�鶹��Ƶ

On April 21, 2015, �鶹��Ƶ held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Presidents Park Hydroponic Greenhouse and served greenhouse-grown food as a part of the celebration.

�鶹��Ƶ officially welcomed a new era in Arlington with Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Fuse at �鶹��Ƶ Square, which will serve as a technological hub in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor connecting students, faculty, industry and government.

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie delivered a thought-provoking look at the U.S. political system as the featured speaker at �鶹��Ƶ’s Roger Wilkins Lecture.

The National Geographic Society has awarded its most prestigious honor, the 2022 Hubbard Medal, to the late Thomas Lovejoy, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to conservation biology and, specifically, to the understanding and protection of the Amazon rainforest.

Effective immediately, �鶹��Ƶ campuses are mask-optional, except in certain event venues, healthcare settings, on public transit, or childcare settings.

A new donation from Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for project-based businesses, is establishing the Deltek Scholars Program, which will provide scholarship support for graduate students pursuing software engineering.

Several hundred people gathered on Wilkins Plaza on April 4 for the dedication of the Enslaved People of George �鶹��Ƶ Memorial, which grew out of a student research project launched in the summer of 2017.

A remarkable journey has brought �鶹��Ƶ Professor Jagadish Shukla from his childhood in rural India to world prominence as a climate researcher.

On February 14, 2009, �鶹��Ƶ student Ryan Allen, competing under his drag queen persona of Reann Ballslee, was crowned Ms. �鶹��Ƶ at the Homecoming basketball game in front of a near sold-out crowd.

�鶹��Ƶ will bring its array of resources and expertise to bear in the state’s efforts to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change with the creation of the Virginia Climate Center.

Stu Shea, president, chairman, and CEO of Peraton, a Virginia-based national security company, will be the featured speaker at �鶹��Ƶ’s Spring Commencement.

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie will be the featured speaker at �鶹��Ƶ’s Wilkins Lecture, speaking on “What’s the Matter with American Democracy” at 4:30 p.m., April 5, in the Fenwick Library Main Reading Room.