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On Oct. 26, ArtsFairfax honored the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at �鶹��Ƶ with its Education Award for providing exceptional arts education and opportunities to the community.

Distinguished University Professor Faye Taxman and PhD Criminology student C.J. Appleton are being honored by the American Society for Criminologists at its annual meeting for their work contributing to justice and the treatment or prevention of criminal behavior.

On Friday, Oct. 27, �鶹��Ƶ’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.

The annual Campus Legends and Lore Walking Tour takes the �鶹��Ƶ community on a spooky stroll around Fairfax Campus with an educational twist.

Author Rachel Heng has won the sixth annual New American Voices Award for her novel The Great Reclamation. She accepted the award at a ceremony at �鶹��Ƶ’s Center for the Arts during 25th annual Fall for the Book festival.

When his 11-year-old daughter started showing interest in college, first-year student Jimmy Stewart saw an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of higher education by finally getting his bachelor’s degree.

As far back as her sophomore year in high school, �鶹��Ƶ student-athlete Ewelna Gacek knew she wanted a career in law enforcement.

�鶹��Ƶ anthropologist Jamie Clark and two undergraduate students spent part of the summer on an archaeological expedition in Sefunim Cave, Israel.  

The National Science Foundation awarded �鶹��Ƶ professor Chrystal George Mwangi and colleagues a combined $2.3 million to advance collaborations for equity in marine and climate sciences.

“IndigenoUS Northern Virginia” brings an interdisciplinary approach to increase knowledge and discussion of indigeneity, present and past, in our region.