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New research into identity verification from �鶹��Ƶ may put your security directly in the palm of your (sweaty) hand.

The new Virginia Climate Center (VCC) at �鶹��Ƶ 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.

Can wearable tech resolve the crisis of underemployment among neurodiverse individuals? A multidisciplinary �鶹��Ƶ research team is about to embark on a major study to find out.

A team of �鶹��Ƶ scientists, led by principal investigator Peter Becker, has received a federal grant of more than $13 million to work with the U.S. Navy to study electronic communications disruptions caused by increased solar activity that could potentially cause an “internet apocalypse.”

College of Public Health students learn about the emerging field of equine assisted psychotherapy (EAP) in associate clinical professor Vicki Kirsch’s advanced Trauma and Recovery course.

Whether it is pressing deadlines, overwork, or employees feeling they are not being supported, anger in a work environment can be unavoidable. Over time, the anger and frustration can compound, causing anger to spread through the entire team or organization, creating what �鶹��Ƶ expert Mandy O’Neill calls a “culture of anger.”

At a time when policing in the United States is facing major challenges, �鶹��Ƶ’s Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy is beginning a first-of-its-kind multi-method longitudinal study of a cohort of police officers to understand how officers progress through their law enforcement careers.

This promising preliminary research comes from a new pilot study by Bethany Cieslowski, Associate Professor of Nursing in �鶹��Ƶ’s College of Public Health.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM), the Fairfax City’s Office of Historic Resources, and the Brandy Station Foundation recently received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation and Access, to support their digital archive project.

Researcher Elizabeth “Beth” Phillips is working with collaborators from labs around the country to answer these pressing questions about artificial intelligence and robotics in her role as the principal investigator of �鶹��Ƶ's Applied Psychology and Autonomous System Lab.