News
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Longwood student finds good vibrations in research on self-healing thermo-plastics
July 07, 2015
Blam! Jonathan Buckley ’16 slams an odd-looking hammer onto the head of a hole punch. Then, as quickly as he can, he takes out tweezers, picks up a little square of plastic that was under the punch and transfers it to an ultrasound spectrometer.
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Wildfire data puts student researcher in the hot seat
July 06, 2015
Schimoler ’16 is elbows deep in a half-century of climate data, and he’s learning and using the language of a statistical program called MATLAB to crunch vast data sets that hopefully reveal new information on wildfire patterns.
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Forget go big: Longwood researchers go small to probe intricacies of molecular electronics
June 23, 2015
"Here it is," he says to Dr. Benjamin Topham, who makes a note in his notebook. The pair smile at each other—this is the fruition of extraordinarily complex molecular models that have been calculating at breakneck speeds for the last six days.
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Girls State to be held June 21-27 on campus
June 16, 2015
About 615 to 620 rising high-school seniors are expected to attend the annual citizenship seminar, a program of the American Legion Auxiliary, which has been held at Longwood since 1974 and was first held in 1947.
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Study of invasive crayfish species puts students on the front lines of conservation
June 16, 2015
"Uh oh. This one just lost two legs," says Patty Hale, staring into a bucket of crayfish.
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PRISM program pushes personal limits for Longwood honors student
June 08, 2015
Walker, a member of the Cormier Honors College and mathematics major, is spending eight weeks of her summer doing intensive research with Wears as part of Longwood’s PRISM program.
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Archaeology field school graduate puts experience to use under the sea
June 05, 2015
Molly Trivelpiece ’15 is currently a volunteer supervisor in the underwater archaeology field school of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) in St. Augustine, Fla.
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Longwood names Ryan Catherwood new assistant vice president for alumni relations
June 05, 2015
Ryan Catherwood’s passion for working with alumni stems from a love of bringing people together face-to-face—and a fascination with deploying cutting-edge digital strategies to make that happen.
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Longwood signs on as host sponsor of Virginia Children’s Book Festival
June 03, 2015
An impressive lineup of nationally known authors and illustrators is taking shape for the 2015 Virginia Children’s Books Festival this October, with Longwood University again hosting the event and this year playing an expanded role as host sponsor.
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Longwood English professor continues James Dickey scholarship by editing unfinished poems
May 29, 2015
Few scholars are as familiar with James Dickey’s literary work as Dr. Gordon Van Ness, but even he was intimidated by his latest project.