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  • Jay Geeslin ’27 and Emma Snead ’27 - Two students stand in a laboratory wearing open white lab coats. They smile at the camera while showing matching black shirts. The shirts read “I love eating microplastics” in bold white lettering. Lab equipment and a fire extinguisher are visible in the background.

    How microplastics affect the fungus threatening frogs [PRISM Q&A]

    August 11, 2025

    Emma Snead ’27 and Jay Geeslin ’27 step into the Chichester biology lab with flair, wearing black “I ❤️ EATING MICROPLASTICS” T-shirts as they share their summer research experience with high school students

  • Students walking in front of Maugans during class change - Students walk along a campus sidewalk on a spring day. Two students in Longwood shirts walk side by side in the foreground. Pink flowers and a black bench frame the scene in the front of the photo. Other students follow behind near lampposts, trees, and brick planters.

    Longwood set to welcome dynamic, motivated Class of 2029

    August 05, 2025

    An aspiring neuroscientist who wants to study brain disorders through the lens of genetics, a metal band lead guitarist who plans a career in cybersecurity and a surfing instructor who dreams of one day sharing his passion for the violin by teaching high school music.

  • Eli Stark ’26 working at his computer - A student in a gray hoodie sits at a computer workstation in a lab. Code is displayed on the monitor as he types on a keyboard. He turns toward the camera and smiles while seated at the desk. Other computers and classroom equipment are visible in the background.

    Using computer science to predict migrant bird movement [PRISM Q&A]

    August 04, 2025

    Eli Stark ’26 spent the first half of his summer working with Dr. Julian Dymacek using non-negative matrix factorization, a technique that helps extract useful information from large sets of data, to find patterns in transient bird movement.

  • Pictured Left to Right: Cainan Townsend ’15, M.S. ’20; Michele Sims-Gannon ’90; Karen Mitchell Schinabeck, Hon. ’25; President W. Taylor Reveley IV; Dr. Jason “Jake” Milne ’99; Candice “Candy” Jamison Dowdy ’69; and Bradley “Brad” Pomp ’92. Not pictured: Elizabeth Stanton Kostelny ’81. - Seven people pose in a line indoors, several holding small award plaques. They wear business attire and name ba

    2025 Alumni Awards celebrate leaders with heart and vision

    July 31, 2025

    Inspiration. Service. Community. Achievement. These are not just words— they are the powerful and enduring themes woven through the life stories of the 2025 Longwood Alumni Award recipients.

  • A student wearing gloves and a black T-shirt with the words “I am enough” works in a dimly lit science lab, holding a flashlight over a glowing green sample. The lab bench is lined with equipment, bottles, and instruments, illuminated by purple LED lights.

    I spent my summer electrospinning polymers and watching them glow [PRISM Q&A]

    July 30, 2025

    Mira Strong ’28 got the opportunity to build an electrospinner, a device that uses electrical force to produce small fibers from a polymer solution.

  • Ryan Childress ’26 and Emma Heisig ’28 working on their math research with Dr. Steven Hoehner - Three students gather around a mobile whiteboard covered in equations and diagrams. One student holds a marker and writes while another smiles in a PRiSM Longwood University shirt. A third student is partially visible at the left edge of the frame, watching the discussion. Additional whiteboards with h

    Not your typical lab: Students tackle spheres and convex geometry [PRISM Q&A]

    July 22, 2025

    Math and research aren’t two words that seem to fit together quite as well as science and research.

  • Students walking in front of the Longwood gate in fall - Four students walk and talk across a brick plaza on campus. They wear casual clothes and backpacks as they cross in front of a red-brick building. White columns, an iron fence, and a lamppost frame the scene. Trees with red and green fall leaves glow in the sunlight behind them.

    Longwood named one of Money’s Best Colleges in America for 2025

    July 17, 2025

    Longwood University was recently recognized on Money magazine’s list of the Best Colleges in America for 2025, a distinction that reaffirms the university’s commitment to offering a high-quality education that’s affordable.

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    Longwood announces president’s and dean’s lists for spring 2025

    July 09, 2025

    Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,100 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2025 spring semester.

  • Taylor Blount ‘26 - A student stands smiling on a brick walkway in front of a red-brick building. They wear a black dress and pose with one hand on their hip. White columns and arched windows frame the entrance behind them. Green lawns, shrubs, and trees border the walkway.

    Longwood comm studies major has front-row pressroom seat as Governor’s Fellow

    June 09, 2025

    Taylor Blount ‘26 has always loved to talk. Even from an early age, she said, people would comment on her gregarious nature.

  • Longwood University Sign - Close-up of the Longwood University entrance sign framed by brick pillars. Bright sun flares above the sign, casting rays into the lens. “Longwood University 1839” text fills the center of the plaque. Purple and white flowers and greenery line the bottom foreground.

    Longwood continues to limit tuition increases

    June 06, 2025

    The Longwood University Board of Visitors voted Thursday to approve modest tuition and fee increases for 2025-26, extending the University’s decade-long record of keeping cost increases among the very lowest of all public universities in the Commonwealth.

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