Geography Students Spend Winter Break in Cambodia
While winter break sent scores of college students scrambling for the comforts of home, UMW geography major Brian Brown spent his winter break out of the country for the very first time. He was one of...
View ArticleStudents From Across Disciplines Represent UMW Nationally
University of Mary Washington student Ethan Bottone earned national distinction as a member of a regional team placing second in the Association of American Geographers World Geography Bowl last month...
View ArticleUMW Graduate Program in Geospatial Analysis to Begin Fall 2014
The University of Mary Washington’s Master of Science in geospatial analysis has been approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, paving the way for students to enter the program...
View ArticleUMW Showcases STEM Activities
Small drones buzzed overhead as more than 600 people viewed the latest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the Anderson Center at the University of Mary Washington on March 29 during...
View ArticleUMW’s M.S. in Geospatial Analysis Program Begins This Fall
The University of Mary Washington’s new Master of Science in geospatial analysis program begins fall semester 2014. Geospatial analysis encompasses geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing,...
View ArticleUMW Geography Professor Awarded National Grant
University of Mary Washington professor Stephen Hanna is the recipient of a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct fieldwork at plantation museums in the American South....
View ArticleUMW Team Examines Slavery Narratives
Ask tourists in the South what terms come to mind when they hear the word “plantation,” and you’ll get these replies: agriculture, mansions and wealth. Yet these aren’t all of the words. Some people...
View ArticleUMW Geography Professor Featured on With Good Reason
University of Mary Washington Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna will be featured on the With Good Reason public radio program that airs beginning Saturday, June 13. In the show, “Marking Stories of...
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