More than 100 community members went to Central Library on Monday, Feb. 1 to learn about the work of 14 Arlington safety-net nonprofits that provide the most basic necessities for a stable life: housing and shelter; health and mental health services; food; and emergency and employment assistance. Attendees heard about the findings of a new […]
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“Ethics & the Arts” the Theme of Marymount Ethics Awareness Week
“Ethics & the Arts” is the theme for Marymount University’s 2016 Ethics Awareness Week, which will feature the GEICO Lecture by the chair of Art Education at Syracuse University. The public is invited to the free talk by James Haywood Rolling Jr. from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, at the Reinsch Library […]
Reem Acra Named Marymount Universitys Designer of the Year
Reem Acra will be honored as Marymount Universitys 2016 Designer of the Year at the schools annual student fashion show, Portfolio in Motion, on April 28 in the Rose Benté Lee Center on Marymounts main campus. The award is presented to a designer who has achieved excellence in the field and has captured the imagination […]
Free Lecture on Augustine Feb. 3 at Marymount University
The public is invited to the free lecture Why Did Augustine Become a Christian? by Dr. Don Ross from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3 in the Lee Reception Room of Marymount Universitys Reinsch Library. Ross, an adjunct professor of philosophy at Marymount, will discuss Confessions, an autobiographical work of St. Augustine that […]
Arlington Safety-Net Nonprofits Make Significant Impact in Arlington Community: Nonprofit Resource Center Releases New Report
Arlingtons Safety-Net Nonprofits: Advancing the Common Good describes the social and economic contributions of 14 Arlington safety-net nonprofits that provide the most basic necessities for a stable life: housing and shelter; health and mental health services; food; and emergency and employment assistance. The report was produced by the Marymount University Nonprofit Resource Center in Partnership […]
Marymount Photo Exhibit Opens Jan. 15
The public is invited to a free opening reception for the exhibition Photography by Jan Bender and Richard Weiblinger from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15 at the Barry Gallery on the campus of Marymount University. These are two photographers with very unique visions and approaches, said Judy Bass, a professor of fine […]
Marymount Saints Pitch in to Fight Childhood Cancer
In the time it takes to play an inning of baseball, five children will be diagnosed with cancer worldwide. With that in mind, Marymount Universitys varsity baseball team raised $22,000 over the course of two seasons to help fight the disease. We wanted to do community service, and fighting childhood cancer is something everyone can […]
Professor 3D Prints Prosthetic Hand
As an astronomer, Dr. Eric Bubar studies stars and teaches Marymount University students about the cosmos. He loves his work, but was looking for a project that was a little more down to earth. I wanted to do something that would help people, the assistant professor of physical sciences said. Thats when he discovered Enabling […]
Professor, students team up on mathematical epidemiology research
Dr. Elsa Schaefer loves to help students think ambitiously, especially when it comes to the contributions they can make in their field. An excellent way to do that, shes learned, is to involve them in research. Many students who dont necessarily love the classroom love doing research, the professor of mathematics says. Often when they […]
Marymount Students Blanket Crisis Center With Love
Madelyn Kellen was hoping the third year would be the charm and that at least 100 volunteers would show up at Bernies Café on the Marymount University campus to help make fleece-tie blankets for a local crisis pregnancy center. Nearly twice that many 185 people turned out for the holiday service party she […]
