On Saturday, November 17, St. Mary's College students in the Women in Science House (WiSH) hosted Math Girls Day at the College. Math Girls Day runs every semester for middle school girls from Esperanza and Spring Ridge Middle Schools. This year, 48 girls partook in math-related activities and workshops, and enjoyed a lecture by guest speaker Susan Goldstine, professor of mathematics, and had lunch in the Great Room.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has been named a 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

Professor of Anthropology Julia King is featured in Nov. 21 edition of The Washington Post. King's research team includes St. Mary’s College alumni Scott Strickland ('08), Catherine Dye ('17) and Max Sickler ('18), along with current students through King’s anthropology classes.

Jeffrey Lombardo, visiting assistant professor of biology, recently presented an invited talk at the joint meeting of the Entomological Society of America, the Entomological Society of British Columbia, and the Entomological Society of Canada, in Vancouver, Canada. The talked focused on research that was recently published in the journal Oecologia, and was featured in a number of national and international news outlets.

At the International Leadership Association meeting in Palm Beach, Florida in October, Professor of Psychology Libby Williams presented with colleagues from James Madison University, George Washington University, and Deakin University Australia on their research "Authentic and Sustainable Leadership: An International Qualitative Study of Leaders."

Professor of Biology and Steven Muller Distinguished Professor of the Sciences Jordan Price’s research, previously published in the Royal Society Journal “Proceedings B,” is featured on page 22 of the print edition of National Geographic’s December edition.

On Nov. 15-18, 2018, during the 59^th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, which took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, assistant professors of psychology James Mantell and Nathan Foster presented research that had been conducted with the help of St.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s first academic honor society, awarded book prizes to five local high school scholars on November 14.