Lab School teaches by asking big questions

Jan 24, 2025: Lab School helps students reach new heights, whether inside or outside the classroom.

Engineering Faculty Spotlight: Brent Cunningham

Jan 13, 2025: Cunningham began his journey in industry but found his true calling in academia, where his passion for teaching took center stage.

Positive career outcomes

Jan 13, 2025: While the world of work has changed fundamentally, JMU graduates are fully prepared to succeed.

Dukes in discovery

Jan 13, 2025: The tools have changed, but the spirit of intellectual curiosity and engaged learning remains at Madison.

The Forbes Center welcomes All-star percussionists of the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble on Jan. 26

Jan 10, 2025: Bridging cultural divides and sparking connection through music

Campus: Then and now

Jan 10, 2025: How Madison’s creative team was able to bring JMU’s dramatic growth over the years into focus.

Study abroad: The world as our classroom

Jan 8, 2025: Opportunities to study abroad were limited for the women of Madison College, but students today enjoy plenty of options.

If this airplane could talk; JMU X-Labs students bring history to life

Dec 12, 2024: Last year, the First Air Force One Foundation posed a unique challenge to the students in JMU’s X-Labs program: come up with a plan to make First Air Force One accessible to the public. 

ENG 415 students create handmade manuscripts in project-based learning experience

Dec 10, 2024: Professor Mark Rankin’s students utilize aspects of medieval scribal culture.

JMU earns recognition for student voting initiatives

Dec 3, 2024: JMU has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting.

Students practice statecraft, diplomacy, negotiation skills

Nov 8, 2024: From strategy sessions to decision-making, simulation delivers high-impact learning experience.

Discovering new horizons: An international student's journey through the JMU Washington Semester Program

Nov 6, 2024: The program stands out as a transformative experience for many students.

Semester in Florence and Semester in Salamanca celebrate milestone anniversaries during Homecoming

Nov 5, 2024: CGE honors four decades of two flagship study-abroad programs.

As Election Day approaches, Breeze TV gears up for coverage

Nov 1, 2024: Student news organizations band together to prepare for the upcoming election.

JMU professor: Focus on relationships, health this election season

Oct 30, 2024: Focusing on family and friends is one way people can cope during a stressful election season, says JMU psychology professor Ben Blankenship.

JMU, Staunton City Public Schools receive grant to enhance student success

Oct 28, 2024: JMU, in partnership with Staunton City Public Schools, was recently awarded the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant.

City manager alum returns as guest speaker

Oct 24, 2024: Marcus D. Jones (’90) says local government can be a ’‘laboratory’ for innovation, problem-solving and community-building.

Conservation photography is about ‘the big picture’

Oct 17, 2024: EMU professor takes close-ups of a world many haven’t seen.

JMU adopts Okanagan Charter, committing to health across campus

Oct 8, 2024: JMU extended its commitment to foster health and well-being across campus as it formally adopted the Okanagan Charter during an event on Festival’s lawn.  

James Madison University awarded U.S. Department of State grant to host young leaders from southeast Asia

Oct 7, 2024: JMU will host the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellows Program (YSEALI AFP) focused on Society and Governance.

River deep, mountain high

Oct 4, 2024: Dukes support rival App State in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

JMU to adopt charter promoting commitment to health on campus

Oct 2, 2024: JMU will extend its commitment to foster health and well-being across campus as it formally adopts the Okanagan Charter Oct. 8.

Inside the minds of young voters

Sep 20, 2024: Tomorrow’s leaders are striving to improve the state of American democracy.

Dual success of student-athletes

Sep 17, 2024: Student-athletes face challenges in both the business and sports worlds, while also reaching their goals.

Meet the Chandlers

Sep 10, 2024: Retired horticulturists put down deep roots in Harrisonburg.

School of Nursing hosts international health care advocacy summit

Sep 10, 2024: Nursing hosted students and faculty from Stellenbosch University in South Africa as part of the Healthcare Policy Advocacy Summit, an International Network of Universities nursing collaborative.

Madison Vision Series continues with Constitution Day lecture

Sep 9, 2024: Raj Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, will discuss bridging our political divides and democracy’s role in higher education.

Program aimed at developing civic-dialogue skills

Aug 16, 2024: Can we find common ground and work toward mutually beneficial solutions to public problems?

Empowering local refugee students through technology

Aug 2, 2024: The camp offers local refugee students an exciting opportunity to enhance their computer science and information technology skills.

JMU earns recognition for its commitment to democratic engagement

Aug 1, 2024: James Madison University recently earned the Highly Established Action Plan Seal for the 2024 election cycle from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

Summer instructors focus on unique, engaging content

Jul 19, 2024: Summer courses offer unique opportunities for learning, both in and out of the classroom.

Empowering engineers: An innovative approach to experiential learning

Jul 9, 2024: Engineering professors make significant changes to the sophomore-year project, transforming the learning experience and better-preparing students.

Planting the future: ISAT students restore riverbank

Jul 9, 2024: ISAT majors dedicated their capstone projects to stabilizing the stream bank and floodplain, combating erosion at the JMU farm.

Volunteers today, leaders tomorrow

Jun 27, 2024: Service-learning at JMU helps students find their purpose.

A time of goodbyes and new beginnings

Jun 24, 2024: President Alger delivers a farewell message to members of the JMU community.

Inaugural Elev8 Ethics speaker navigates 'catastrophe ethics'

Apr 18, 2024: Author, speaker and bioethicist Travis Rieder encourages finding the common ground between saving the world and giving up.

Applied Nutrition student elected as student representative to national accrediting council

Mar 18, 2024: Kaitlyn Good, a first-year graduate student, was selected to serve as student representative for the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.

SMAD students win silver ADDY award for local co-op's campaign

Mar 17, 2024: Creative Advertising students’ work to revamp a “stale promotion” at the food co-op, winning second place in an advertising competition.

Performing her civic duty

Mar 8, 2024: Whitney Rice ('09) used her experience in JMU's Speech Club to forge an acting career in Hollywood.

JMU celebrates 20 years of the American Democracy Project

Feb 22, 2024: JMU is proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary of AASCU's nonpartisan American Democracy Project.