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Since 2010, the Center for Community Mental Health’s (CCMH) mission has been twofold: train Â鶹ÊÓƵ students to become behavioral health care professionals, and provide evidence-based, accessible, and affordable mental health care to members of the Northern Virginia community. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Environmental Science and Policy major Melanie Medrano has long aspired to work in the federal government, ideally on the front lines of creating meaningful environmental change. She took a major step toward that goal by starting an internship with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, where she will assist in their communication efforts through December 2025.

Digital health researcher Y. Alicia Hong’s WECARE intervention will invigorate resilience in family caregivers of individuals with dementia

George Â鶹ÊÓƵ has a one-of-a-kind off-road test bed to put autonomous vehicles through their paces.

In September, Antonin Scalia Law School’s Â鶹ÊÓƵ Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (M-VETS) advocated for a Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumnus and U.S. Air Force veteran before the Department of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans’ Appeals.

Collaboration between George Â鶹ÊÓƵ and local counties help address opioid overdoses, substance use disorder, and behavioral health challenges.

Faculty across Â鶹ÊÓƵ are leading or participating in innovative new projects to further research and education this academic year, thanks to grants recently awarded by 4-VA, a statewide consortium of nine higher education institutions in Virginia.

The Career Influencers Network at Â鶹ÊÓƵ empowers faculty and staff to provide career development support to students throughout their academic journey. University Career Services hosted a reception in early October honoring the network’s 10th anniversary.

This is the first of a three-part series about Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s role as the NoVa Node headquarters of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), Virginia’s main access point for workforce development, cybersecurity innovation, and research.

TJ Master and Elizabeth Pyle, mentors with the Virginia Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program (ICAP), are advising entrepreneurs in the Innovation District.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Innovation Exchange (MIX) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ is more than a makerspace—it’s a resource for transforming how faculty teach, explore, and conduct research.

Managers’ attempts to distract investors from bad news have serious implications for market efficiency.