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Gov. Ralph Northam’s recent commitment to increase funding for Virginia’s behavioral health system is an important step in addressing the state’s mental health inequities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, said Keith Renshaw, psychology professor at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 4,000 of our students have a military affiliation through dependency, service or a spouse.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Michael Buschmann and his team have developed technology that could help make COVID-19 vaccines less costly, with fewer side-effects and more available.

The entire Â鶹ÊÓƵ community is being asked to upload their vaccination status by Aug. 1.

The Fairfax Campus will host a large-scale public safety training exercise Friday, July 30, with the FBI and other federal, regional and local public safety agencies .

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is joining the growing community of universities that require all students, faculty, and staff to get vaccinated, and to share verification of their vaccination status, in order to work, study, and live on campus.

Fairfax, Va.—Â鶹ÊÓƵ is pleased to announce that Dr. Sharnnia Artis has been named Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, effective September 1.

Artis currently serves as Assistant Dean of Access and Inclusion in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, one of the most diverse engineering programs in the nation.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam last month appointed a new member to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Visitors and reappointed three others. All will serve four-year terms on the 16-member body.