Three Professors Receive Colleague-Chosen Awards
August 25, 2022 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
University of Mary Washington professors bestowed prestigious awards on three of their colleagues at the Fall 2022 Faculty Address earlier this month. Professors of English, German and physics were praised for their commitment to their fields, the art of teaching and the importance of service. Maya Mathur Professor of English Maya Mathur received the Grellet […]
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Three Professors Receive Colleague-Chosen Awards
August 25, 2022 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
University of Mary Washington professors bestowed prestigious awards on three of their colleagues at the Fall 2022 Faculty Address earlier this month. Professors of English, German and physics were praised for their commitment to their fields, the art of teaching and the importance of service. Maya Mathur Professor of English Maya Mathur received the Grellet […]
Filed Under: Marcel Rotter, Top Stories, vmakhija Tagged With: faculty awards, mmathur
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
Partnerships Lead Students to Engineering Master’s Degrees
November 16, 2020 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Sophomore Justin Daniels is part of a group building a virtual campus tour where users can order – and “drink” – Katora coffee. Junior Zoe Rafter put her knowledge of voltage and wavelengths to work this semester using a circuit board. New partnerships with Virginia schools give University of Mary Washington students like Daniels and […]
Summer Science Symposium Showcases Student Research
July 23, 2020 by Jill Laiacona
Temperatures soared yesterday, but Allison Grant was cool and calm as she explained how climate change has disproportionately affected low income neighborhoods that are impacted to a greater degree by heat. “Redlining was outlawed over 50 years ago,” said the UMW senior, citing the discriminatory lending practice that prevented minorities from purchasing homes. “Yet it […]
Filed Under: Department of Computer Science, eoldham, jcollins, Summer Science Symposium, Top Stories, vmakhija Tagged With: Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, pgrothe, Summer Science Institute
