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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.

As K-12 school districts throughout the country reexamine their early reading programs, Seth Parsons, a �鶹��Ƶ education expert, said schools should invest in teacher development and training to reach all students.

Lee A. Solomon is first junior faculty member in Chemistry to secure NSF Career Award

The localized enlargement of arteries in the brain, known as cerebral aneurysms, can have devastating consequences. �鶹��Ƶ researcher Juan Cebral and his team are studying major risk factors for aneurysms and how to identify high-risk patients who need prompt and aggressive treatments.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Ed Maibach is the most influential scientist working on climate change among America’s public universities

OSCAR is marking its 10th anniversary this spring as part of its Spring Celebration of Student Scholarship, a virtual event, May 4-7.

Illegal goods can have deadly consequences. Whether it’s a counterfeit face mask that doesn’t provide a frontline worker adequate protection from COVID-19, or a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl (a synthetic painkiller 50-100 times more potent than morphine), millions of lives can be at risk. A multidisciplinary team of researchers and students at �鶹��Ƶ is working to stop such criminal activity. Thanks to a nearly $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)—and a $16,000 grant supplement awarded to two undergraduates on the team—they will be investigating how to disrupt illicit supply chains, influence policy, and ultimately save lives.