Radio Observatory Exposes JMU Astronomers to What They Can't See

What do we already know about our galaxy? The 26 JMU students who traveled to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W.Va., Oct. 2-4 blurted out ideas, most of which are widely accepted by the astronomic community.—Read full story, watch the video.


SUMS Conference Celebrates its Fifth Year

By Elaine Bussjaeger ('10), Public Affairs

Fifty-one student presenters. Twenty-nine presentations. Twenty posters. Two keynote speakers. Add them together and you have the vital statistics for this year's Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (SUMS) Conference hosted by JMU.

Students from as far as Michigan attended the October 3 conference, now in its fifth year.—Read full story.

2009 The Fling

Duke Dog Sent Flying for a Good Cause

Watch freshman engineering students send Duke Dog into orbit during the annual "The Fling" contest.