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We will open as planned on January 3, and the spring semester will begin as planned on January 24. We will require all faculty, staff, and students to obtain a booster shot as soon as they are able, and provide proof of the booster to �鶹��Ƶ. And we will continue our indoor masking, testing, and �鶹��Ƶ COVID Health Check requirements.

�鶹��Ƶ Professor Thomas Lovejoy, one of the world’s leading conservation biologists, died Saturday, December 25. He was 80 years old. Often referred to as the “godfather of biodiversity,” Lovejoy enjoyed a career that spanned more than 50 years, carrying him all over the globe as a conservation champion.

�鶹��Ƶ alumni and friends gathered at the Fairfax Campus on Tuesday evening, Oct. 19, to celebrate the impending Investiture of �鶹��Ƶ’s eight president, Dr. Gregory Washington.

�鶹��Ƶ senior Eva Noroski spent a month assisting alumna and Elephant Trails keeper Ashley Fortner at the National Zoo, researching elephant sleep patterns.

The �鶹��Ƶ community came together on the Fairfax Campus on Thursday to celebrate more than 4,600 graduates.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Leah Adams and Amarda Shehu were among 12 Virginia educators honored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) as 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award recipients, the council announced Thursday.

�鶹��Ƶ will honor more than 4,600 summer and fall graduates on Thursday, Dec. 16, in two Winter Graduation ceremonies at EagleBank Arena, marking �鶹��Ƶ’s first indoor graduation ceremonies in two years.

The Core Campus Project, which transformed the center of the Fairfax Campus, is wrapping up after five-plus years of planning and construction.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has not seen peace for more than three decades, but in November 2021, �鶹��Ƶ’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution helped the country take a leap in a hopeful direction.

In the province of South Kivu, the school gathered representatives from 21 armed groups, the Congolese government, military, police, intelligence services, religious leaders, civil society groups, and peace advocates. Not only did everyone discuss a path toward peacebuilding, but they also signed a peace accord to solidify it.