Assistant Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Enright and colleagues recently published an article titled, "Prenatal PFAS and psychosocial stress exposures in relation to fetal growth in two pregnancy cohorts: applying environmental mixture methods to chemical and non-chemical stressors," in Environmental International, an open access journal.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland presents the Mulberry Music Festival: Jazz, featuring Joseph Brotherton, the Kelly Bell Band, Carly Harvey, and headlined by Sharón Clark on Friday, June 17, beginning at 6 p.m. on the College’s Townhouse Green. The event is free of charge and open to the public. It will be simultaneously livestreamed on the College’s website. In addition to performing, Harvey, a St. Mary’s College alumna, will reprise her role as mistress of ceremonies.
On Friday, April 1, twenty-nine St. Mary's College of Maryland students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa's Zeta Chapter of Maryland. One member of the St. Mary's College faculty -- Jennifer Cognard-Black -- was inducted as an honorary member.
Nine St. Mary’s College of Maryland chemistry and biochemistry students presented their original research at two national conferences this spring: the National American Chemistry Society (ACS) conference in San Diego, Calif., and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) annual meeting, part of Experimental Biology 2022 in Philadelphia, Pa. The students presented on work related to their senior capstone projects (St. Mary’s Projects), other research they completed within the department, or as part of a summer research program.
On Wednesday, April 6, at 5:45 p.m., Professor of Physics Josh Grossman will virtually give the SMCM Natural Sciences & Mathematics Colloquium, titled, “How quantum computing will soon transform chemistry, biology, computer science, physics, materials science, national security, finance, logistics, and more.” The Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance (MQA) will feature the talk as part of their Quantum Tunnel webinar series.
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Assistant Professor of Digital Art Jessye McDowell, in their role as president of the New Media Caucus, is inaugurating a three-part series of talks on Art, Tech + Advocacy. The series is in collaboration with Public Art for Racial Justice, and the Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology.
The Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture presents An Evening with Reese Waters Friday, April 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center, 19050 Hill Commons Drive.
Drawing the lyrics for “Fly High Mighty Seahawks” from her positive interactions while attending St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Mary Purtilo ’23 will live in St. Mary’s College history as having composed the College’s official fight song.
“A lot of the lyrics in my song came from words of encouragement I have received since I have been a student at SMCM. It's nice to be able to give them back,” Purtilo said.
