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Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) run by human trafficking rings are rampant in the United States. A George �鶹��Ƶ professor has helped build what may be the best AI-driven tool to root them out.

Tommy Everett and Sarah Hormel Everett have pledged $1.2 million to expand the existing endowed scholarship in honor of their son, Mats Von Quillfeldt, a former �鶹��Ƶ LIFE student. The scholarship was established to help defray the costs associated with attending �鶹��Ƶ LIFE, including tuition, fees, housing, textbooks, and related expenses.

George �鶹��Ƶ faculty are leading groundbreaking work in defense and security research, bringing deep expertise from across the university’s colleges, schools, and specialized centers to address some of the nation’s most pressing security challenges.

Y. Alicia Hong, a digital behavioral health interventionist, will support older adults in honing their digital technology skills. The program, through an interdisciplinary partnership, will pair youth and older adults to practice real-life AI scenarios.

Professor Aditya Johri from the Information Sciences and Technology Department recently returned from an impactful three-week mission to Aalto University in Finland as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program.

�鶹��Ƶ marks a defining moment today with the grand celebration of Fuse at �鶹��Ƶ Square, featuring the formal naming of the School of Computing in honor of philanthropists Kimmy Duong and Long Nguyen, the ribbon cutting of the new Energy Exploration (E2) Center, and interactive exhibits as part of George �鶹��Ƶ’s Grand Challenge Initiative.

From improving underserved communities’ care to supporting faculty research on women living with HIV, Janell Addo-Boateng, MPH ’25, gained hands-on experience in policy, evaluation, and communication.

Clinical nutrition researcher Raedeh Basiri studied the importance of choosing quality over quantity when it comes to sugar consumption and the potential benefits of daily mango consumption for those with prediabetes.

Northern Virginia and the Greater Washington Region is rapidly becoming one of the nation’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial destinations for investors and inventors, with �鶹��Ƶ’s investments and partnerships as a key driver.

Computer science and education are coming together to develop a virtual classroom for math education.

�鶹��Ƶ stands out as Virginia’s No. 1 public university for upward mobility in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2026, as Washington Monthly’s “Best Bang for the Buck” in the commonwealth, and as a top 50 public university nationally according to Forbes magazine.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences professors make the move to the Fuse benefit from new opportunities, such as collaborating with industry and government partners.