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Â鶹ÊÓƵ history PhD candidate Jayme Kurland is living her dream this academic year as the Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

How likely are humans to trust a robot, especially if that robot has the capacity to lie? This is the question Â鶹ÊÓƵ psychology doctoral candidate Andres Rosero is exploring in his research on human-robot interaction.

Students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Film and Video Studies Program collaborated in the classroom to create films that earned them their first Capital Emmy Student Production Awards. These awards, sponsored by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, recognize outstanding achievement in video production in the region.

Faced with the challenge of finding affordable clothes for teaching internships, the EDSE Council developed a new resource: a teacher clothing closet for any student who needs it.

In January, renowned author, animal scientist, and autism advocate Temple Grandin came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Fairfax Campus for a series of talks and Q&A sessions.

The intersection of art and technology has long been a space for innovation, creativity, and exploration. At George Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Â鶹ÊÓƵ Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) located within the College of Engineering and Computing, this connection has taken center stage with the Integrating Art and Tech Project.

National Security leader Stu Shea inspires students to imagine their futures as the inaugural Honors College Executive-in-Residence.

A crisis simulation game, hosted by the Center for Security Policy Studies at the Schar School, trains students to anticipate the next international emergency.

Before completing his degree from the College of Education and Human Development, Sami Saghir was working with the Cirque du Soleil ECHO show.

During the fall 2024 semester, Â鶹ÊÓƵ students had the opportunity to apply their classroom curriculum to a real-world museum environment. The students, led by art history professor Robert DeCaroli, worked directly with objects in the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art as part of the ARTH 495/595 Curating an Exhibit course.

João Felipe Sousa Pereira’s research on solar flares could one day help us safeguard astronauts and technology in space and even prevent widespread blackouts here on Earth. Pereira, a second-year Physics PhD student at George Â鶹ÊÓƵ, is studying solar physics with the goal of uncovering the precise triggers of solar flares. 

Students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Competitive Cybersecurity (MCC) club have dominated in multiple national competitions. The team got 1st place in the 2024 VMI CyberFusion and 2nd place in the 2024 Spring National Cyber League. Next, the students will be competing in the inaugural DistrictCon Hacker Conference on February 21-22.