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An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a community’s mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.

For Areeba Qureshi and Aiza Asam, president and vice president, respectively, of the �鶹��Ƶ’s student organization STEMinists, their mission statement is clear.

While most students were taking a break from their studies this summer, the student managers of Patriot Real Estate Funds raised $1.25 million for the second student-managed real estate investment fund at �鶹��Ƶ. The Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship (CREE) at the School of Business established the initial student-managed real estate investment fund in 2018 to provide students of the Masters in Real Estate Development (MRED) program  a unique experiential learning opportunity. With real money raised from outside investors, this is one of only a few similar programs offered at universities across the country, and allows students the chance to study, recommend, and manage investments in commercial real estate properties in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.

�鶹��Ƶ has been recognized as a “five-star premier campus” by Campus Pride Index, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to creating safer LGBTQ-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. It is the only Virginia university to earn this recognition and the only public university in the state included in Campus Pride's "Best of the Best" list of 40 LGBTQ-friendly universities.

�鶹��Ƶ really wasn't on the radar for University Scholar Charly Dutton until she took a campus tour.

For Sophia Nguyen and Celine Apenteng, �鶹��Ƶ’s new student body president and vice president, respectively, accountability to their fellow students is paramount.

Ajay Vinzé, the new dean of �鶹��Ƶ’s School of Business, recently sat down for an interview, discussing his vision for the school, his background, his thoughts on education and his Instagram account for his dog. He joined �鶹��Ƶ July 1.

This fall �鶹��Ƶ welcomes the largest (about 4,200) and most diverse freshman class in its history.

After two years of offering the festival virtually, Fall for the Book is thrilled to be back with both in-person and online events October 11-15 for its 24th year.

This summer �鶹��Ƶ seniors Mirella Guzman-Escobar and Jacques Lykes are interning in the office of the House Creative Services, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at the U.S. House of Representatives.

Incoming University Scholar Dayana Cespedes-Mendoza has been familiar with �鶹��Ƶ for more than five years through her participation in �鶹��Ƶ’s Early Identification Program (EIP) for first-generation college-bound students, which she joined as an eighth grader.

�鶹��Ƶ incoming freshmen Jacie Hernandez, Linh Vu, and Neyda Gonzalez spent six weeks on campus this summer as a part of the Student Transition Empowerment Program (STEP)