In the fall semester of 2019, geography students Kelsey Chavers, Kylie James, Chinnae Faustor, Elizabeth Devine and Thomas Blackburn worked with their faculty mentor Dr. Steve Hanna on a project designed to understand how relationships between presidential plantation museums and communities comprised of descendants of people once enslaved impact visitors' experiences and attitudes at three of … [Read more...] about Descendant Communities and Presidential Plantation Museums
Undergraduate Research
Birds and The Plastic Invasion
In recent years the magnitude of the problem of plastics in the marine environment has become increasingly well-known, but less research has been done in freshwater systems. Thomas Bustamante, a junior majoring in biological sciences, examined the gizzards of five species of water fowl, in order to document the presence of plastic particles and identify their source as either primary or secondary. … [Read more...] about Birds and The Plastic Invasion
Students Present at UMW Summer Science Institute 2019
Students in the sciences at UMW have a unique opportunity to participate in a 10-week long, multi-departmental Summer Science Institute supported by the University, which provides full room and board for the duration. One or two faculty members from each of the STEM disciplines are selected for participation in the Institute each year. At the conclusion of the program, students present their … [Read more...] about Students Present at UMW Summer Science Institute 2019