Eight engineering students, one rocket and a NASA victory

Jul 22, 2025: From late nights to launch day, discover how a small team of JMU Engineering students soared to the top of NASA’s Student Launch competition.

Successful X-Labs work-based learning program seeks to scale

Jul 11, 2025: Specialized cohort groups trained through JMU X-labs are changing the face of summer internships.

First-year students dive into research

May 21, 2025: The FYRE program challenges students to grow as researchers through hands-on learning.

Engineering her future

May 14, 2025: JMU women break barriers in STEM

Where ecology and history meet

Dec 19, 2024: JMU duo promotes conservation in Malta

Designing mobility: Students create adjustable prostheses for amputees

Jul 8, 2024: Engineering students design a comfortable, well-fitting, below-the-knee prosthesis capable of adjusting in length and volume, ideally growing with a child.

Student Research Symposium strengthens skills for Psychology majors

May 31, 2024: Undergraduate Psychology students strengthened science and communication skills through this annual research symposium.

JMU faculty partner with African universities through a fellowship

May 28, 2024: Three JMU faculty members received support from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to partner with African higher education institutions.

Students develop an app to detect early skin cancer

May 14, 2024: Selina Matolak (’24) and Amber Oliver (’23) bridge the gap between technology and public health.

JMU awards record number of doctoral degrees

May 10, 2024: The numbers reflect the university’s new designation as an R2 Doctoral University with high research activity.

Intelligence Analysis students participate in the Intelligence Studies Consortium

Apr 2, 2024: JMU was the only university to send IA undergraduates to the ISC conference.