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�鶹��Ƶ, the largest public research university in Virginia, has a strong tradition of conducting research of consequence, from our pioneering work in cybersecurity to developing new ways of testing for COVID-19.

Comfort Ohajunwa, a rising senior at The Governor’s School @ Innovation Park on �鶹��Ƶ’s Science and Technology Campus, first gained exposure to research through membership in �鶹��Ƶ’s Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP) in the summer of 2020.

Two research professors at �鶹��Ƶ, in collaboration with global partners, have discovered the same protein biomarkers in the saliva of youth and collegiate athletes who have experienced concussive and sub-concussive impacts.

Andre Marshall joins �鶹��Ƶ as its new vice president for research, innovation and economic development and president of the �鶹��Ƶ Research Foundation on July 1.

The final round of �鶹��Ƶ’s fifth annual Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition was held virtually on April 9. From this year’s 13 finalists, the judges chose three first-place winners and three second-place winners.

This year, billions of Brood X cicadas emerged in the United States and generated quite a buzz, according to environmental experts. They also prompted questions about whether they are safe to eat, and who would want to eat them.

Lincoln Mullen is taking a divine approach to computational research with a grant from the Library of Congress. The award will advance the work of America’s Public Bible, which explores how American newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries used the Bible.

�鶹��Ƶ is well represented among the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Can enemy groups learn to develop compassion for one another? That was the question Carter School professor Daniel Rothbart set out to answer in his research at Rondine, a two-year “laboratory for peace.” Now, the results are in. “This is the first in-depth case study of compassion among civilians who live in conflict zones,” said Rothbart, who collaborated with �鶹��Ƶ professors Thalia Goldstein, Marc Gopin and Karina Korostelina. “We hope this is a model that can help create new practices for peacebuilders to cultivate compassion.”

�鶹��Ƶ researchers are collaborating with Fairfax County on an autonomous shuttle program that is the first of its kind in Virginia.