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Bryan Matthews, Washington College interim president; Anne Pyne, Vice Regent for New York; GW Prize Winner Tyson Reeder; James Basker, Executive Director of Gilder Lehreman

George Washington Prize Awarded to Tyson Reeder for Serpent in Eden

10/17/2025

Washington College, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History present one of the nation's largest literary prizes.

A still shot from the film “Dear Mom” featured in John Jarboe's The Rose Garden Green Room.

Kohl Gallery Presents The Rose Garden Green Room, a Collaboration with Artist John Jarboe

10/15/2025

Stage performance, public programming, and generative workshops round out semester-long partnership with the Philadelphia -based artist and performer.

Daniel May holds a petri dish of pollen samples during research for his latest paper published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

Faculty Research Reaches Global Stage

10/13/2025

Over a dozen recent major scholarly publications and presentations underscore the deep and varied intellectual commitment of Washington College's faculty.

Mia Snyder '26 went to the United Nations to do research thanks to a Cater Society Grant from Washington College.

Local Internships, Global Policy: How One Senior Mastered Experiential Learning

10/07/2025

A prestigious Cater Grant funded Mia Snyder’s research and participation as an accredited observer at the United Nations Environment Programme negotiations.

Roy Kesey Wins Mary McCarthy Prize

09/30/2025

Literary House Associate Director's Book Selected for Major National Short Fiction Award

The Chesapeake Heartland Project digitized the many journals of Perry and Clara Anderson of Kent County, MD.

'A Diamond of a Resource': Journals Reveal Lost Eastern Shore Black History

09/25/2025

The daily writings of Perry and Clara Anderson, now digitally preserved by the Chesapeake Heartland Project, document life in a rural Maryland community during the Great Depression and World War II.

Washington College ranks #92 in Best Colleges from US News & World Report

U.S. News Names Washington Among Best National Liberal Arts Colleges

09/23/2025

#92 spot is a testament to its academic strength, graduate outcomes, and commitment to student life.

Reconfiguring Worlds

09/22/2025

Blending art and science, Deborah Anzinger ’01, Ph.D., reimagines our relationship to the land, the body, and history.

Nora Beebe '26 points to a digitized letter from George Washington in the software she uses to create or verify transcriptions for the American Philosophical Society.

Through an Explore America internship, Nora Beebe ’26 worked on The Revolutionary City, a project of the American Philosophical Society to digitize all manuscripts from 1774-1783 held by APS, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Washington College's James Allen Hall's poem is included in the Best American Poetry 2025.

Professor's Poem Selected for Prestigious Anthology

09/12/2025

James Allen Hall’s Darwin-Inspired Poem Explores Family and Science

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