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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...

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Students 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...

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UMW 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...

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UMW 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...

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UMW’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,...

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UMW 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....

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UMW 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...

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UMW 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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