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Released: 9-Oct-2013 4:00 PM EDT
New Study Quantifies Psychological Damage of Stalking
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 26-Sep-2013 11:00 AM EDT
New Study Links Heavy Texting, Sleep Problems in College Freshmen
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 19-Jun-2013 7:00 PM EDT
Washington and Lee Archaeologists Make Significant Find on the W&L Campus
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 11-Mar-2013 2:35 PM EDT
Award-Winning Reporter, W&L Professor Toni Locy Authors New Book on Legal Reporting
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 18-Oct-2012 1:00 PM EDT
Challenging Entrepreneurs to Change the World
Washington and Lee University

As part of its growing entrepreneurship program, Washington and Lee is offering a social entrepreneurship course that attempts to find solutions to "wicked problems."

Released: 9-Oct-2012 9:35 AM EDT
Study Finds Free Product Returns Have Major Impact on Future Sales
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 28-Sep-2012 11:40 AM EDT
W&L Entering Students Continue Shift Toward Apple
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 28-Aug-2012 8:00 AM EDT
W&L Hosts Inaugural Knight Poverty Journalism Conference
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 1-Aug-2012 8:00 AM EDT
New Poverty Studies Consortium to Hold Symposium in Little Rock
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 26-Jul-2012 9:05 AM EDT
W&L Historian Uses Previously Unseen Sources in New Book on Siege of Leningrad
Washington and Lee University

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.”

Released: 9-Mar-2012 2:00 PM EST
Law Professor Says Kony 2012 Oversimplifies Problem of Child Soldiers
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 17-Feb-2012 3:15 PM EST
W&L Black Lung Clinic Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Health Care Case
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 14-Feb-2012 10:25 AM EST
New Volume by Washington and Lee Historian Examines Tax and Spend Politics
Washington and Lee University

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

Released: 8-Feb-2012 2:00 PM EST
Washington and Lee University Students Staging 25th Mock Convention
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 3-Feb-2012 7:00 AM EST
English Professor Thanks Rowling for Students’ Appreciation of Dickens
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 21-Dec-2011 3:30 PM EST
Nora V. Demleitner Named Dean of Washington and Lee School of Law
Washington and Lee University

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.

Released: 26-Oct-2011 2:20 PM EDT
W&L Law Symposium to Look at Financial Services on the Fringe
Washington and Lee University

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.



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