Sue Johnson, professor of art, is one of 10 artists who have been awarded a VMFA Visual Arts Fellowship in the professional category for 2020-21. This is an $8,000 award to be used by the artist to support their creative practice, and also includes opportunities for fellowship recipients to exhibit their work at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and other museum sites.

Liza Gijanto, associate professor of anthropology, recently published an article in The International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 

Julia King, professor of anthropology, is featured on the National Humanities Alliance website.  

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, invites prospective students and their families to learn more about the value of a St. Mary’s College education at a Spring Open House on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.   

Cassie Gurbisz, assistant professor of environmental studies, recently received her second grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Maryland Sea Grant prog

Emily Casey, assistant professor of art history, has been selected to participate in the Attingham Trust's Royal Collection Studies course in London this fall. The Attinhgam Trust, dedicated to fostering knowledge about the arts and cultural heritage in Britain, offers residential study courses on all aspects of British decorative arts and architecture.

Professor of English Ben Click will be joining writer, comedian, actor John Hodgman during "Mark My Words" at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, in April. Click is the editor of The Mark Twain Annual, a position he will hold for four years.

St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball member Miles Gillette has been selected as the January Student-Athlete of the Month, the SMCM athletic department announced on Feb. 12.

Kevin Emerson, associate professor of biology, has recently been published in Parasites and Vectors titled, “Evidence for family-level variation of phenotypic traits in response to temperature of Brazilian Nyssorhynchus darlingi.”

In this article, Emerson and colleagues show that there is variation in traits associated with malaria transmission and biome-of-origin, temperature, and family genetics.  These are important factors to be considered for future mosquito control strategies.