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This fall, 25 students in �鶹��Ƶ’s Honors College enrolled in a class focusing on the changing status of men in American history.

Conjuring Presence is an exhibition of visual art and poetry featuring �鶹��Ƶ students, faculty, and alumni at the Fenwick Gallery in Fenwick Library on the Fairfax Campus.

Most people with access to a 3D printer find themselves creating small objects or gadgets. But one student group working at the MIX at �鶹��Ƶ each Friday is driven by a different dream. “We build, design, test and plan to compete in solar-powered car competitions,” said Michael Riggi, president of �鶹��Ƶ’s solar car team, HyperNova Solar. “[We believe] our car, when complete, will be the world’s first and only 3D-printed solar car.”

The topic of “cancel culture” is not new in the public discourse, but �鶹��Ƶ communication professor Sergei A. Samoilenko believes he can take the discussion in a new direction.

Award-winning novelist Priyanka Champaneri is returning to the classroom this week as part of �鶹��Ƶ’s Visiting Writers Series.

first group of Kindness Ambassadors gathered Monday, Nov. 8, to be recognized for their commitment to spreading compassion and hope.

�鶹��Ƶ’s School of Dance students are excited to be back performing before a live audience as they present “Fall: New Dances" on Nov. 12–13 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on �鶹��Ƶ’s SciTech Campus.

�鶹��Ƶ doctoral students LeNaya Crandall Hezel and Lt. Col. Michelle Ruehl are part of the 2021 class of Tillman Scholars, named in honor of Pat Tillman, the former NFL star who was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 while serving with the U.S. Army Rangers.

In recognition of the National First-Generation College Celebration on Nov. 8, �鶹��Ƶ celebrates the successes of its first-generation students and alumni.

Isidore Nsengiyumva, only four years old at the time, was in the fields with his father and older brother in Burundi, when suddenly they heard the sound of motors and guns. Troops involved in the country’s civil war attacked their village, and rapidly, their lives were changed. “We hid in a bush, and when the noise of the guns and fighting subsided, we went back and found our home burned,” Nsengiyumva said. “That’s when my dad decided it was no longer safe.”

A science-fiction and espionage romance writer—who is also a Schar School PhD student in the biodefense program—reveals her true identity.