Science and Mathematics News

New dean settles in
While STEM departments have long held the practice of engaging students in apprentice research with faculty ...
Explorer
Biology major Jesmine Roberts-Torres credits her professor for teaching her how to process information and apply it to solving problems. ...
Healer
Alumna Melissa Cummings found the liberal arts education she received at JMU prepared her for the rigors of med school. ...
Geology professors elected Fellows in prestigious societies
St. John becomes the third member of JMU's geology department to be elected a Fellow by the GSA, joining department head Stephen Leslie and ...
Anything is possible
Honors student Margo Deihl ('16) says there's an opportunity to achieve in every area at JMU. Her opportunities? Biology, pre-med, JMU Symphony Orchestra and Opera Orchestra, an internship on Capitol Hill ...
JMU to launch space explorers program at city Boys and Girls Club
The weekly Space Explorers activities will be patterned after the successful Space Explorers summer camps that Virani has been running ...
Engineers acting? Artists doing science? It's the norm for this group
Hannah Gutman, a fifth-year theatre and dance major, has been part of the JMU DI teams in each of her five years. In fact, Gutman has been participating in DI since ...
How a professor's malaria research has the attention of NIH
Not a whole lot is known about it. We've studied and published in the past a number of things about its role in certain types of allergies and in other parasitic diseases. And so we are now focused ...
JMU-U.Va. expand research into antibiotic resistant bacteria
They had found that such plasmids were common in bacteria in local streams and soils and that they conferred resistance to not only common antibiotics, but also to ...
No joking, comedy has a place for teaching science
The demystifying started by having the comedy troupe members asking Whitmeyer questions in an attempt to find out what kind of scientist he was. After accomplishing that, the next task involved the trio trying to ...
How JMU professors are shaping the engineering curriculum
Dr. Jacquelyn Nagel, an assistant professor of engineering, is trying to change that by creating instructional materials that can be used to teach bio-inspired design ...
Latest Faculty Accomplishments
Using next generation DNA sequencing techniques, we show that the frogs' skin bacterial communities are quite different from the bacterial communities in their environment ...
How new spectrometer technology is revolutionizing research at JMU
JMU faculty and students routinely use cutting edge technology in well-equipped laboratories. ...
MONEY recognizes STEM quality at JMU
To make the MONEY list, a college or university had to score well in the magazine's rankings and have welcoming admissions rates. JMU ranked No. 59 in MONEY rankings and has a 66 percent admissions rate ...
4-VA grants give boost to collaborative projects
The grants, which range from $4,000-$7,700, support faculty efforts that contribute to 4-VA initiatives related to research and instruction. Potential outcomes include shared courses, redesigned courses or collaborative research ...
Physics Professor Hughes earns state's highest award for faculty
It was an honor just to be nominated for the award knowing the others from JMU who were nominated. That's a distinguished crowd right there ...
Conferences give students experience beyond the classroom
Eleven undergraduates presented their research at the national Geological Society of America meeting Nov. 1-4 in Baltimore, Maryland. The GSA"s mission is to advance geoscience research and discovery, service to society, stewardship of Earth and ...
Model solar system to give perspective of planet sizes, distances
There is no science exhibit in Virginia that emphasizes the scale of the planetary sizes and distances. We can create a world-class exhibit illustrating the size and scale ...
Madagascar from a JMU perspective
Where does the Madison Experience take you? Sean Michael Francis ('11) says JMU gave him the research skills, discipline and expanded worldview to seek opportunities in conservation and marine biology in Madagascar ...
How a JMU student's curiosity led to a fascinating research project
If you stand in the middle of certain brick plazas on campus and clap, snap or stomp, you can hear a high-pitched squeaking noise. Woodstock later found out ...
Love of math turns JMU junior into a world traveler
The 15-week program requires students take a minimum of ...
How a JMU senior is spreading her passion for science
After completing her bachelor's degree in chemistry in May ...
Making fieldwork accessible to mobility-challenged students
Unfortunately in the past, I think our discipline has tended to disenfranchise some part ...
How faculty inspired JMU junior to earn prestigious scholarship
The scholarship will provide the Vienna, Virginia native with $9,000 in each ...
Deaf students, faculty member wrap up NSF-funded research at JMU
It has really been neat to watch. Over the years ...
JMU research experience leads 2013 alum to Chicago, Cambridge
I've always been interested in protein misfolding disorders, primarily those ...
Another JMU team continues run of success
JMU DI is an academic and club program where students learn ...
How a JMU physics lab is improving higher ed. efficiency
"STEM classes are almost all hands-on. You think about that and say, 'How do we do that?'" ...
How JMU played a role in the $300 million renovation of a national lab
While their appearance may not be awe-inspiring, their functionality is ...
The tie that binds
Twin brothers Brian and Colby Trow are building a successful business around their shared passion for fly fishing. ...
National science meeting session organized by JMU geoscientist
I think it's going to be cool. And it is certainly a different stage ...
How is JMU addressing a shortage of high school physics teachers?
As a university, we hadn"t produced any physics teachers since I had been here. ...