Marymount Invites Public to Business Model Design Competition on May 4

Marymount University is inviting the public to its School of Business Administration’s 38th Dean’s Review Panel from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, May 4 at the Ballston Center Auditorium, 1000 North Glebe Road.    The DRP-38 is a business model design competition of undergraduate student projects. Four finalist teams will compete and present to […]

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Marymount Professor Awarded NIH Grant to Research Cognitive Decline, Dementia

Dr. Catherine Diaz-Asper has earned Marymount University’s first National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant, which will support the assistant professor of psychology’s work on a new screening test for cognitive decline and dementia using speech recorded by telephone. “Too many of us know, or know of, people with Alzheimer’s disease, but we need to […]

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Marymount Students Share Study-Abroad Experiences

Katherine Sanchez, a junior biology major at Marymount University, always considered herself to be independent. She commutes to school from Alexandria and works part-time. But spending a spring semester in Melbourne, Australia, gave the concept of independence a whole new meaning. “When you find yourself in another country for a semester, it really redefines what […]

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Dr. Yolanda Gibson Named ACE Fellow for 2018-19

The American Council on Education (ACE) has named Dr. Yolanda Gibson of Marymount University as an ACE Fellow for the 2018-19 academic year. Dr. Gibson serves as associate dean of first year experience at Marymount.  Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program identifies and prepares faculty and staff for senior positions in college and university […]

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Marymount Students Learn about Economics of Poverty in Ghana

For Allison Fantz, a Marymount University junior from Springfield, a weeklong spring study abroad experience in the West African country of Ghana was an eye-opener.  “Accra is a city of wealth and development alongside abject poverty, and just like any city in the U.S. there were different neighborhoods that visually represented this inequality,” Fantz said. […]

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Marymount University Adds Doctorate in Cybersecurity Program

As cyberthreats continue to grow more sophisticated and widespread, Marymount University is rising to the challenge with a new doctorate in cybersecurity this fall. It is designed for working professionals who will pursue applied research in the field. “This program builds on over a decade of educational programs in cybersecurity at Marymount and solidifies our […]

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Marymount University, St. Maria Goretti High School Ink Admissions Agreement

Marymount University and St. Maria Goretti High School of Hagerstown, Maryland, have signed an agreement that guarantees St. Maria Goretti graduates admission to MU, along with four-year renewable scholarships.   The only Catholic university in Virginia, Marymount is also the commonwealth’s only college or university with a guaranteed admission agreement with St. Maria Goretti High School. […]

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