In the Fall semester of 2023, Dr. Miriam Liss and a group of psychology students worked with Lisa Dolan, head social worker of Spotsylvania County Schools, and Dr. Beth Jerome, Mary Washington class of 2002 and head of WellSpring Child and Family Psychology, to implement a mindfulness curriculum to 3rd graders at Spotswood Elementary Schools. […]
Dr. Tyler Frankel, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, brings students into his cutting-edge research on pollution from Virginia coal ash landfills. He is the recipient of multiple grants from organizations such as the Morris Animal Foundation, FMC Corporation, Crow’s Nest Research Center, Rappahannock EcoPark Support Grant Program, and the JF Environmental Trust Foundation, […]
The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 was a turning point for public understanding and acceptance of generative artificial intelligence (GAI). ChatGPT is now the fastest-growing tech platform, with more than 100 million users in its first two months, and now that GPT4 has been released, it will only continue to grow. But that only […]
Faculty-led study abroad has a long and proud history at Mary Washington. Many Mary Wash alumni will remember, or maybe even participated in, the European Capitols tour with Professor Emeritus of Political Science Jack Kramer, and Associate Professor Emeritus of History Porter Blakemore, which started in the summer of 1992 and continued for over 20 […]
Students in Computer Science were very busy in the spring of 2023 presenting at regional conferences, competing in programming challenges, and winning!During spring break, three UMW programming teams completed in the ACM Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest on Saturday, Feb 25 at the Christopher Newport University contest site. A UMW team placed first in division II […]
