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When Haider Semaisim works on the federally mandated database of global incidents of terrorism with ������’s Schar School of Policy and Government, he does so with pride. It is not only an educational and professional endeavor, he said. “It’s personal.”

To defend against terrorism, you have to understand it. Thanks to more than a dozen students, alumni and faculty at ������ working on a digital terrorism database, everyone from policy makers to researchers around the world will be a step closer to that goal.

More than 70 graduate and professional students from 14 different majors received advice and practice in networking at a recent event on ������’s Arlington Campus.

For 21 straight nights, graduating senior Yasser Aburdene spent his evenings protesting in front of the Bolivian Embassy in Washington, D.C., fighting for democracy in the midst of a controversial election victory by Evo Morales. He had no idea his advocacy would land him in the spotlight at one of the most historic sites for human rights.