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Many people are familiar with �鶹��Ƶ’s Arlington Campus, but fewer know its unique history, including how it became the only law school with an escalator when the university moved into the old Kann’s department store in the early 1970s.

�鶹��Ƶ’s School of Business announced today that software company UiPath is donating $16.4 million in software licenses to help business students learn about robotic technology in classroom assignments and activities.

�鶹��Ƶ ranks the highest among all Virginia colleges for the second year in a row for the social mobility of its students, according to a recently released 2019 survey by CollegeNet.

What does it take to transform a cool idea into a business? Students at �鶹��Ƶ’s Antonin Scalia Law School are finding out, by helping real-life entrepreneurs in the school’s new Innovation Law Clinic.

American ginseng has been nicknamed “green gold” for good reason. The root that grows wild across the Appalachian Mountains can fetch more than $500 per pound and has been used medicinally for generations to support everything from brain function to the immune system.

For 21 straight nights, graduating senior Yasser Aburdene spent his evenings protesting in front of the Bolivian Embassy in Washington, D.C., fighting for democracy in the midst of a controversial election victory by Evo Morales. He had no idea his advocacy would land him in the spotlight at one of the most historic sites for human rights.

Saving an endangered species is possible, but it takes a village. Conservationists, including three �鶹��Ƶ alumni working at the Smithsonian and a current student, are part of the team at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and the Smithsonian-�鶹��Ƶ School of Conservation (SMSC) working to ensure red pandas move off the endangered list.

Six students at �鶹��Ƶ’s Antonin Scalia Law School are participating in the school’s new Immigration Litigation Clinic and advocating for clients facing a range of complex immigration proceedings.

�鶹��Ƶ will receive $235 million from the state as part of the Tech Talent Investment Program (TTIP) announced Thursday by Gov. Ralph Northam. The funding will support �鶹��Ƶ’s role as a producer of graduates in high-demand fields and spur the expansion of the Arlington Campus.

How does an aspiring intelligence professional learn about the intricacies of global security when the field is highly specialized and secretive? For students at �鶹��Ƶ, the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at the Schar School of Policy and Government helps pull back that curtain, allowing for a more complete examination of intelligence and its interplay with U.S. national security.

�鶹��Ƶ placed three programs in the top 25 nationally among public institutions in the most recent rankings by Times Higher Education: World University Rankings by Subject.

Dilafruz Khonikboyeva and her family won the Green Card Lottery while living through Tajikistan’s civil war, but they didn’t know about it until the years-long blockade was lifted in 1995. They crossed multiple battle lines to reach the U.S. consulate in Moscow. Luckily, even though their green cards had expired by the time they arrived, the U.S. government honored them, Khonikboyeva said.