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 […]
For the first time, a team of undergraduate researchers in the Biological Sciences from the University of Mary Washington participated in the Scholars Transforming through Research Advocacy Program, through Council for Undergraduate Research. Throughout the academic year, students Lillian Burbulis (BIOL ’26), Tyler Downs (BIOL ’26), Brooke Martin (BMED ’27), and Abby Powers (BMED ’27), along […]
Wiley Prior (Spanish 2026) spent Spring semester 2025 in Bilbao, Spain, as part of the UMW study abroad program there. Wiley, who is a Spanish major, enjoyed interacting with the Basque people, taking in as much as possible. In addition to further developing his skills in Spanish, he also experienced the vitality of the Basque […]
