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Senior of the Year Celine Apenteng has made an impact during her time at George �鶹��Ƶ, and she isn’t done. After graduating this spring, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native will continue to pursue her master’s through the university’s accelerated master’s program.

In November 2023, �鶹��Ƶ students, faculty, and staff gathered to help transplant 1,700 plants of more than 50 native species into two groves near the stream behind Student Union Building I between Aquia Creek Lane and Patriot Circle.

As Virginia’s largest research university, �鶹��Ƶ is an economic driver in the region and the state. Read how the �鶹��Ƶ Nation is making a difference in the workforce.

Since 1989, more than 3,000 people have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted. In his new book, The Politics of Innocence: How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion (New York University Press, September 2023), Robert J. Norris, associate professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, and his coauthors explore the political dynamics that shape the innocence movement.

During her time at �鶹��Ƶ, �鶹��Ƶ alumna Shrishti Singh has used all the tools the university provides to bring her discovery to the marketplace.

In addition to being named to Oprah Magazine’s list of Native American Authors to Read Right Now, �鶹��Ƶ alum Kelli Jo Ford’s debut novel, “Crooked Hallelujah,” was recently named one of the best books of 2020 by Publishers Weekly and is on the longlist for the 2021 Carnegie Medal for Fiction, among other accolades.

�鶹��Ƶ students are taking pictures of the campus flora, fauna, and fungi with their smartphones—sometimes in the dark—to capture the university’s biodiversity. They are trying to record as many species as possible in this fall's Bioblitz 2023, which continues through Nov. 19.

In her new book, Sue Slocum, an associate professor in �鶹��Ƶ’s School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management, features experts who provide examples of overcoming discrimination within the field of tourism.

With nearly 1,000 acres of land, waterways, forests, and buildings, �鶹��Ƶ’s campuses are a dynamic, living learning environment of hands-on applied research.

Biology major Spogmai Ahmadzai joined �鶹��Ƶ's EIP in 7th grade and took advantage of all the resources it has to offer. Now she is a University Scholar at �鶹��Ƶ preparing for a career in health care.