News
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Biology students studying gene mutations in cancer-related research project
August 09, 2017
What Barry Manchester ’19 and Kaitlyn Myers ’18 are doing this summer has been compared to studying recipes in a cookbook with 30,000 recipes.
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Secret Service honors LUPD with highest award for outstanding work during 2016 VP Debate
August 08, 2017
Calling the operation “seamless,” the Secret Service recognized the Longwood Police Department with the highest and most exclusive honor given by the organization for its work on the 2016 U.S. Vice Presidential Debate.
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Longwood science departments to host solar eclipse watch party, distribute free solar glasses for safe viewing
August 07, 2017
In the early afternoon on Monday, Aug. 21, the skies will darken over Farmville and much of the rest of the United States as the moon moves in front of the sun for a rare solar eclipse.
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Smaller and smaller: Biology student pushes electronic devices to molecular level
August 04, 2017
John Brumfield’s notebook looks like some kind of movie prop: pages and pages filled with molecules drawn out in hexagons and lines, each carefully marked with individual atoms neatly labeled.
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Longwood, Farmville group announce forums on potential downtown market
August 02, 2017
As Longwood and Farmville planners have been forging their common future, it's been on almost everyone's wish list: a boutique market, focused on selling fresh food, and situated within easy walking distance of campus and Main Street.
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Longwood music department unveils sensational fall performance lineup
July 31, 2017
Music lovers in Southside Virginia are preparing for another spectacular fall performance lineup at Longwood University.
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Social media use by Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street focus of student’s research
July 27, 2017
Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street have used social media to engage people in their movements. Katie Kinsey ’18 is researching exactly how they have used it.
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Summer residency for MBA program builds relationships, momentum for nationally-ranked degree
July 26, 2017
Longwood University’s nationally ranked MBA program is online, but over a long weekend every summer students gather on campus.
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Students tackle challenge of Lorentzian geometry in research project
July 19, 2017
So far there are no fatalities, but the research two math students are undertaking this summer may leave them “gasping for air” before it’s all over.
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Freshman English major ponders graphic novels’ place in the classroom
July 13, 2017
Keane’s goal: to prove that the graphic novel Watchmen belongs in the same conversation with classics like Grapes of Wrath and Pride and Prejudice.