Associate Professor of History and American Studies Will Mackintosh, also a member of Fredericksburg City Council, held a panel discussion on Baron Von Steuben on March 6. The discussion was previewed by the Fredericksburg Free Press in an article titled “New FAM exhibit to give a general impression of Lafayette’s celebrity.” Read more.
Historians and officials with Washington Heritage Museums, which own the monument site along Washington Avenue, don’t know the precise location of Mary Ball Washington’s grave. Washington Heritage Museums is working with the University of Mary Washington’s Department of Historic Preservation to understand what lies beneath. Read more.
Professor of Psychological Science Mindy Erchull has been named Editor of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s “This is How I Teach” Blog. Erchull succeeds the founding editor, Rob McEntarffer, and in this role, is part of the membership team for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology!
According to the study’s lead author, Tyler Frankel, who was quoted in Phys.org, coal ash contaminants increase in concentration as they work their way up through the food web, threatening a number of predatory fish and birds. “These waterways serve as important routes for several migratory fish species and sensitive nursery habitats for various endemic […]
On February 11, 2024, the online magazine, Ancient Jew Review, published a shining review of Prof. Jennifer Barry’s first book Bishops in Flight.The review can be found here:Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity in Review, Book NotesBarry, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, is currently on research leave as the Harvard Loeb Classics Library Fellow […]
