Two UMW mathematics students, Juniper Creskoff (Math ’27) and Ashton Crawford (Math ’28), recently presented their research at the Mathematical Association of America’s 2026 Mathfest in Boston, MA. Both students were led by Professor of Mathematics Dr. Randall Helmstutler.  Juniper presented the project “Determining the Maximum Probability Gain in the Birthday Problem.” Ashton’s project was […]

Fourteen UMW students recently traveled to Richmond to present at the 2026 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). This annual conference, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and held this year April 13-15, 2026, brought together more than 4000 undergraduate students from all 50 US states, as well as several other countries, to […]

If you venture into the basement of Combs Hall, you’ll find a large room at the end of the hall with a wide fish-tank-like window. This space is the UMW Historic Preservation Department’s Archaeology Laboratory (Combs 012) and is a dynamic space for teaching, volunteering, and analysis. Dr. Katharine Parker, Associate Professor of Historic Preservation, […]

On February 27, economics students Josiah Schlechty (Economics and Accounting ’26) and Tressa Ballard (Applied Economics and Classical Studies ’28) traveled to New York City to attend the 33rd annual Issues in Political Economy (IPE) Conference. The conference is part of the broader Issues in Political Economy journal, an undergraduate research publication jointly edited by […]

Five UMW undergraduate research students–Ned Gable (Environmental Science and Chemistry ’27), Calleigh Keeley (Environmental Science ’26), Ainsley Lord (Environmental Science and Conservation Biology ’26), Sophia Pedroza (Environmental Science and Conservation Biology ’26)–and their faculty mentor, Dr. Pamela Grothe, attended the American Geophysical Union’s Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, from Feb. 22 – 27 to present their […]