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
Summer Science Symposium Showcases Student Research
July 23, 2020 by Jill Laiacona
Temperatures soared yesterday, but Allison Grant was cool and calm as she explained how climate change has disproportionately affected low income neighborhoods that are impacted to a greater degree by heat. “Redlining was outlawed over 50 years ago,” said the UMW senior, citing the discriminatory lending practice that prevented minorities from purchasing homes. “Yet it […]
Filed Under: Department of Computer Science, eoldham, jcollins, Summer Science Symposium, Top Stories, vmakhija Tagged With: Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, pgrothe, Summer Science Institute
