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![Portrait of Robert Kaplan](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/KaplanList.jpg)
Robert D. Kaplan will speak on the current geopolitical climate Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Cameron Hall.
![Maj. Jessica Libertini and Lt. Col. Paul Moosman '98 with Ross Schmeisser '18.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/QEPLibertini2017SH0021editedList.jpg)
Ross Schmeisser '18 and Chen Chun-Hao '18 did summer research to develop content for new math courses aimed at 4th Class cadets.
![A group of cadets stand before the Toledo, Spain, skyline.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/IMG_3650List.jpg)
Fourteen cadets experienced both a new culture and a new class this summer when they traveled to Madrid, Spain.
![Image of a new cadet signing the Matriculation Book](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/400x300.jpg)
More than 500 new cadets matriculated with the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2020 this morning. At 506 cadets, the class is the third largest entering class.
![Marshall Legacy Series Flyers](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/MarshallLegacyList.jpg)
The recent conclusion of the George C. Marshall papers project after nearly 40 years of work has left the Marshall Foundation at a transitional point, looking to move with confidence into the future while ensuring the past stays relevant.
![Rob Havers holding Vol. 7 of the Marshall papers](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/Rob-Havers-and-Vol.-7.jpg)
On June 23, the George C. Marshall Foundation celebrated an accomplishment nearly four decades in the making: the publication of the seventh and final volume of "The Papers of George Catlett Marshall."
![Image of new cadet company formed up in Cameron Hall](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/WelcomeAndMarchIn2016HLM0251.jpg)
Virginia Military Institute will again provide a live webcast of the Matriculation Day welcome ceremony this Saturday, Aug. 20, at 2 p.m. at www.vmi.edu/livestream.
![Samantha Alexander sitting at her desk](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/ShepherdTN.jpg)
Five cadets complete poverty-focused internships through the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty.
![Cadets work alongside Bolivian Villagers to construct eco latrines.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/IMG_4288NewsList-400x225.jpg)
Keydets without Borders travels to Pampoyo, Bolivia, to build eco latrines and solar showers alongside local villagers.
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A summer project is organizing, stabilizing, and preserving part of the vast collection of nematodes at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.