Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics Janet Asper was recently chosen as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by the VA Section of the American Chemical Society. She was nominated by a longstanding member, Jim Beck, who said the following:Janet Asper joined the American Chemical Society in 1995 and has […]
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sarah Smith ’12, senior biochemistry major Valerie Ebenki and Ray Parrish ’91, co-owner of Maltese Brewing Co. in Fredericksburg appeared on Dec. 17 on With Good Reason about their work to create the world’s spiciest beer and submit it to the Guinness Book of World Records. The show airs Sundays at […]
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 was […]
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sarah Smith’s work with junior biochemistry major Valerie Ebenki was recently highlighted in an article in The Free Lance-Star about how the pair are helping Mary Washington alum Ray Parrish ’91, co-owner of Maltese Brewing Company in Fredericksburg, who aspires to earn a Guinness World Record for spicest beer. Smith […]
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sarah Smith ’12 and junior biochemistry major Valerie Ebenki were featured in a segment on WJLA/ABC-7 about the pair assisting 1991 alum Ray Parrish’s quest to brew the world’s spiciest beer. With Smith and Ebenki’s scientific expertise, Parrish, who co-owns Maltese Brewing Company in Fredericksburg, is attempting to secure a […]