Water bubbling from fountains and a light mist of rain set the stage for hundreds of first-year students who moved into their new homes at the University of Mary Washington this week.Upperclassmen clad in yellow T-shirts helped brighten the scene as Move-In Day volunteers, hauling room essentials into residence halls that buzzed with nervous excitement. […]
The University of Mary Washington has long been a leader in higher education adapted to a global digital environment. Now with the acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI), it has centered this work, bringing together faculty and students from communication and digital studies, computer science, humanities, social sciences, arts and other fields to explore AI’s applications […]
The University of Mary Washington has once again been named among the nation’s best by The Princeton Review. The education services company included UMW in its 2026 edition of The Best 391 Colleges, which profiles just 15 percent of America’s four-year institutions.While the publication doesn’t rank schools 1 through 391, several earn specialized accolades, including UMW, […]
Once again, the University of Mary Washington has been named by the Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the nation’s “best and most interesting” public and private four-year institutions. UMW is among 11 Virginia universities featured in the guide’s 2026 edition – its 42nd issue.The bestselling publication describes UMW as “one of the premier public liberal […]
Cold bottled water can be refreshing on a hot day, but hydration might not be its only effect. A chemical called DEHP can leach from plastic into drinking water, combining with bodily enzymes to form small molecules called metabolites.“Research into their health effects is lacking,” said University of Mary Washington chemistry major Lily Gruss ’27, […]
