Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology Brian Sharpless recently published an article in the Journal of Sleep Research with two colleagues from Charles University and the National Institute of Mental Health (NUDZ) in the Czech Republic. The article, "Could Sleep Paralysis be Pleasant?” was a quantitative study of the prevalence and associated features of sleep paralysis episodes. 

St. Mary’s College of Maryland announces the virtual dedication of The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland with keynote speaker Jelani Cobb will take place on November 21 at 11:00 a.m. at www.smcm.edu/commemorative.

Conner Wolfe, prospect research coordinator in the Institutional Advancement office, helped organize and previewed the Apra Maryland Fall Virtual Conference via Facebook live with Sara Anello from Salisbury University and moderated by Jay Frost, considered among the top fundraisers in the nation. The conference ran Nov.

The American Physical Society (APS) has selected Josh Grossman, professor of physics, to chair its Committee on Education in 2021.  Grossman has served on the committee since the start of 2019.  The APS Committee on Education promotes and supports the education of physics students at all levels from within the physics community and also outside the physics community.  It does so by fostering broad access to high-quality physics and physical science education, supporting schools and departments in recruiting and retaining students from groups that are underrepresented in physi

On Monday, Nov. 10, the University of Utah School of Music's New Music Ensemble released a live-stream performance of Professor of Music David Froom's "Yeats Songs." The two songs, using Yeats's poems, "The Wild Swans at Coole" and "Clothes of Heaven," are for soprano and violin. They were commissioned in 2014 for the 21st Century Consort (the Smithsonian Institution's New Music Group-in-Residence). This most recent (socially distanced) performance has now been released on YouTube, and can be found here:

Assistant Professor Geoff Bowers, Professor Pam Mertz, and Associate Professor Kelly Neiles from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry facilitated a 60 minute workshop on November 6 at the AACU 2020 Virtual Conference on Transforming STEM Education, “This Changes Everything.” The title of the workshop was “Build the Framework to Streamline Assessment:  Scaffold Skills and Assess with Signature Assignments” and focused on the work the department has done to create a meaningful assessment plan as part of the CUR Transformations Project (NSF-DUE 1625354).  Workshop participant

The Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) has recently recognized two members of the St.

The Center for the Study of Democracy and the Department of Political Science at St. Mary’s College of Maryland present a virtual roundtable and discussion of Professor of Political Science Sahar Shafqat’s co-edited book, “Pakistan’s Political Parties: Surviving between Dictatorship and Democracy” (Georgetown University Press) on Wednesday, Nov.

Jeff Eden, assistant professor of history, has been interviewed on "Morning Wave in Busan" with host Katherine Bang on Be-FM radio in South Korea. The interview segment--which can be heard at the link below--concerns the ongoing crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region of the South Caucasus that has seen intense fighting over the last month.