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Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs Stephen Farnsworth recently presented a public lecture, “Researching Political Communication: Using Public Opinion Data and Content Analysis,” at Lady Shri Ram College of the University of Delhi. The talk drew on Farnsworth’s recently published book, “Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management Strategies from …
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Professor of English Eric G. Lorentzen recently gave a keynote lecture for the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) entitled “Jane Austen’s Dangerous Education: Colonizing and Catechistic Curricula.” The talk was arranged by our local Central Virginia Region’s chapter, but members from across the country also attended remotely.
Lorentzen began by …
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Lauren Cirino co-authored four papers over the past year exploring insect communication and how reproductive behaviors influence survival and evolutionary success.
Two of the papers focus on the reproductive behavior of treehoppers, with findings that can contribute to understanding and managing insect populations as they spread across the …
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Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds was a guest on Virginia Public Media’s podcast, RVA’s Got Issues, to discuss data center policy, water use and sustainability. The podcast summarizes the episode this way: As the data center industry keeps growing, we don’t know a lot about how they use water – or how much …
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Assistant Professor of Biology Laura Sipe will give a Mary Talk on Wednesday, Oct. 14 online from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. In a presentation titled, “Starving Cancer Cells to Help the Immune System Fight Back,” Sipe will discuss how she and undergraduate researchers at UMW are investigating whether metabolically starving cancer cells can make …
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