Category: Professional Notes

Farnsworth Presents Research Paper on Politics & Late Night Comics

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a research paper titled “Late Night Comics Examine Campaign 2016: Donald Trump Dominates the Jokes” at the American Political Science Association’s Pre-Conference in Political Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Kraus Performs in Memorial Concerts in Germany

Adjunct Piano Professor Andrew Kraus traveled to the Black Forest region of Germany last week to play in two concerts memorializing his mentor, Peter Feuchtwanger, who died in June.He closed the evening program on Aug. 31 in the ornately decorated “Baroque Hall” at the Eiztalmuseum in Waldkirch (http://p23515.typo3server.info/)  with “Evening Music,” a group of pieces […]

Magrakvelidze Publishes Article in the European Physical Journal D

Maia Magrakvelidze, assistant professor in the Physics Department, co-authored an article with Ruma De, Mohammad H. Jevani, Mohammad E. Madjet, Steven T. Manson and Himadri S. Chakraborty titled “Coherence of Auger and inter-Coulombic decay processes in the photoionization of Ar@C60 versus Kr@C60”  in European Physical Journal D 70, 96 published online 4/21/16 (See link: http://epjd.epj.org/articles/epjd/abs/2016/04/d150703/d150703.html)

Al-Tikriti Serves in Iraq and Ethiopia, Leads International Migration Workshop

During this past summer, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti carried out several activities while continuing to actively serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders USA.For three weeks in May and June, Al-Tikriti assisted MSF’s coordination team in Baghdad, Iraq, during the nearby […]

Congratulations to UMW Colleagues

Congratulations go to the following faculty members who have earned promotion to the rank of Professor: Susan Fernsebner, Department of History and American Studies; Deborah O’Dell, Department of Biological Sciences; Angela Pitts, Department of Classics; Anand Rao, Department of Communication; and Charles Sharpless, Department of Chemistry.Congratulations also go to Marcelo Fajardo-Cardenas for being named Associate […]