News Archive: April 2021

Thomas looks forward to leading JMU Graduate School
April 29, 2021: Linda Thomas will become dean of The Graduate School on June 1 after directing the School of Integrated Sciences.
JMU Wind Symphony honors cancer-stricken alumna with ‘miracle’ tribute
April 28, 2021: On April 26, the Wind Symphony performed a moving tribute to a cancer-stricken alumna who watched via YouTube from a hospital bed.
Please send vaccination record to UHC
April 27, 2021: In an effort to protect public health and to be able to communicate our campus-wide vaccination rate, send vaccination record to UHC.
Chesapeake Bay, sea turtles could benefit from engineering projects
April 23, 2021: Second-year engineering students have designed a buoy this year to provide some low-cost solutions for protecting the environment.
Earth Day provides opportunity to raise awareness of eco-anxiety
April 21, 2021: The key to coping with that anxiety is taking action, said Sturm, who received the “2020 Courtland Lee Social Justice Award”.
A Message of Support and Solidarity
April 20, 2021: While our work of diversity, equity, inclusion and access continues, we are acutely mindful of the events transpiring on a national level.
April 2021 Board of Visitors summary of action and discussions
April 16, 2021: The James Madison University Board of Visitors met Friday, April 16 in the Festival Conference and Student Center.
2021 MFA thesis exhibitions explore loss and grief, self-reflection
April 16, 2021: Graduate students Lacey Minor and Sarah Phillips will present their master's degree thesis exhibitions this month at JMU’s Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art.
JMU professor part of CDC diabetes panel this afternoon
April 14, 2021: Erin Piker, a professor of communication sciences and disorders, will be a panelist at 2:30 p.m. today for a virtual CDC webinar.
Rewriting Virginia's Constitution
April 14, 2021: A.E. Dick Howard and retired Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan discuss the 1971 rewriting of the Virginia Constitution.
JMU institute to illustrate immigrant resettlement in Harrisonburg
April 14, 2021: The project will capture the resettlement experiences of 10 immigrant families to Harrisonburg, through a five-week collaboration.
Award-winning JMU Geography program earns NSF support for lightning study
April 8, 2021: On the heels of being recognized as the nation’s top undergraduate geography program, an NSF grant is funding a lightning study.
JMU physicist, students had role in groundbreaking discovery
April 7, 2021: JMU physicist Kevin Giovanetti and his students contributed to an experiment that led to today’s announcement of a groundbreaking discovery.
Architectural design students’ exhibition available in person
April 6, 2021: Titled "support.spread.arrange.grasp.join.continue," the show features the architectural design sophomore class.

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