April 24, 2020 would have been the 14th annual Research and Creativity Day symposium at the University of Mary Washington. As in years past, the Hurley Convergence Center would have been filled with posters and hosted simultaneous oral sessions. There would have been multiple exhibitions and performances across campus, and numerous departments would have hosted […]
This 2019-2020 academic year we have been celebrating ten years of the Women’s and Gender Studies program (see “Dynamic Decade: Women’s and Gender Studies Turns 10“) at Mary Washington. Every year this program hosts its own Undergraduate Research Forum in March as part of UMW Women’s History Month celebration. This is always a special event, […]
UMW Theatre students are spending their spring break in New York City focusing on individual research projects exploring the contemporary theatre and theatre practitioners. They are experience professional theatre productions, interviewing industry professionals, and learning about the city and its artistic institutions. Many of the students are connecting with UMW alumni working in an array […]
Some human activities intended for good reason, have terrible effects, particularly with sand-mining. Senior biology major Lauren Chartier studied the effects sand-mining has on soil quality because soil biology, chemistry, and physical structure are key determinants of unique qualities that ultimately determine what can grow there. Chartier analyzed land-use (LU) histories twenty-six years following reclamation […]
Earth and Environmental Sciences student Thanh-Binh Duong has been conducting ecotoxicological research, investigating the occurrence and toxicity of microplastics in freshwater systems. She has researched the presence of microplastics in sediment and water samples collected throughout the Potomac and Rappahannock River, and analyzed the interactive effects of microplastics and organochlorine pesticides on the viability and […]
