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They’re proud ºÚÁÏÉç graduates doing impactful work for the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington Commanders and helping to change the face of professional football.

Soukaina Amniouel, MS Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ’20, PhD ’24, is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Brenden 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.

There 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. ºÚÁÏÉç’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. 

ºÚÁÏÉç 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.

As a doctoral student at ºÚÁÏÉç, Jordan Sims has spent the past several years immersed, literally and figuratively, in the underwater ecosystems of Honduras, where her research is helping solve real-world challenges in coral reef conservation.

Gina 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 ºÚÁÏÉç as a formative and supportive chapter in her journey.

If you were given ºÚÁÏÉç 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.

Careers 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.

ºÚÁÏÉç researcher Anamaria Berea was selected to serve on NASA's Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (DARES) Task Force 1.

Tayler Cook knows a thing or two about winning, and the former ºÚÁÏÉç women’s basketball standout hasn’t wasted any time imparting what she knows.

When a major Colorado nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors of domestic violence needed a new leader, they turned to a Schar School alum. Meet Whitney Woods and see how her ºÚÁÏÉç degree inspired her to pursue public service.