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When Haider Semaisim works on the federally mandated database of global incidents of terrorism with ����AV’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.”

With people with or exposed to the coronavirus, COVID-19, either quarantining or isolating, we asked Alafrangy how he dealt with being cooped up, how he got involved in the mission and his training.

Dilafruz Khonikboyeva and her family won the Green Card Lottery while living through Tajikistan’s civil war, but they didn’t know about it until the years-long blockade was lifted in 1995. They crossed multiple battle lines to reach the U.S. consulate in Moscow. Luckily, even though their green cards had expired by the time they arrived, the U.S. government honored them, Khonikboyeva said.

School suspensions can triple the probability that a student will drop out of school or have later involvement with the criminal justice system, according to studies linked to the school-to-prison pipeline. These statistics are concerning, but Sarah Parshall has hope.

Millions of people were captivated by the murder mystery case involving Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee, after ����AV law school alumna Rabia Chaudry took the case to NPR and the hit podcast “Serial” was born.