September 13, 2021George Mason University is the most diverse and most innovative institution in Virginia according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 Best Colleges List, reflecting the university’s mission of providing access to excellence. Six programs made the top 100, including engineering, which rose 16 spots in the past year.
September 13, 2021George Mason University is home to two symposiums that highlight its commitment to tech talent. The first is a two-day virtual symposium that helps kick off a new thematic initiative to enhance diverse multidisciplinary research in computing, society, and health care, aligned with Mason’s new School of Computing.
August 19, 2021George Mason University boosts the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region economy by supplying an educated, skilled, and multifaceted workforce, by partnering with key employers, and through the Mason-based Virginia Small Business Development Center.
June 28, 2021A drone that autonomously attacked soldiers during a civil conflict in Libya last year raises concerns about the global use and spread of such weapons, said Zak Kallenborn, a Policy Fellow at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.
June 21, 2021Lincoln Mullen is taking a divine approach to computational research with a grant from the Library of Congress. The award will advance the work of America’s Public Bible, which explores how American newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries used the Bible.
June 8, 2021George Mason University researchers are collaborating with Fairfax County on an autonomous shuttle program that is the first of its kind in Virginia.
June 4, 2021George Mason University hosted its third annual collegiate hackathon, PatriotHacks, the weekend of April 16. Nearly 350 students from all over the world spent 36 hours attending workshops, panels, and participating in technology activities and challenges.
May 25, 2021The first floor of Vernon Smith Hall has been converted into an innovation pilot space, foreshadowing work that will be done in Mason’s new Arlington Campus building.
Mon, 03/29/2021 - 12:13Horizon Hall, at the center of George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus, was conceived as a crossroads where faculty and students in many disciplines can meet and exchange ideas. The multistory Word Wall that greets visitors in the building’s atrium embodies this vision.
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 17:19George Mason University’s Board of Visitors has authorized the university to begin official negotiations with the newly formed Mason Innovation Partners as the potential development partner for the transformation of its Arlington Campus in the heart of the Rossyln-Ballston corridor.
