News
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Medieval surgeons surprisingly skilled in healing horrific wounds, says new book by Longwood professor
December 08, 2015
At the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, future King Henry V was shot in the face with an arrow that lodged six inches deep into the back of his skull. A surgeon saved his life.
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Pair of community outreach initiatives promotes better student-officer engagement
December 04, 2015
As Lt. John Johnson stood on downtown Main Street near the parking meters, drivers knew what that meant. Or so they thought.
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Place Matters: After 18 months of work, community-focused Longwood Campus Master Plan emerges
December 04, 2015
Seamless walking and bicycle connections to a great college-town Main Street. Gardens galore. A new performing arts center on the edge of campus to serve Longwood and the region.
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Economic impact study shows Longwood’s footprint growing, a boon to local economy
December 01, 2015
New data show Longwood University’s total impact on the surrounding community and state economies has increased 28 percent in the last eight years.
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Student-aided research hopes to shed light on poison dart frogs’ defense mechanism
December 01, 2015
Every morning at 8 o’clock this semester, even weekends, one of five students from a Longwood University ecology class walks across campus with food on his or her mind. Pancakes at the dining hall? No—feeding poison dart frogs in the science building
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Pre-service teachers bring science, music to life in unique school outreach program
November 20, 2015
Three middle-schoolers crowded around a trough of mud in the middle of a lab in Chichester Hall. As if on cue, each of them dug his or her hands deep in the mud and pulled it to one side of the container.
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Longwood establishes Institute of Archaeology, will bolster undergraduate research, professional experience
November 18, 2015
Picture an archaeologist, and you’ll likely conjure an image of Indiana Jones, complete with a wide-brimmed fedora, sweeping away dust from an Egyptian tomb.
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Longwood theatre major working as assistant lighting designer on world premiere musical
November 04, 2015
In a theater-based class in the first grade, Matthew Brehm was allowed to operate the faders, which dim the lights, on a control board. "I was instantly hooked on theater lighting," he said.
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Interdisciplinary collaboration and student involvement aid Longwood environmental education project
October 28, 2015
When Longwood University faculty members needed technical help with an environmental education project, they found it across campus rather than across the country.
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Innovative Minecraft program brings together technology, reading at 2015 VCBF
October 23, 2015
In a classroom in Ruffner Hall, dozens of children sat at workstations, the familiar pixelated Minecraft landscape in front of them.