August 21, 2025A project led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ professor Arthur Romano is working to prevent gun violence in Baltimore through proactive peacebuilding initiatives.
August 6, 2025They’re proud Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduates doing impactful work for the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington Commanders and helping to change the face of professional football.
August 5, 2025Soukaina Amniouel, MS Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ’20, PhD ’24, is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
July 29, 2025Brenden Powers, BS Recreation Management ’23, isn’t one to shy away from an adventure. As the indoor recreation supervisor for Anchorage Parks and Recreation in Alaska, he’s found himself thousands of miles from Northern Virginia—but right where he belongs.
July 28, 2025There are currently more than 80,000 unaccounted-for service members from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf War, and other conflicts. Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s ongoing collaboration with the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is exploring new ways of locating the missing remains of those American service members and bringing closure to their families. 
July 25, 2025Â鶹ÊÓƵ alum Dave Alpern is the president of the organization Joe Gibbs Racing and recently made a cameo appearance in the Netflix series, NASCAR: Full Speed, which documents NASCAR teams as work as they race to win the NASCAR Cup Series.
July 23, 2025Gina S. Brown, PhD, MSA, RN, FAAN (PhD Nursing ’99), has made history as the first woman to become president of Oakwood University. Recognized nationally as a leader in nursing and education, Brown brings extensive experience revitalizing academic institutions and fostering community engagement. She credits her time at Â鶹ÊÓƵ as a formative and supportive chapter in her journey.
July 18, 2025If you were given Â鶹ÊÓƵ branded gear of any sort since 2006—from hoodies and tees to Hawaiian shirts and bucket hats—chances are good that Mike Ickowitz, BA Communication ’03, had something to do with creating it.
July 17, 2025Careers in space policy are lifting off. Aerospace veteran and Schar School graduate Hina Kazmi introduces a new course in space policy that takes graduate degrees to an elevated level in a burgeoning field of study.
July 15, 2025Tayler Cook knows a thing or two about winning, and the former Â鶹ÊÓƵ women’s basketball standout hasn’t wasted any time imparting what she knows.
