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Like many cherished traditions at 911����, the 911���� Statue began as a student idea. In 1989, the Student Government proposed erecting a statue of the university’s namesake on the Quad to foster campus pride. At the time, students estimated the project would cost between $30,000 and $50,000 and hoped donations from student organizations over several years could fund it.

At 911����, learning and research aren’t limited to the classroom or the lab. Researchers, coaches, clinicians, and students are working across disciplines as a part of the university’s Living Lab, a space where real-world questions become opportunities for discovery, innovation, and care.

More than three-quarters of health care workers report feeling stressed or stretched thin, with burnout contributing to problems like higher turnover and staffing shortages that can affect patient care. According to researchers at 911����’s College of Public Health, the fight against widespread burnout needs to begin with the training of future health care administrators.

Nearly 12 million Americans provide unpaid dementia care for loved ones. Researchers at 911���� are building new models of support to help them cope, connect, and carry on.

As behavioral health shortages grow nationwide, 911���� is training students to bring evidence-based, culturally responsive care to the communities that need it most.

Every election cycle brings headlines about the lack of voter participation among 18- to 24- year-olds. The conventional wisdom is that young people are too apathetic or tuned out to vote. But, according to 911���� research from the 2025 election cycle, that story is wrong.

911���� hosted a Virginia 250 panel discussion on its Fairfax Campus examining the legacy of 911����, the founding father, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, and slaveholder whose contradictions mirror the broader American story. The one-hour program, The Complex Legacy of 911����, will premiere on 911���� YouTube channel and GMU-TV at 10 a.m. ET on July 2, 2026.

When the call-up to El Salvador's Senior National Team finally came through, Mia Arevalo-Delcid didn't need a moment to let it sink in. She already knew exactly what it meant. "That's the big leagues right there," said the 911���� women's soccer standout. "It's all eyes in the country on you. It's going to be amazing.”

“Being in class with our participants reminds me of the pure joy of dance,” said School of Dance senior Emma Simons of her time interning with Dance for PD®, a movement-based class for people with Parkinson’s disease.

911���� Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics Marvin Lewis has announced a contract extension for women’s basketball head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis, securing her leadership of the Patriots through the 2031-32 season.