
Mark Warner Attacks Ed Gillespie in New Ad Tying his Former Firm to ‘dictator’ (The Washington Post)

Filed under: UMW in the News
Deborah O’Dell, associate professor of biology, and her research student Virginia Lyle King attended the Virginia Academy of Science Undergraduate Research Meeting on Oct. 18 at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia. O’Dell assisted in judging student presentations for the VAS Undergraduate Research Grant. King presented her work with Riley Scalzo on “Cell Phone Radiation […]

Filed under: Professional Notes
by Eric Bonds
Undergraduates Beatrice Ohene-Okae (Environmental Science) and Zakaria Kronemer (Philosophy) presented their research project, “Studying Carbon Violence,” with Assistant Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds at George Mason’s annual public sociology conference, which this year was entitled “(Re)Visions of the Future: Public Sociology, Environmental Justice, and the Crisis of Climate Change.” Beatrice and Zakaria presented some initial […]

Filed under: Newsletter On Campus, Professional Notes
by Melina Downs
P. Anand Rao, associate professor of Communication and director of the Speaking Intensive Program and the Speaking Center, presented at the Assessment Institute conference in Indianapolis from Oct. 19-21 on using technology to assess oral communication skills. He discussed how UMW designed and conducted an assessment of oral communication skills over the last decade and […]

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by Melina Downs
Assistant Professor of Political Science Emile Lester was featured on the State of Belief radio show on Oct. 11 speaking about problematic school curricula. Listen to the show at stateofbelief.com.

Filed under: Professional Notes