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 […]
Senior Sofia Szczepankiewicz (Biomedical Sciences ’26) wants to help cure cancer. Her independent research, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Laura Sipe, investigates whether a common antidiabetic drug, metformin, can pharmacologically trigger a self-eating process called autophagy in triple negative breast cancer cells and that, when combined with a platinum-based chemotherapy named either cisplatin or […]
This past summer, Madison Hinton (Studio Art and Computer Science ’26) participated in a 6-week plein air painting program at the American College of the Mediterranean’s Institute of American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France. She captured light and color directly from nature in the beautiful lavender fields, vineyards, and villages of the south of France, gaining […]
For the past two years, UMW Physics majors have traveled to Conway, SC, for a research experience, similar to our UMW on-campus Summer Science Institute. They live on the campus of Coastal Carolina University and work in the Environmental Fluids Laboratory (EFL) co-directed by Erin Hackett, Ph.D. Dr Hackett is a Professor of Physical Oceanography […]
The University of Mary Washington Irene Piscopo Rodgers ’59 Summer Science Institute is a program that offers UMW science majors an opportunity to participate in a summer-long, research project supervised by a faculty member. This year, 30 students in 7 STEM disciplines conducted research on campus, as well as field research from Florida, to West Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay, […]
