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November 19, 2024This year, College of Public Health professor James (Jim) Metcalf joined some very rare company, becoming the fourth Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty member to mark 50 years of service.
November 30, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Patriot Pantry, in cooperation with the Capital Area Food Bank, is delivering groceries to food-insecure Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and their families.
November 8, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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.
November 6, 2023An event on Nov. 3 at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Square campus celebrated the "topping out" of the Fuse building, meaning the structural frame of the building is complete.
October 30, 2023On Friday, Oct. 27, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Department of Psychology hosted a grand opening of its new facility for the Center for Community Mental Health and Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health, two centers whose research and community services are deeply connected to strengthening our communities.
October 24, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ announced the first series of direct admissions partnerships with eight Northern Virginia high schools. The goal of the pilot is to directly reach students who are academically eligible to Â鶹ÊÓƵ but may be experiencing challenges in pursuing higher education.
October 18, 2023Collaboration between colleges has led to the creation of a unique autonomous surface water vehicle, collecting samples and reducing manual labor for researchers.
October 16, 2023New research into identity verification from Â鶹ÊÓƵ may put your security directly in the palm of your (sweaty) hand.
October 12, 2023The new Virginia Climate Center (VCC) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ is leading research on tackling climate-related challenges, such as energy, vector-borne illnesses, and extreme weather and flooding in Northern Virginia and throughout the commonwealth.
October 11, 2023Can wearable tech resolve the crisis of underemployment among neurodiverse individuals? A multidisciplinary Â鶹ÊÓƵ research team is about to embark on a major study to find out.