Field Trip Gets Elementary School Students Excited About STEM
December 13, 2022 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Elephant toothpaste. The giant glob of sudsy foam created in a classroom experiment gave Battlefield Elementary School student Aidan Muller a thought: “Chemistry is cool!” The whimsical tooth wash – hydrogen peroxide mixed with dish soap and a healthy dose of imagination – was part of a fall field trip designed to get students excited […]
Filed Under: Leanna Giancarlo, mstebar, mwells, Top Stories Tagged With: kgood, kpeck, mfleenor, STEM
China-bound Graduate Focused on Global Goals
December 7, 2021 by Laura Moyer
Bailey Johnson ’21 has a gift for being where she needs to be to meet her goals. Starting in August 2022, that will be Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. There she’ll join the newest class of Schwarzman Scholars, pursuing a master’s degree in global affairs. Johnson is among 151 scholars in nearly three dozen countries, […]
Filed Under: Chinese Language, Elizabeth Lewis, Jose Sainz, Leanna Giancarlo, pcausara, Top Stories Tagged With: Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, dodell, jantwi
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
