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Photo: Music students and wind instruments When JMU students, faculty members and alumni look at the world, they see people. Some work to improve health care delivery through strenuous scholarship and clinical experiences. Others work to strengthen community life. They address poverty, oppression, social injustice and human rights. They volunteer to raise monies to fight disease and fund research. Madison's compassion, coupled with innovative and collaborative approaches through education, research and service is truly changing the world.

The Stories ...

JMU producing nutrition Web site

JMU produces Health Bites nutrition Web site JMU will produce content and design for an interactive Web site full of nutrition information for children and their families. The $3.4 million grant from the Virginia Department of Health follows the university's successful work ... Read More

Changing thinking, saving lives

A new suicide prevention center based at JMU, the Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia, hopes to change the ways people think about suicide and to provide help for college students across the state ... Read More

Hearing both sides

JMU research on aural atresia Research at JMU clarifies the debate over groundbreaking ear surgery for patients suffering from aural atresia. It turns out that two ears are better than one ... Read More

Just what the doctor ordered

JMU research on treating diabetic ulcers Research at JMU could lead to breakthrough for treating diabetic ulcers and bedsores. Dr. David Jaynes and his students have been working on a procedure that involves observing proteins collected from such wounds to determine treatment effectiveness ... Read More

The People ...

Mark Gabriele

Mark Gabriele ('95)

JMU Assistant Professor of Biology

For Mark Gabriele, changing the world comes one small breakthrough at a time with each look into a microscope. When the JMU graduate and professor isn't spending his days researching the development of the human auditory system, he can be found in the classroom ... Read More

Amy Porter Zacaroli

Amy Porter Zacaroli ('88)

Caring for AIDS orphans in South Africa

"What are we really on this Earth to do?" Amy and her husband Alec weren't afraid to ask themselves that tough question. They determined they would make a difference in the lives of people more than 7,000 miles away. The couple founded 25:40, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in South Africa survive the HIV/AIDS epidemic ... Read More