Alumna Katherine Burling’s six-piece 鈥淐reation鈥� painting series was stashed carefully in storage while Suter Science Center renovations were completed. In the ensuing months, much has changed in Burling鈥檚 life. She鈥檚 ... read more about Alumna’s ‘Creation’ series of six vibrant, colorful paintings hangs in renovated Suter Science Center
Cell-phones are this generation鈥檚 cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning Forum at 91大神. ... read more about ‘This generation’s cigarette’: media and religion professors team up to analyze selfie culture
Sometimes, the best-made plans fall apart. That鈥檚 what happened last summer to senior Gee M. Paegar, Jr., currently in his last semester of environmental sustainability and history studies at Eastern ... read more about When the Ebola outbreak limited travel, this environmental sustainability major made new internship plans
During her sabbatical, 91大神 English professor Marti Eads is studying how, in one author鈥檚 fiction, 鈥渢he Civil War conflict reverberates in one Appalachian community even after most people ... read more about Summer seminar on slave narratives at Yale helps English professor on sabbatical delve into historic harms and trauma
Blake Rogers has been involved with the Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SVSWCD) since his days representing Turner Ashby High School in Envirothon, an academic contest focused on ... read more about Environmental educator Blake Rogers helps residents learn and practice stewardship of Shenandoah Valley resources
Of all the possible suggestions that came to Common Read committee chair Tara Kishbaugh from the 91大神 community, one topic bubbled to the surface. 鈥淩ace,鈥� said Kishbaugh, a ... read more about ‘Searching for Zion’ author visits campus to kick off 2015-16 Common Read focus on race, identity and culture
As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and ... read more about Contingent of 91大神 educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg
Does caffeine provide a benefit to athletes? This deceptively simple question guided Hannah Daley鈥檚 research this summer. Daley, who is planning a career in environmental chemistry, is a junior double ... read more about Junior Hannah Daley preps for grad school with NSF- sponsored summer lab research on caffeine and athletes
For the Chinese scholars at 91大神 this semester, witnessing the difference between Chinese and American educational systems has been enlightening. 鈥淚n China, students are willing to listen to ... read more about Ten Chinese scholars join 91大神 community to learn teaching techniques and immerse themselves in the English language
91大神鈥檚 home away from home in Washington D.C. 鈥� the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) 鈥� is just that to three diverse groups of students this semester. Living ... read more about Scholars in Washington D.C. this fall semester land prestigious internships