
Judges To Decide Whether Virginia District Map Illegally Clusters Black Voters (WAMU 88.5)

Filed under: UMW in the News
by Joe Romero
On June 25, Joe Romero, associate professor in classics, philosophy and religion, presented a paper entitled “Touched by Heaven (tactas de caelo …): Philosophy and Religion in Vergil, Eclogue 1″ before a congress of Vergilians gathering in Cuma, Italy.

Filed under: Professional Notes
Stephen Davies, associate professor in computer science and UMW alumna Morgan Brown (computer science, mathematics) have had their research paper “Toward an agent-based simulation of the factors impacting diversity within a college student body” accepted to the 47th Winter Simulation Conference, the premier academic forum for simulation research in the world.The paper describes an agent-based […]

Filed under: Archived On-Campus, Professional Notes
by Doug Gately
Doug Gately, senior lecturer in the Department of Music, performed with the The National Symphony Orchestra Pops, conducted by Steven Reineke at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Fantasia was the featured guest. The soulful songstress and American Idol winner performed timeless standards and favorites from her Broadway turns in The Color Purple and […]

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by Erika Spivey
University of Mary Washington faculty members Miriam Liss and Holly Schriffrin’s book Balancing the Big Stuff has recently been named the 2014 Silver Winner for Psychology in Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards. Exemplifying the best work coming from today’s indie authors and publishers, the winners were selected from more than 1,500 entries […]

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