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The Inclusive Teaching and Curriculum Initiative seeks to foster a more welcoming atmosphere for all students

For Areeba Qureshi and Aiza Asam, president and vice president, respectively, of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s student organization STEMinists, their mission statement is clear.

A 1992 Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gazette story about the hatching of the very first Komodo dragons born in captivity outside of Indonesia.

In 1992, after incubating for 220 days in Robinson Hall on the Fairfax Campus, the very first Komodo dragon born in captivity outside of Indonesia hatched.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center community project in Prince William County garners EPA award for two high school students.

The summer program, co-sponsored by Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSEC) and the nonprofit Potomac Quantum Innovation Center, brought together rising high school seniors from around the region to learn about quantum and STEM-related careers from researchers at leading universities and in the industry.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's College of Engineering and Computing partnered with the College of Science to provide weekends filled with fun activities for students – rooted in STEM learning.

In 2007, Â鶹ÊÓƵ chemistry professor Abul Hussam won the $1 million Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability Gold Award from the National Academy of Engineering for his inexpensive water filtration system designed to remove arsenic from drinking water in his native Bangladesh.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Padmanabhan Seshaiyer was recently named the winner of the 2022 Inclusivity Award presented by the Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).

Bees see the world in vibrant color…but that may be changing. Smithsonian-Â鶹ÊÓƵ team researches the impact with bee vision.