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Ghazal Khammash may not know exactly what she wants to do with her law degree yet, but she’s still ahead of the curve. As the first student enrolled in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 3+3 Accelerated Program, which allows students to earn both their undergraduate degree and law degree in six years instead of seven, she’s saving a year’s worth of time and tuition.

Denied from congressional internships, Joseph Fernando felt he was hitting a brick wall that would halt his dream of making a difference on the Hill. But when he transferred to Â鶹ÊÓƵ from Virginia Tech, the opportunities he encountered and the skills he honed equipped him to be accepted to all three internships he applied for next—including two Senate internships and one at End Citizens United.

Just one year after earning his master’s degree from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Schar School of Policy and Government, Chris Stockwell, MA Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics ’17, is flying high as senior manager of partnerships at Bird—the shared scooter company that’s been making waves in headlines across the nation.

Last August, Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty and students participated in a series of virtual simulations of school shooter incidents as part of an effort to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and MITRE Corp. determine best practices for school safety.

This spring, Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior Elizabeth Cheang landed an internship that provided her with a unique opportunity to research COVID-19 cases and use public data sets to discover virus hot spots in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Playing football for University of Notre Dame was something Steve Elmer said he could only dream of when he was younger. His talent combined with a scholarship had him playing on the field with a golden helmet as freshman. He became one of the team’s most experienced offensive linemen, having 30 starts to his name.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadets fly to Marine Corps Base Quantico to complete a simulated military mission.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is offering two COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week for students on Wednesday, April 21 and Friday, April 23.

Nine Â鶹ÊÓƵ teams are participating in PitchFest, the TiE DC chapter’s region-wide pitch competition for university students.

With the guidance of LaNitra Berger, senior director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Office of Fellowships, and thanks to a happenstance meeting between them, Soraya Ngarnim and Chanel Grice are fulfilling their dreams.

Growing up in the slums of Cameroon, Joseph Sany said he witnessed urban violence and police oppression regularly. He heard about genocide in Rwanda, and he saw more violence firsthand when he worked with NGOs and visited countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone during civil war.