Science and Mathematics News

Biophysical Chemistry major receives 2021 Witherspoon Scholarship

First year Honors student Deaquan Nichols will conduct summer research with Chemistry professor Oleksandr Kokhan.

JMU physicist, students had role in groundbreaking discovery

JMU physicist Kevin Giovanetti and his students contributed to an experiment that led to today’s announcement of a groundbreaking discovery.

Research innovations earn JMU faculty 3 patent awards

Six JMU faculty members were awarded three patents for their innovative research efforts.

Big grant funds investigation of life’s earliest stages

Undergraduate students will use genetics, molecular biology, mathematical modeling and artificial neural networks to model protein-DNA interactions.

Virtual field trips created by JMU professors gain national recognition

A pair of virtual field trips prepared by two JMU geology professors have been placed in the “Exemplary Teaching Activity collection.”

Rare minerals gift makes JMU museum a must see

The collection is well-known within the mineralogy community, but until now very few people have been granted the opportunity to view it.

Mega mineral gift

JMU has received a mineral collection valued at more than $16.8 million from the late Peter L. Via of Roanoke. The gift is the largest in JMU history.

New JMU brain research could help understand Autism causes

The National Institutes of Health grant will enable the student-driven research team to study early neural networks.

JMU physics major has big plans researching tiny particles

Physics major Elizabeth Moore has started working on a research project supported by the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.