News Topic: Nation & World Archive

Real world experience

Cory Rahman ('16) embraced the opportunity to aid mine action organizations in Vietnam with using GIS technology.

Making a safer world

CISR director Ken Rutherford shares some reflections on the center's two decades of work to improve lives around the globe.

Outbreak

Contagion, the latest case study in ethical reasoning from the Madison Collaborative, asks JMU freshmen to decide which groups should receive a life-saving vaccine

Matters of state

In her work for the State Department, Emma Atkinson ('09) has managed conventional weapons destruction programs around the globe.

Truth teller

CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta ('93) discusses the Obama presidency, the American political landscape, Cuba and the state of journalism

JMU alumni better off than most according to Gallup

JMU alumni are significantly better off than most according to research conducted by Gallup, the global research and strategic consulting firm.

6,865 flags on JMU Quad to serve as memorial this Veterans Day

JMU will recognize veterans of the armed forces, in particular those 6,865 veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Global War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan

JMU ranked 'right choice' by students; also scores high in student engagement

When asked if they would do it all over again, that is, choose to attend JMU

Evolution versus Revolution

Guest experts Josh Zive and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross debated whether or not the government needs to undergo radical change to combat terrorism in the second Madison Vision Series presentation of the 2016-17 school year.

A force for transformation

Couple's leap of faith inspired a dream they couldn't ignore