The University of Mary Washington’s Ridderhof Martin and duPont Galleries have been host to the exhibit Healing Through the Preservation of Our Histories and Our Selves, January 27-March 24, 2022. This exhibition of modern and contemporary works from The Petrucci Family Foundation’s Collection of African American Art provides an opportunity to acknowledge tensions, consider the need […]
Art major Jess Oertle spent Fall semester 2021 working with Professor Carole Garmon in an individual project. This goal of the project was to focus on the personal professional development of the artist through the process of creating four sculptural works. Putting in the work needed for exploration and experimentation of materials and processes, rather […]
During the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. Miriam Liss (Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychological Science), along with her team of students Emily Beitzell, Megan Hook. Purnaja Podduturi, Haley McKeen, and Amelia Jones, partnered with Ms. Ann Bernardi, school social worker to implement a mindfulness intervention to first graders at Riverview Elementary […]
While COVID made research difficult last academic year, students and faculty started the 2021-2022 academic year with a renewed commitment to undergraduate research. Sixteen students were awarded Undergraduate Student Research Grants for supplies or travel expenses related to their research. These included students in biology, environmental science, art, English, political science, mathematics and psychology. But […]
Rising senior Elsa Bamgartner, majoring in Psychological Science, spent last academic year researching the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emotional and social well-being of college students with her faculty mentor Dr. Chris McBride. In May, Elsa presented the results of her research virtually at the Association for Psychological Science national conference. Subsequently, Elsa […]
