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Research Seeks to Find Natural Treatment for Honeybee Disease

08/10/2023

Collaborative research this summer gives student beekeeper an opportunity to develop his chemistry skills while working with a faculty member on an issue he cares about.

Electric Boat Race Team Sets Course for Recent Graduate’s Career

08/08/2023

Seyed Marjaei ’23 started a competitive internship as a test engineer this summer at Pure Watercraft, an electric boat manufacturer based in Seattle.

A student wearing a Washington College tank top runs past campus.

New Sports Set to Begin Competition at Washington College

08/04/2023

The golf team, formed as a club last year, begins varsity play this fall. Cross-country and track and field to start in the 2024-25 academic year.

Jay Dadhania '24 checks a patient during his work with International Medical Relief in Turkey.

Supporting Summer Experiential Learning

07/31/2023

Washington College invests hundreds of thousands of dollars in supporting students undertaking internships, conducting research, or engaging in creative scholarship every summer, extending their liberal arts education into fields they may pursue after graduation.

George Washington Prize Nominees Announced

07/21/2023

Created by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon, the $50,000 George Washington Prize is one of the nation’s largest and most notable literary awards.

Dan Premo with Brittny Parsells-Johnson '10, the first winner of the prize named in his honor

Fifty-Year Member of College Community Dies

07/20/2023

A memorial service will be held Saturday for Dan Premo, who shaped the College’s Department of Political Science

This rendering of the planned upgrades for the Miller Library Terrace show how the area will be made more accessible.

Campus upgrades underway over summer

07/19/2023

In addition to major renovations to the library terrace, new outdoor furniture and recreational spaces are in the works, as well as improved kitchens and living rooms in Western Shore dorms.

Volunteers listen to instructions from professor Julie Markin while standing by archaeological units excavated to varying depths.

Archaeology Field School Opens Site to Public

07/14/2023

The summer course provides students from Washington College and elsewhere a hands-on opportunity to learn archaeology techniques and includes one day when students share what they’ve learned with curious members of the public who come to help on the dig.

A member of the women's swimming team during a lap in the Casey Swim Center.

Shorewomen Swimmers Earn Scholar All-America Team Honors

07/13/2023

The spring semester recognition follows similar success in the fall. Washington’s Women’s Swimming team had a team average GPA among the best in Division III throughout 2022-23.

Annie Coleman and her husband on a ship during a tour.

In Memoriam: Annie B. Coleman

07/05/2023

The executive assistant to seven Washington College presidents, Coleman was named an honorary alumna at her 2016 retirement in recognition of 33 years of dedicated service. She died June 20 at the age of 74.

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