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Junior Dominique Dowling has been working to enact social change since high school. She joined the GMU NAACP chapter in her second year at �鶹��Ƶ, and now she is the group’s vice president. Through the chapter, she has been involved in numerous panels and committees, which inspired her to do more anti-racism work on campus.“Being part of the NAACP has exposed me to different initiatives and people who have been doing this work for years,” said the integrative studies major. “It made me realize that anti-racism work requires an ongoing dedication because there is always work to be done.”

�鶹��Ƶ's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Evening of Reflection event on Thursday included a discussion between President Gregory Washington and a student panel about the opportunities they have to make changes to improve social justice and equity. Spirit of King award winners were also announced.

�鶹��Ƶ scientists employ a rapid-result, saliva-based test that significantly expands testing capacity, and an antibody test that can track vaccine response.

�鶹��Ƶ is collaborating with Amazon and the Maryland Chamber Foundation to provide local teachers with computer science externships and education in a pilot program to begin this summer.

�鶹��Ƶ has two online graduate programs ranked first in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report, leading the state in curriculum and instruction and accounting.

Saskia Popescu has been a go-to consultant for hospitals and the World Health Organization, helping to control infections and prepare for new outbreaks.

On Wednesday, �鶹��Ƶ alumna Ariana Freeman spent the day inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda covering her first presidential inauguration as a broadcast associate for CBS Evening News.

MLK Evening of Reflection

�鶹��Ƶ is welcoming students back to campus on January 25 for the start of the Spring semester.

President Biden is expected to immediately return the U.S. to the Paris Agreement.