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The Zeineb Mrad Bouali Tenacity and Perseverance Award honors students who have had to pause their educational goals and are now hoping to return to complete their degrees.

Navy veteran Becca Simon says coming to �鶹��Ƶ and her experience as a student in the College of Public Health Department of Social Work has been life-changing.

�鶹��Ƶ students recently gathered with leaders in business, government, and the nonprofit sector at Fuse at �鶹��Ƶ Square for an evening of mixing, mingling, and making connections. The annual Movers and Shakers Mixer introduces George �鶹��Ƶ undergraduate and graduate students to professionals in a variety of career fields.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Fuse at �鶹��Ƶ Square was among the projects cited when Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate received national recognition for industry leadership and sustainable development.

More than 60 Master of Public Administration students attended the 28th Local Government Night to listen to county leaders—many of them graduates from the same MPA program—discuss their careers. Read what they said.

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Accelerator (CCI+A) program is a jam-packed, five-month innovation program that’s fueling cybersecurity entrepreneurship across Virginia. It’s teaching professors and start-ups what it takes to bring technology to market, including how to pitch to a panel of investors and industry leaders.

Research by George �鶹��Ƶ digital technology expert Y. Alicia Hong and obesity expert Larry Cheskin, big data expert Hong Xue, and MS Health Informatics graduate Jo-Vivian Yu found that the eating environments of college students affect their food intake.

An open house at Fuse at �鶹��Ƶ Square offered an exciting glimpse into the future for �鶹��Ƶ’s ACCESS Academy, complete with robotics demonstrations and hands-on technology experiences. Behind the buzz and energy was a deeper message: Through a collaborative partnership with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), ACCESS Academy freshmen will take their first college course this spring, an opportunity rarely available to ninth-grade students.

With the global rise of Korean culture—from K-pop and film to food and language—�鶹��Ƶ’s �鶹��Ƶ Korea campus recently launched the Center for Korean Culture and Society (CKCS), its first independently operating research center.

Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) reaccreditation is granted to nutrition education programs that continually prove to be of the highest academic and professional training quality.

Friday, November 14 at the Center for the Arts, the concert features a partnership between �鶹��Ƶ and Legal Services of Northern Virginia with a special guest appearance by George �鶹��Ƶ President Gregory Washington.

When �鶹��Ƶ English professor Eric Gary Anderson steps into the classroom to teach ENGL 419 Popular Horror, he’s not just talking about things that go bump in the night—he and his students are exploring what makes people seek out horror in the first place.