MaryEllen Haas, a Marymount University alumna from the Class of 2020, has received an $8,500 fellowship from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The organization’s Fellowship Program gives $1.3 million annually to select Honor Society members, easing the financial hardship of […]
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Center for Optimal Aging’s racial health equity research project accepted at two international conferences
The latest research project spearheaded by Marymount University’s Center for Optimal Aging, focusing on racial health equity and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has been accepted at two notable international science conferences – the 2023 Cochrane Colloquium in London and the What Works Global Summit in Ottawa, Canada. The prestigious international conference […]
Honors students present research, engage in service at 2023 VCHC Conference
This past weekend, honors program students and faculty from higher education institutions across both Virginia and West Virginia traveled to Longwood University to attend the 2023 Virginias Collegiate Honors Council (VCHC) Conference, with the theme of ‘Global Connections.’ Representing 20 percent of all research presentations at the Conference was a group of Marymount University […]
Fashion Design student’s research is published in national journal
When Marymount University sophomore Caroline MacDonald found out last month that her research paper on sustainability in the textile industry was published in the National Collegiate Honors Council’s Undergraduate Research Journal, she was understandably thrilled but also slightly surprised by this success. “I wanted to meld my interests in fashion design and sustainability together, […]
Stars of ‘Duty Free’ documentary visit MU for Speaker Series event
Sian-Pierre Regis and Rebecca Danigelis, activists and stars of the 2021 documentary ‘Duty Free,’ were the featured speakers in the latest edition of Marymount University’s MUx Speaker Series, a thought-provoking series of presentations and conversations designed to transform motivation into action and ideas into change. Organized in collaboration with Marymount’s Center for Optimal Aging […]
Center for Optimal Aging awarded state grant for dementia research
Marymount University’s Center for Optimal Aging has been awarded a grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund (ARDRAF) that will support investigation into the feasibility of remote online administration of the Otago Exercise Program for individuals with dementia, supervised by their care partners. Dr. Julie Ries, principal investigator […]
Afghanistan refugee making a difference in Marymount’s DEI Center
In late August of last year, Muzhgan Yarmohammadi was fleeing her native Afghanistan and everything that she knew as the country collapsed to the Taliban after decades of conflict and the withdrawal of U.S. troops. With uncertainty clouding her future, she – and her family – then spent several months transitioning from place to […]
Alumnus completes study on predicting mass shootings from social media
In the wake of yet another high-profile mass shooting in the U.S., this one taking the lives of 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a recent doctorate recipient from Marymount University has completed his research on how social media postings can predict mass shootings before they occur. Nnaemeka Ekwunife, who received […]
MU joins Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit
As it continues to grow its emphasis on research activity and collaborations with other institutions, Marymount University has now joined the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CWHA CESU). Established in 2001, the consortium includes 69 universities and research institutions across the greater Mid-Atlantic region in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, […]
Marymount joins Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Consortium
Marymount University has been accepted to join the research consortium of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), an elite group of more than 150 major colleges and universities that collaborate to provide innovative scientific and technical solutions to advance national priorities in science, education, security and health. The University’s acceptance was announced at ORAU’s Annual […]