Twice a year, Holly Chichester-Morby peruses the University of Mary Washington’s Fredericksburg campus – from one end to the other – taking inventory of its more than 8,000 trees. She looks for broken branches, hanging limbs, climbing ivy, insect damage and signs of disease.“UMW is known for its tree canopy and parklike setting,” said Chichester-Morby, […]
The University of Mary Washington’s Summer Science Institute (SSI) has given UMW students the chance to conduct trailblazing undergraduate STEM research – analyzing cancer cells, carbon dioxide reduction and complex computer coding – for a quarter of a century.Many of these young scientists had access to their summer studies because of the scholarships, research fellowships […]
One of senior Kate Green’s favorite activities this summer was wading in the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. Swimming in the cool, chin-deep waters, she collected specimens to study how parasites differently impact male and female freshwater snails.“From biodiversity to human recreation, aquatic ecosystems play an important role in the lives of many different species,” said […]
For a quarter of a century, UMW’s Summer Science Institute (SSI) has been a defining student experience. It’s in-the-lab, in-the-field, in-the-code, in-the-dataset kind of work. Students are fully funded during the 10-week program, earning a stipend, living on campus and staying on top of their research.“The thing that stands out the most is that research […]
From mixing paint pigments to mixing music, high school students in UMW’s Summer Enrichment Program signed up for a week of college-level learning paired with outdoor activities in the Fredericksburg area. By day three in the week-long program, they had visited Ferry Farm and Kenmore, picked up litter along the Rappahannock River and tied flies […]
