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Our ability to manage this crisis is in no small part a credit to the efforts of students, faculty and staff, who have done an extraordinary job of following new safety guidelines. We will continue to update the university community should things change.

Understanding what anti-racism, diversity and inclusion mean for Â鶹ÊÓƵ was just one of the goals of Monday’s Freedom and Learning forum hosted by President Gregory Washington. Ensuring a common definition of the terms helps create meaningful dialogue, and helps the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community understand the work of the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force.

We have just come through an historic election, which has taught us a great deal about ourselves and our society that we will spend time processing.

Prior to a high stakes election, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s campus is normally buzzing with activities, dialogue and events. That’s more of a challenge this year due to COVID-19, but Justin Gest is determined to keep the momentum alive.

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We are halfway through the fall semester, and by all accounts, we have passed one of the biggest hurdles facing universities: Â鶹ÊÓƵ has successfully reopened our campuses, kept our community safe, and delivered on our educational mission despite the pandemic. This has been challenging work for everyone in our community, and I want to applaud the efforts to make Â鶹ÊÓƵ a model for success.

Faculty members Holly Matto, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Stephanie Carmack, and Nathalia Peixoto, and graduate student Matthew Scherbel, are working with Brightline Interactive to examine the effects of recovery cues, using virtual reality simulations, on neurophysiological regulation to prevent drug relapse.

The Carter School has partnered with Restorative Arlington, a new initiative aimed at incorporating restorative justice practices into Arlington County’s public schools, legal system and community.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ psychology professor Jane Flinn has achieved something few Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty have: She’s celebrating 50 years of service.

Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community learned about leadership and activism from world soccer champion, double Olympic gold medalist and author Abby Wambach at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Reads on Monday afternoon.

World-renowned soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and author Abby Wambach will virtually chat with Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Gregory Washington and the campus community for this year’s Â鶹ÊÓƵ Reads program on Monday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m.

Fakhira Halloun holds two contradictory identities: She is Palestinian and an Israeli citizen. It wasn’t until she began facilitating peace dialogues between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem in 2000, that she realized Palestinian citizens of Israel could be the missing link in bridging ties between the two groups.