As part of the year-long discussion of topics raised during the Common Read, UMW welcomes Sarah Gray, director of marketing and public affairs for the American Association of Tissue Banks and the author of an upcoming (fall 2016) memoir from HarperOne, to share her journey to donate the her newborn son’s organs for scientific research. […]
Approximately 40 students and teachers from Chancellor and Courtland High Schools visited the UMW Department of Chemistry on Wednesday Oct. 10, 2014 as part of the Tech Tour sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce’s STEM 16 group. Associate Professor Leanna Giancarlo and Professor Kelli Slunt introduced the students to background information on fluorescence and forensics. […]
In August, incoming UMW Honors Scholars participated in a common reading experience, reading the book “The Devil in the White City” by Eric Larson. To expand on the theme of the planning and architecture of the Chicago’s World’s Fair, Andrea Smith, Department of Historic Preservation, led the fall field for the honors program on Saturday […]
