science Center, Top Stories, Venus Jones Tagged With: adolby, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of History and American Studies, edevlin
Science Symposium Showcases Research That’s Making a Difference
July 20, 2021 by Jill Laiacona
University of Mary Washington junior Karissa Highlander has spent the summer researching an infectious illness. But not the one scientists have been focused on for the past 18 months. Instead, Highlander, a biomedical sciences major, has been working on new treatments for tuberculosis. Though rare in the United States, antibiotic resistant strains of the deadly […]
Filed Under: Beyond the Classroom Endowment, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Department of Computer Science, eoldham, gmorriss, jcollins, llee, Melanie Szulczewski, tfrankel, Top Stories Tagged With: Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Mathematics
UMW Physics, Math Major Wins Preeminent Goldwater Scholarship
June 2, 2021 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
William “Henry” Mills was in his late 20s when he arrived at UMW. After community college and a lackluster job, he’d begun to get serious about making the most of his life. This wasn’t the time, Mills thought, for playing it safe. “I’d always been interested in physics,” he said. “I just never thought I […]
Filed Under: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Leanna Giancarlo, molecular movement, molecules, Top Stories, vmakhija, William Henry Mills Tagged With: kslunt
Mary Washington Trio Brews Guinness World Record Opportunity
March 11, 2021 by Jill Laiacona
As children, Ray Parrish ’91 and his brother were obsessed with the Guinness Book of World Records, devouring the new, hardbound volume they unwrapped each Christmas morning. It was a lifelong dream, Parrish said, to see their own names among the recordholders. Fast-forward to last Christmas, when Parrish, now co-owner of the firefighter-founded Maltese Brewing […]
Filed Under: Department of Chemistry and Physics, ssmith23, Top Stories
