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In January, Nikyatu Jusu, assistant professor of directing and screenwriting in �鶹��Ƶ’s Film and Video Studies Program, had her first feature film, “Nanny,” premier at the Sundance Film Festival, where she was awarded the Grand Jury Prize.

Amarda Shehu, a professor in the department of computer science in the College of Engineering and Computing, is an inaugural founding co-director of the Center for Advancing Human-Machine Partnerships (CAHMP). She begins her new role with IDIA on May 25.

On Nov. 24, 1985, �鶹��Ƶ women's soccer defeated North Carolina 2-0 to claim the first-ever NCAA National Championship at �鶹��Ƶ.

Road salt has been touted as a lifesaver when it comes to combatting icy roads. Yet using this snow-melting mineral has a dark side once it enters waterways. Graduating senior Maggie Walker, through the Smithsonian-�鶹��Ƶ School of Conservation (SMSC), is gathering data at local streams to influence change.

As a part of �鶹��Ƶ’s 50th Anniversary celebration this year, the University Libraries’ Special Collection Research Center (SCRC) is sharing some documents, artifacts, and photography from the archives in its new exhibition “We Are �鶹��Ƶ: A Student History.”

�鶹��Ƶ passed an important step in the process of reaffirming its accreditation, when the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) found the university to be in compliance with its 72 standards of accreditation.

�鶹��Ƶ’s 50th anniversary celebration continued Friday, with the official unveiling of a project designed to transform its Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, Virginia.

For the past decade, �鶹��Ƶ alum Germán Perilla, cofounder and director of the Honey Bee Initiative, has led �鶹��Ƶ’s honey bee efforts.

This spring a small team of �鶹��Ƶ students used the Patriot Green Fund to enhance the diversity of the university’s Honey Bee Pollinator Garden. This garden, which sits outside of Roberts House on the �鶹��Ƶ’s Fairfax Campus, serves as a biodiverse pollinator haven for the bees currently residing nearby in one of the Honey Bee Initiative’s apiaries.

Sponsored by the Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) and the Business for a Better World Center, the 17 Rooms-U produced dozens of ideas, some of which were combined during follow-up conversations. Groups championing those ideas are now receiving up to $5,000 in seed money to implement their sustainability plans.