Schar School News December 2021

A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds that most Americans are skeptical over whether several Internet giants will responsibly handle their personal information and data about their online activity, and an overwhelming majority think that tech companies don’t provide people with enough control over how their activities are tracked and used. According to the survey, 72 percent of Internet users trust Facebook “not much” or “not at all” to responsibly handle their personal information and data on their Internet activity.

Freshman Daksha Magesh traveled 3,000 miles with an impressive pre-college resume to come to the Schar School. “I know I made the right choice,” she tells us.

A new course taught on Capitol Hill aims to instruct students on how Capitol Hill truly operates.

Some freshmen students are inspired to do more than classwork. Zayd Hamid says he is here to help fellow students. Find out how and why.

After witnessing a violent revolution in Cairo, Nardine Mosaad is now earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree at the same time at the Schar School. What’s she studying? Government, of course.

The fourth Schar School Regional Elected Leaders Initiative (RELI) capped off the year with an in-person dinner on the Arlington Campus after hosting the ceremony online last year.

A discussion among practitioners in Virginia’s criminal justice system about major reforms is long overdue. So we had one.

A PhD candidate is named a “40 Under 40” Middle East scholar to watch. Jon Hoffman is 26. He can make the list for another 14 years.

A Q&A with a Schar School freshman from Oregon who is interning on Capitol Hill. Meet Molly Izer.