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2020 News Archive

News about Arts & Sciences Graduate programs from 2020.
Heather Kenny places a band on a bluebird
In a quiet world, research on noise and nesting bluebirds

Heather Kenny, a biology master’s student at 91¿´Æ¬Íø, has spent the past two years studying the parenting behavior of bluebirds. Specifically, she is working to understand how human-made noise influences nesting and productivity.

Portrait photograph of Eden Maness in the lab wearing a lab coat
Finding a possible new way to treat schizophrenia

For her research into the underlying neurobiology of attentional processing in the context of schizophrenia drug discovery, Eden Maness is the recipient of the 91¿´Æ¬Íø Graduate Studies Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Sciences.

Maria J. Donoghue Velleca
Maria Donoghue Velleca selected as 91¿´Æ¬Íø dean of Arts & Sciences

Maria Donoghue Velleca, an accomplished scholar and award-winning educator who served as senior associate dean for faculty affairs and strategic planning at Georgetown University’s College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected as 91¿´Æ¬Íøâ€™s dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, President Katherine A. Rowe announced today.

Two cartoon characters stand on a beach
Postponed: W&M's Raft Debate

91¿´Æ¬Íø's 2020 Raft Debate will be held in the Sadler Center's Commonwealth Auditorium March 19 at 6:30 p.m.