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Printmaker documents melting wilderness with multimedia exhibit ‘The Last Glacier’

February 7, 2017Last updated February 13, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

An alpine meadow stretches out in subtle shifts of green, interrupted by a stony path winding towards craggy mountains, which fade away into the ephemerally gradiated blue-and-yellow sky. This artwork,

Undergrads publish research on using the ‘Judas technique’ to track pest beetle in Guam

December 29, 2016Last updated March 9, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Research on the Coconut rhinocerous beetle by two Eastern Mennonite University students and one professor was recently published in the scientific journal Environmental Entomology and featured on the news site

Standing with the Standing Rock cause

December 14, 2016Last updated December 14, 2016 by Shelby Mertens/Daily News-Record

Austin Sachs, 19, a sophomore at Eastern Mennonite University, couldn’t sit by idly watching the protests erupting at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota against the Dakota Access

‘Homesteading’ students can veggies, chicken-tend, garden, bake — and share it all

December 14, 2016Last updated December 14, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Students used to leave farming behind when they came to academia, so the stories go. Today, though, there is a resurgence in back-to-the-land skill-building among Millennials, as noted by Michaela

Piedmont Earthworks ecology research site opens to students

November 17, 2016Last updated November 18, 2016 by Justine Nolt

Upon arriving at Piedmont Earthworks near Charlottesville, Virginia, eight students from Eastern Mennonite University were greeted by manager Chris Fields-Johnson and his dog, Fin. Over the next several hours, the

Future connections plotted for interdisciplinary curriculum ties to visionary scientist Nikola Tesla

November 10, 2016Last updated November 14, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Filmmaker and new visual and communication arts faculty member Zeljko Mirkovic brings myriad connections and a growing body of acclaimed work to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). In 2015, Mirkovic won

NASA agreement yields lab equipment, research and internship opportunities for science and engineering programs

October 24, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

Thanks to an agreement Eastern Mennonite University signed this summer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the university’s new engineering major added a feather to its cap before

Professors collaborate to improve instructional methods in STEM classes, thanks to NSF research grant

October 10, 2016Last updated November 7, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

In a 2014 Scientific American blog post championing greater diversity within the sciences, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs Jr. writes that “the large and persistent under-representation of certain social groups from the

Soil microbiologist and EMHS grad to share her research about humans’ effect on ecosystems

October 6, 2016Last updated October 14, 2016 by Justine Nolt

If you’ve ever wanted to unlock the secrets of the ground under your feet, Professor Serita Frey and her team in New Hampshire can answer your questions. The Eastern Mennonite High

Engineering ethics expert brings questions about communication, authority and civic responsibility to Flint crisis

October 4, 2016Last updated October 7, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Yanna Lambrinidou wants to teach today’s engineers-in-training how to listen to their clients and extended communities. To that end, the professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Science and Technology has

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