A column on gerrymandering by Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna and Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth appears in the spring issue of Virginia Capitol Connections magazine. To read the article, visit Virginia Capitol Connections.

A column on gerrymandering by Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna and Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth appears in the spring issue of Virginia Capitol Connections magazine. To read the article, visit Virginia Capitol Connections.

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Market Changes, Missteps and Marylhurst’s Closure (Inside Higher Ed)Jesse Stommel, executive director of the division of teaching and learning technologies at the University of Mary Washington and a former professor and digital humanist at Marylhurst, agreed via email that “institutions like Marylhurst can’t keep up with … the marketing machine that many online programs have tapped […]

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Surupa Gupta, associate professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented her research on the political economy of agricultural subsidies in India at an OECD-World Bank workshop on “Facilitating policy change towards sustainable water use in agriculture” in Washington DC on May 29-30 2018.Her presentation was titled “Fertilizer and Electricity for Groundwater Irrigation: Insights from […]

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Zach Whalen, Associate Professor of English; Brenta Blevins, Assistant Professor of English; and Lee Skallerup Bessette, Instructional Technology Specialist, recently gave presentations that constituted a panel at the 2018 Computers and Writing Conference, held at George Mason University.The session was titled “Locating Digital Writing Space,” and the presenters talked about the origins of the Console Living Room project, using Augmented Reality with students to […]

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Michael Spencer, professor of historic preservation, was recently quoted in a story in The Free Lance-Star about the former Alms House on College Avenue. The building will likely be torn down after Fredericksburg City Council members decided not to vote on a proposition that could potentially help save it.Read the full story here:

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