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Matrices and Differentials and Derivatives, oh my! Honors student explores alternate geometries in PRISM summer research

July 20, 2018

Trying to explain what Jordan Berkompas '20 is studying this summer with her faculty mentor involves tossing out everything most people know about geometry and how it works.
It’s a match: Longwood friends and alumni rise to a donor’s challenge, securing an $11 million boost for student scholarships

July 05, 2018

Nearly $11 million has been added in scholarship funding thanks to an unprecedented outpouring of philanthropy over the past six months.
General Patrick Finnegan, Longwood’s 25th president, passes away

July 04, 2018

Brigadier Gen. Patrick Finnegan, Longwood University’s 25th president who captured the hearts of students who affectionately called him “P-Finn” and helped usher in a new era for Longwood athletics, has passed away at age 68.
PRISM pedagogy research aims to better equip science teachers

June 29, 2018

No test tubes needed for this science research project. Matthew Bowman ’20 is researching science education in hopes of improving teacher practices.
PRISM Q&A: Biology student finds her home in the research lab

June 25, 2018

Last summer, Caitlin Harris ’20 was working in a factory alongside her father. This summer, the rising Longwood junior is studying DNA repair proteins and cancer mutations alongside Dr. Erin Shanle. And the biology major couldn’t be more in her element.
On Father’s Day, honoring a legacy and a unique presidential bond

June 17, 2018

Taylor Reveley III and Taylor Reveley IV share not just a name, but a distinction unique in the history of American higher education.
Longwood announces president’s and dean’s lists for spring 2018

June 15, 2018

Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,000 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2018 spring semester.
Longwood University one of 79 organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Big Read Grant

June 11, 2018

Longwood University has received a $15,000 grant to host the NEA Big Read in Farmville and Prince Edward County.
Three years into Longwood Master Plan, a progress report on campus development

June 07, 2018

A snapshot of where things stand three years on since Longwood revealed the 10-year Master Plan for campus.
Longwood sets tuition, announces new financial incentive to encourage students to take full credit load

May 22, 2018

Longwood University’s Board of Visitors has approved tuition and fee increases for the 2018-19 academic year of 4.9 percent, including a new financial incentive that will reward students for taking a full course load.