A study led by researchers at Washington and Lee University has concluded that women who are the victims of stalking are two to three times more likely to suffer from psychological distress than those with similar characteristics who have never been stalked.
A new study by a Washington and Lee University psychology professor found that texting was director predictor of sleep problems in first-year college students.
A team of Washington and Lee University archaeologists have uncovered a significant site on the university's campus that has yielded thousands of artifacts from the early 1800s and is offering a glimpse into the lives of students of the era.
Toni Locy, an award-winning reporter with several newspapers and now the Donald W. Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting at Washington and Lee University, has published a new textbook to help young journalists navigate coverage of the legal system.
As part of its growing entrepreneurship program, Washington and Lee is offering a social entrepreneurship course that attempts to find solutions to "wicked problems."
A study published in the Journal of Marketing concludes that consumers increase their purchases from online and distant retailers by between 58 percent and 357 percent when the retailers offer university free product returns.
An annual survey of the entering students at Washington and Lee University has shown that the shift from Windows-based computers to Apple Macintosh has continued to grow.
Washington and Lee University will host journalists from around the country who write about poverty and economic justice for the inaugural Knight Poverty Journalism Conference, a three-day event starting Sept. 7.
A new consortium of colleges and universities that offer poverty studies will hold a two-day conference on Aug. 7 and 8 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
Washington and Lee University historian Richard Bidlack used previously secret Soviet documents to paint a vivid picture of the 872-day siege of Leningrad by the Germans and Finns during World War II in his new book, “The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944.”
A Washington and Lee University law professor who has written extensively about child soldiers believes the Kony2012 Campaign unduly simplifies the problem of child soldiering.
The Black Lung Clinic at Washington and Lee University's School of law has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to protect two provisions of the Black Lung Benefits Act that are included in the Affordable Care Act.
A new book by Washington and Lee University historian Molly Michelmore traces the development of taxing and spending policy over the course of the 20th century
After incorrectly predicting that Hillary Clinton would win the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, organizers of Washington and Lee University's annual Mock Convention are determined not to make a mistake this weekend, when they choose the GOP nominee at the 2012 Republican Mock Convention.
Washington and Lee University English professor Suzanne Keen has found that her students who grew up on Harry Potter exhibit a new appreciation for and understanding of the novels of Charles Dickens.
Nora V. Demleitner will be the new dean of Washington and Lee University's School of Law. She becomes the first woman to hold that position and is the 17th dean in the 145-year history of W&L's law school. She will also hold the Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professorship in Law.
A two-day symposium at Washington and Lee University's School of Law will explore "payday" loans, auto title loans, for-profit college loans and refund anticipation loans. Legal scholars, economists and lending company representatives will also explore emerging regulatory efforts.
Two Washington and Lee University economists leading a group of researchers have found that individuals who have suffered from long-term unemployment in the past year — those unemployed for longer than 25 weeks — are three times more likely than people employed throughout the past year to experience mental-health issues for the first time.
Washington and Lee University's School of Law is teaming with the University's Shepherd Program on Poverty and Human Capability to provide additional opportunities for law students to study poverty issues as part of their legal education.
Washington and Lee University economics professor Alan C. Marco, a specialist in intellectual property rights, says that the America Invents Act, signed into law last week by President Obama, will have a substantial impact on the pace of innovation in the country.
Washington and Lee University law professor Erik Luna says that what is really new about terrorism is the development of a distinctive legal regime and heightened enforcement efforts in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks. He has created a new course, the Law of Terrorism, to examine the subject.
On Sept. 1, the Fall 2011 issue of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review hit the newsstand — the virtual newsstand, that is. The 61-year-old literary journal is now entirely online and free.
Washington and Lee University has signed an agreement with Secure Futures L.L.C., a solar-energy developer based in Staunton, Va., to install two solar photovoltaic arrays, totaling approximately 450 kilowatts, at two separate locations on the W&L campus.
Edward Wasserman, the Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics at Washington and Lee University, is available to discuss the ramifications of the British phone-hacking scandal and the decision by Rupert Murdoch to shut down the British tabloid, News of the World.
A course taught in the department of journalism and mass communications at Washington and Lee University explores the way media not only depict the poor, but also how they fail to portray the poor accurately to affluent audiences.
A Washington and Lee University journalism professor who studies the impact of social media points to the Arizona shooting as illustrative of a change in the way breaking news is reported.
Award-winning journalist Roger Mudd, a 1950 graduate of Washington and Lee University, has given $4 million to his alma mater to establish a new center to study ethics.
A Washington and Lee University psychologist has developed a new instrument designed to help clinicians determine more objectively a patient's level of anxiety.
A Washington and Lee University psychologist is exploring the impact of neural noise on older adults' reactions.
In his new book, "James Madison Rules America: The Constitutional Origins of Congressional Partisanship," Washington and Lee University politics professor William F. Connelly Jr.argues that under James Madison's institutional framework promotes competition and innovation.
A new study published by a Washington and Lee University economist examines how much tourists would be willing to pay to protect the beach that they visit.
A new study published by a Washington and Lee University professor of clinical psychology finds that children in urban neighborhoods who suffer from asthma may not benefit from using problem-solving coping strategies that are typically helpful for children.
Acclaimed journalist and newsman Roger Mudd, a 1950 graduate of Washington and Lee University, has donated his papers to the university's Leyburn Library. This gift follows Mudd’s 2006 donation of his collection of 20th-century Southern fiction.
On March 29, academics, governments, practitioners, investors, and representatives from international and non-governmental organizations from around the world will meet at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, for a symposium to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes. The symposium is a joint effort between W&L and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Two Washington and Lee University faculty members from very different disciplines — chemistry and journalism — have joined forces this semester to teach a course on the space program as a way of examining how the media cover science topics.
Undergraduates at Washington and Lee University have turned theory into practice by developing a new student microfinance organizaiton that will give small loans to projects in Central and South America.
Washington and Lee University economist Michael Smitka says that Toyota’s current dilemma results from a perfect storm of factors that include rapid expansion that led to strained resources and wishful thinking, both amplified by a parochial management structure.
Washington and Lee University has increased is use of local food in its dining services operation from 8.5 percent in 2007-2008 to an estimated 32 percent this year.
A Washington and Lee University finance professor has updated a study demonstrating that over the course of the event’s 43-year history, the Super Bowl winner has correctly predicted whether the market will go up or down 77 percent of the time.
Social media has been used extensively in several high profile missing person cases, and Washington and Lee University journalism professor Claudette Artwick says these may show a digital divide.
A new book by Washington and Lee University journalism professor Doug Cumming explores the history of the Southern press.
Although Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, are not necessarily intended to constitute an endorsement of the brand by the participating nonprofit organization, consumers may perceive them in the way. Two common types of CSR initiatives (licensing associations and cause-related marketing) were studied, and the authors conclude that both may be seen by consumers as explicit seals of approval.
Washington and Lee University's School of Law has partnered with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes.
A Washington and Lee University professor is using the graffiti of Pompei to fill in some blanks in history.
A Washington and Lee University philosophy who wrote the definition of lying for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says that, strictly speaking, there is far less real lying in society than we might think.
Work by Washington and Lee biologists persuaded the federal government to declare Helenium virginicum, also known as Virginia sneezeweed, a new protected species. Now the biologists are trying to determine whether the species will retain that status.
Washington and Lee University's School of Law has unveiled a new curriculum for third-year law students that is unlike any other in the country.
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