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Research Shows Grieving Pet Owners Find Comfort in ‘Supernatural’ Interactions
Less than a week after her golden retriever Riley died, information studies Professor Jen Golbeck found him napping in her living room, “curled up like a croissant like he always was,” on his red and gray-fleece dog bed.
“It took me…
Local Teens Reach New Musical Heights with Affordable Lessons
The steady, percussive clacking reverberating from a classroom in The Clarice has the drive and precision of a full drumline, with just a tiny fraction of the volume. “Give me one!” a voice calls out. “Give me two! Give me three! Break…
University of Maryland Program Aids Rural Counties in Maryland to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Federal grant money available for emissions-cutting projects could be a windfall for local governments looking to go green—if the applications didn’t look so much to municipal staffers like billows of red tape.
“Federal grants are no fun…
William & Mary Lab Partners Awarded Highly Competitive Goldwater Scholarships
With the addition of Jeffrey Gu ’25 and Marco Stettler ’25 to its list of students who have won Goldwater Scholarships, William & Mary confirms the strength of its STEM programs and the importance of its emphasis on undergraduate…
W&M Professor Earns Guggenheim Fellowship in Dance Studies
Emily Wilcox, associate professor of Chinese studies at William & Mary, has been selected to receive the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Dance Studies.
Wilcox was one of just 188 people across 52 disciplines…
New Mexico Takes Action to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Mental Health and Substance Use…
People with mental health and substance use disorders often delay or avoid seeking health care treatment for a variety of reasons, including stigma, lack of access and the cost of visiting a clinician. Even those with insurance tend to…
University of Minnesota’s Associate Professor Lamar Peterson Receives 2024 Guggenheim…
Lamar Peterson, an associate professor of art in the College of Liberal Arts on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, has been awarded a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Peterson’s…
Intergenerational Dialogue Unites OLLI Members and Mason Students in Meaningful Conversation
The March 20 event was organized by OLLI, the Carter School, and the University Libraries, which provided informational resources for the event. Carter School’s Dialogue and Difference Project was used to facilitate the…
George Mason University: 2024 Presidential Faculty Excellence Awards Recipients Unveiled
George Mason University President Gregory Washington has announced the recipients of the 2024 Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence, honoring 13 Mason faculty members for their work on behalf of the university, students, and the…
Dean Vinzé Inaugurates Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for George Mason University’s New Viet Nam…
On the morning of Tuesday, March 26, in Fenwick Library’s Reading Room, the ceremony commenced with a dancer performing the traditional lotus dance – the lotus being the national flower of Viet Nam. Following her performance, several ladies…