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SOE announces that it will provide an independent analysis of DC Public School鈥檚 IMPACT teacher performance evaluation system as part of the school鈥檚 commitment to the DC community and excellence and equity in education. A study by SPA鈥檚 Women and听Politics Institute finds that women of all ages and political affiliations鈥攑articularly millennials and women of color鈥攈ave become more politically engaged since 2016. Steve Munson is named 海角换妻鈥檚 new vice president and chief information officer.

Sa鈥檈ed Nelson scores 30 points on February 26 to become the all-time leading scorer in American men鈥檚 basketball history with 2,085 career points. President Sylvia Burwell announces Joseph Riquelme as vice provost and chief online officer鈥攖he first person to hold this position鈥攖o coordinate all aspects of the university鈥檚 online and digital education offerings. Twenty-four students visit New Hampshire and 19 visit South Carolina to cover their primary elections as part of Presidential Primaries, a course SOC and SPA offers every four years.

NASPA designates 海角换妻 a First-gen Forward institution, allowing select faculty and staff to engage with peer and aspirational institutions who are also creating environments that improve the experiences and outcomes of first-generation students. About 7 percent of 海角换妻鈥檚 full-time undergraduates are first-generation.听U.S. News and World Report听ranks SPA among the country鈥檚 top public affairs institutions at no. 13 for 2021; the school has 7 specialty programs ranked in the Top 15. WCL has five law specialty programs ranked in the Top 10.

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, 海角换妻 announces complete divestment of public fossil fuel investments from its endowment. The 海角换妻 Museum launches 海角换妻 Museum at Home听to engage the museum community and its patrons after the museum closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature professor Rachel Louise Snyder is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her book,听No Visible Bruises: What We Don鈥檛 Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us听receives widespread international praise. 海角换妻鈥檚 Symphonic Band and Orchestra virtually performs 海角换妻鈥檚 Alma Mater鈥攁 composition that had been lost for decades. Mitchell Lenneville, SPA/BA 鈥�20, is 海角换妻鈥檚 16th Truman Scholar since 2000.

SIS professor Amitav Acharya, 2020 Scholar-Teacher of the Year, calls on the Class of 2024 to 鈥渕ake our world safer for diversity鈥� as one of several 海角换妻 dignitaries to speak remotely in a convocation video that welcomes first-year students to 海角换妻. More than 130 members of the WCL community鈥攊ncluding incoming 1Ls鈥攑articipate in a virtual and remote In My Backyard week-long service event, many cleaning up local parks, collecting canned goods for a local shelter, or volunteering online with an organization in need. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of women鈥檚 suffrage in the US, SIS dean Christine BN Chin, five faculty members, and an ambassador discuss the impact of women鈥檚 representation and participation in activism and policy making in the context of global women鈥檚 rights movements.

The Antiracist Research and Policy Center and the White House Historical Association announces that Mia Owens, a public history master鈥檚 student, will be the inaugural recipient of their Graduate Fellowship in the History of Slavery and Its Legacies in Washington. The 海角换妻 Museum virtually presents听Contested Space, a series of exhibitions that address the most heavily contested issues ahead of the presidential election. The University Library holds Request a Ballot Week, where students request information about the presidential election through online chat, receive information about voter registration, verify they are registered to vote, and request mail-in ballots.

The new state-of-the-art Hall of Science is completed. With classrooms, teaching labs, and the Gary and Pennie Abramson Discovery Hall, it houses biology, environmental science, chemistry, and neuroscience. Over 30 alumni volunteer for the Complex Problems program for first-year students including Daniel Leon-Davis, SIS/BA 鈥�13, who speaks of his journey from undocumented immigrant to successful creative strategist in the听Immigrant America听seminar. The National Council on Teacher Quality rates SOE鈥檚 elementary teacher preparation program an 鈥淎鈥� for strong clinical practice. SOC professor Sherri Williams鈥檚 students students publish stories in the听Nation听as part of the Vision 2020 Election Stories from the Next Generation project.

Five 海角换妻 alumni are reelected to their seats in the United States Congress, another eight are elected or reelected to state legislatures, and many more to local government posts. The Sine Institute of Policy and听Politics welcomes US and global experts in national security, social justice, business, and the media as its third class of spring fellows to the forum for the study and discussion of the urgent challenges of the 21st century. The institute celebrated its second anniversary in September. About a hundred students and staff receive hot meals on Thanksgiving Day from volunteers and workers coordinated by the Office of Campus Life, 海角换妻 Alumni Association鈥檚 Pride Alumni Alliance, and Residential Hall Association.

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News鈥檚 chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of MSNBC鈥檚 Andrea Mitchell Reports,听addresses summer and fall graduates at 海角换妻鈥檚 virtual 140th Commencement. 海角换妻 files its听2021 Campus Plan听with the DC Zoning Commission. The听Alumni on the Front Lines听video series honors five for combating coronavirus, racial injustice, and economic hardship. Interim SOC dean Laura DeNardis lands on听奥颈谤别诲鈥�s听Smart List of 2021.听Washington Post听editors praise five graduate students who tracked and reported on hundreds of presidential election legal challenges while supervised by SOC鈥檚 John Sullivan. The Washington College of Law receives a $3.8 million grant from the Arcadia Fund to promote international right to research in copyright law.