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It’s not every day that you have the former head of the CIA and NSA on your campus. When Michael Hayden is a member of your faculty, you get four of the leading experts in the intelligence community—from the Bush era to the present—all in a room debating the intelligence issues facing the current administration.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ formally honored Wilkins, a former Robinson Professor who died in March at age 85, by dedicating the Johnson Center North Plaza to the civil rights advocate and prize-winning journalist on Oct. 12, 2017.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is now ranked among the highest research institutions in the country by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Thomas Lovejoy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences this week, joining an elite group of 120 scholars recognized this year for their contributions to science and research.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty, staff, students, contractors, and their families and friends can register to receive their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, April 28 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman discusses ethical dilemmas in pulic service

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has begun administering COVID-19 vaccinations to students.

First Lady Jill Biden will be Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Commencement speaker next month, headlining the May 14 virtual event honoring nearly 9,700 graduates.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadets fly to Marine Corps Base Quantico to complete a simulated military mission.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is offering two COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week for students on Wednesday, April 21 and Friday, April 23.

Black-footed ferrets were once thought to be extinct, until a small population was discovered in Wyoming in 1981. The species is still endangered, but scientists—including a Â鶹ÊÓƵ researcher and students at the Smithsonian-Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Conservation (SMSC)—are coming to the rescue. In December 2020, Willa, a black-footed ferret who died in 1988, was cloned using her cells that had been frozen. That clone, Elizabeth Ann, is now the first North American endangered species to be cloned in the United States. Senior Research Scientist Klaus-Peter Koepfli conducted critical research on her genetic cell line.