Cold bottled water can be refreshing on a hot day, but hydration might not be its only effect. A chemical called DEHP can leach from plastic into drinking water, combining with bodily enzymes to form small molecules called metabolites.
“Research into their health effects is …
Chemistry scholarship proves to be a defining element in UMW senior’s college career Alex Bindon ’25 felt a rush when he received his Experimental Methods exam. His task? Identify a chemical compound by comparing charts, graphs, and spectra from lab instruments. “It turned out to be glucose,” said Alex, who discovered a passion for analytical […]
A young woman leaves New York to earn a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at a small Virginia women’s college in the 1950s. After graduate school, she becomes a revered electron microscopist – but not without the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field. Consequently, she spends her life helping female students at her […]
One of Hannah Stottlemyer’s most memorable moments at the University of Mary Washington came on a Global Medical Brigades trip to treat underserved communities in Panama. There, she put her majors in biomedical sciences and Spanish into practice when she extracted a patient’s tooth and watched his sudden relief. Having this experience as an undergraduate […]
The University of Mary Washington closed the books June 30 on its most successful fundraising year to date, with $21,362,093 in gifts and pledges – more than triple last year’s number – made during the 2022-23 fiscal year to enhance the UMW student experience. Private support from 4,829 generous donors, more than half of whom […]
