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LCVA and Hampden-Sydney College to host Zoom symposiums for Asterisks in the Grand Narrative of History exhibition
March 09, 2021
The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) and Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) are excited to announce a series of Zoom symposiums presented in conjunction with the exhibition Asterisks in the Grand Narrative of History, an intimate yet ambitious exhibition that spans two collegiate galleries.
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Summer Scholars Program Plants Seeds for Future Lancers
February 26, 2021
Tanea Doswell ’24, a participant in the inaugural Summer Scholars, an intensive summer research program for high-school students, is now she’s a freshman at Longwood.
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Business graduate reimagines K-12 cafeterias with award-winning results
February 17, 2021
Equal parts restaurateur, savvy marketer and back-to-basics foodie, Adam Russo ’07 invites you to forget everything you thought you knew about school cafeterias.
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High Street Theatre marquee signals continuing development in the Farmville arts programming
February 09, 2021
A fresh new marquee was hung along the corner of High and Main streets, soon to be home of the High Street Theatre, a new cinema and black-box theatre envisioned as a place for community events and film.
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Longwood science grads put their degrees to work at lab analyzing Covid-19 tests
January 29, 2021
When Sandra Ghali ’19 applied for a lab position at GENETWORx, a Glen Allen company that processes thousands of Covid-19 tests daily, she left a few people shaking their heads.
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Longwood’s Greenwood Library receives national grant for small and rural libraries
January 26, 2021
Longwood University’s Greenwood Library has been selected as one of 200 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.
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Faculty up their teaching game with innovations—and more listening
January 08, 2021
Many Longwood faculty got creative last semester to make sure their students were getting the best educational experience possible under the circumstances.
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Longwood professor’s research charts the illegal elephant trade
January 07, 2021
The illegal wild animal trade, in which exotic animals like giraffes, tigers, and elephants are captured and sold on the black market to the highest bidder, is much more widespread than the average person would imagine. Partly spurred by the summer’s smash Netflix documentary “Tiger King,” new light has been shed on the issue.
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Longwood professor’s patented cancer therapy research licensed for development
January 05, 2021
Cancer-fighting cells developed in a Longwood lab could soon make their way to patient treatment plans, as clinical trials are planned to start soon.
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Social work professor to serve on state advisory board
December 22, 2020
One of Longwood’s accomplished social work professors will soon be granting licenses to new members of her profession throughout the commonwealth.